PE and Sport Premium
In September 2013, the new sports premium was introduced to every primary school with the aim of improving the quality of PE and school sport provision. The recent Government announced that funding will be available till 2020 based on schools showing impact of their spending. We are happy to announce our funding is continuing next academic year (2021-22). Funding is ring fenced for PE and Sport. Each school receives an £8000 lump sum with an additional £5.00 per child aged 5-11, based upon the January school census. We will receive approximately £18, 000.
Sport Premium planned spending for the academic year 2021-2022
Click the link below to see our exciting plans for Sports Premium spending for this academic year.
St Christophers Evidencing the Impact of the Primary PE and Sport Premium 2021-22
How our funding was spent for the academic year 2020 to 2021
We recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of our children. We believe that an innovative, varied PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all our children. Our Primary School Sport’s Funding has enabled us to extend our provision.
- Staff Training
As a school member of professional organisations we are able to access training from other local schools, the local authority, national governing bodies for specific sports and national agencies. The funding is used to provide staff with access to relevant training as the curriculum and school require.
- Upskilling staff / planning provision
The funding has given us the opportunity to deliver CPD every Wednesday for teachers and teaching assistants for the planning and delivery of PE. We bought into the Create Development planning and SOW for all year groups. This is currently being implemented and embedded into year 3 and 4. The aim is for it to be delivered across all year groups by December 2021.
Mission Statement (September 2021)
Our Mission statement for PE and School sport premium at St-Christopher’s is to use the money to further support the teaching and delivery of curriculum PE as a whole school approach with staff CPD, alongside expanding the already strong programme of extracurricular activities to ensure pupils including targeted groups continue to develop and progress physically, socially, cognitively and emotionally.
As a school we believe in a holistic approach to the development of sport and physical activity for all of our pupils. This, in turn, will improve our provision, raise participation rates and achievement for all pupils. We are keen to build on our current good practice and use the funding in sustainable ways.
Please click on the link below to see our PE and Sport Action Plan (2020-21).
Please click on the link below to view how our PE and Sport Premium funding was spent for the academic year 2020-21.
Funding for 2019 to 2020
Focus for the autumn term 2018:
- CPD for KS1 staff – with a focus on throwing and catching and Teaching Games for Understanding.
- Target group interventions – continuing the 10 week building confidence workshops for KS1 and 2.
- Support outdoor educational visits and OCR.
- Achieve the afPE quality mark.
Funding for 2018 to 2019
Focus for the autumn term 2018:
- CPD for KS1 staff – with a focus on throwing and catching and Teaching Games for Understanding.
- Target group interventions – continuing the 10 week building confidence workshops for KS1 and 2.
- Support outdoor educational visits and OCR.
- Achieve the afPE quality mark.
Funding for 2017 to 2018
Schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils receive £1,000 per pupil.
Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil.
We will publish the school level breakdown of funding for the academic year 2017 to 2018, including conditions of grant, in October 2017.
Swimming Provision (Updated September 2020).
NB: Already some children from Lower Key Stage 2 have achieved the 25m and End of Key Stage 2 Assessment.
Children who have not yet achieved the End of Key Stage 2 swimming requirement will continue swimming into Year 6 so we have confident able swimmers before their journey to secondary school.
Intra and interschool competitions 2021
School Games cross country competition.
Year 5 – 600m
Year 6 – 800m
Sporting Success

Rising tennis Star Alex has had lots of success on the LTA circuit. Recent achievements include;
Entrant to LTA National Tournament 2020
Winner of under 14s regional – Road to Wimbledon 2021
Past Sporting Success…
- Catholic Games 2017 – Football Winners
- Catholic Games 2017 – Netball Winners
- Our after-school Karate Club has led to international success.
- European Championships 2017
Extracurricular Classes
All extracurricular classes are self-financing therefore leading to a sustainable future. Our extracurricular sports timetable and club links to the external provider can be viewed by clicking on the extracurricular tab.
Please click the link below to view our participation rates for extracurricular classes during 2019/21.
*No extracurricular participation data for 2020/21 due to DFE and government COVID guidelines and restrictions.