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Pupil premium and sports premium

The government offers funding to tackle inequalities between children on free school meals and their peers called the pupil premium. Pupil Premium funding supports pupils who are currently eligible for free school meals, or who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years.

Pupil premium information

Pupil Premium – a guide for parents

 

Is your child eligible for free school meals?

We completely understand that many families struggle day to day, and we aim to do all we reasonably can to support your children and their families.

Pupil Premium is a funding stream from the government that is allocated to schools to help children reach their full potential, regardless of their background or financial situation. 

The funding that schools receive has to be used to enhance the individual learning of each child who qualifies. On this page, there is a pupil premium strategy plan which details and breaks down how the funding is used to do this. 

Students who are eligible and registered for free school meals cannot be identified. 

As a family you are entitled to free school meals if you access:

  • income support
  • income-based jobseeker’s allowance or Employment and Support Allowance
  • support under part VI (6) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit 
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income not exceeding £7,400 (£616.67 per month).

You can register your child for free school meals here.

Applications should be completed and submitted by 23rd September 2024.

If you would like any support with the application, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s school and someone will be happy to help.

Sports premium and PE information

Our Sports Premium allowance for the academic year 2024-25 is £17,600.

The Sports Premium will be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport we offer, to enable the development of an active, healthy lifestyle.

We will achieve this by developing the PE and sport activities we offer at Browney Academy. The use of the Sports Premium this year will build on our capacity and capability within the school to ensure that the improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.

The use of the Primary PE and Sports Premium is to enable pupils to be provided with the skills and knowledge of how to have a healthy and active lifestyle. This will be achieved by pupils having more opportunities in a range of sports in and out of school as a result motivating the children to embrace a physically active lifestyle. 

It is expected that schools will see improvements against the following 5 key indicators:

  1. the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick starting healthy active lifestyles
  2. the profile of PE and sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
  3. increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and school sport
  4. broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
  5. increased participation in competitive sport

Please find our predicted spend plan below.

Swimming results 2023/24

Our current Year 6s have been swimming for the last half term. The outcomes are as follows:

  • 89% of children can swim 25m unaided
  • 89% of children can perform a range of recognised strokes
  • 89% of children can perform safe rescue.

Sustainability Statement

 

  • Our children will continue to increase their skills and abilities in a range of different sports and activities which will challenge them and prepare them for later in life. 
  • Our children will develop a range of skills including teamwork, leadership, respect and sportsmanship which they can take with them and develop not only in sport but in other areas of the curriculum and the wider community
  • Teaching staff will use the skills and knowledge gained from the range of CPD opportunities attended and continue to build on this knowledge in future years.
  • Subject Leaders have further developed their knowledge and skills to lead P.E and will continue to build on their experiences already gained. This will include sharing expertise with other members of staff to build on the current provision and ensure high quality teaching.

 

Sports opportunities 

Football and netball teams

Children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Durham Football League at Meadowfield Leisure Centre and the High Five Netball League at Framwellgate Moor. The teams represented our school demonstrating skills like resilience, teamwork and determination. 

Sports Clubs

Dates and clubs to be confirmed in September in line with government regulations.

Playground Leaders

Children from Year 2, 3, 5 and 6 take on the role Playground Leaders. The children attended training sessions provided by the School Sports Partnership to gain an understanding on how to effectively lead activities and games on the yard to support children in being more active. During these sessions, the children learnt a number of games and communication skills that they used on the playground.  On a weekly basis, children work alongside our sports coach to learn new ideas and games to ensure children continue to be inspired to take part in regular activity.  All Playground Leaders trained are now confident to lead active sessions with a group of children on the yard and have the responsibility of setting this up and facilitating daily sessions.

School Games Values 

During each PE lesson, school games values are discussed. They are also linked into other areas of school life linking well with our rights-respecting school ethos.

The 6 School Games Values:

DETERMINATION: Keep going no matter what. Determination is about the journey you go on to push yourself and achieve your dreams. Have the mental strength and self-discipline to overcome obstacles, commit to your goals and keep working every day to become the very best you can be. Don’t hold back!

RESPECT: Show respect for the referee, for the opposition, for your teammates, for yourself and for the game. Accepting victory and defeat with grace, treating others politely and with understanding. Have respect every day, in every sport and for everyone.

TEAMWORK: Treating everyone equally, supporting each other and working together to have fun and achieve. Celebrate each other’s success and be a positive team player.

HONESTY: Be honest with others and with yourself. Have the courage to do the right thing and what you know is right. Let the best person win, not the best cheat.

SELF-BELIEF: You’ve got to believe to achieve. Have the self-belief and confidence to succeed and reach your personal best

PASSION: Giving it 100 per cent. Put your heart and soul into the game and never give up. Passion makes you enter the race and passion makes you finish it.

Active 30 Award

The Active 30  aims to help and to support every pupil to participate in 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activity every day at school – as recommended by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). At Browney Academy we do this throughout the day with the Daily Mile, active playtimes with activities led by our trained playground leaders and active bursts throughout the school day.