'Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.' Proverbs 22:6

PE and Sports Premium

Physical activity has numerous benefits for children and young people’s physical health, as well as their mental wellbeing (increasing self-esteem and emotional wellbeing and lowering anxiety and depression), and children who are physically active are happier, more resilient and more trusting of their peers. Here at St Nicholas we pride ourselves on obtaining the Gold Schools Games Award. Ensuring that pupils have access to sufficient daily activity can also have wider benefits for pupils and schools, improving behaviour as well as enhancing academic achievement.

The school sport and activity action plan sets out the government’s commitment to ensuring that children and young people have access to at least 60 minutes of sport and physical activity per day. It recommends 30 minutes of this is delivered during the school day (in line with the Chief Medical Officers guidelines which recommend an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the week).

The PE and sport premium can help primary schools to achieve this commitment, providing primary schools with £320 million of government funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered through their core budgets. It is allocated directly to schools, so they have the flexibility to use it in the way that works best for their pupils.

• GOV.UK PE and sport premium for primary schools.

Evidencing the Impact of Primary PE and Sport Premium 23-24 (July 2024)

Year 6 Swimming

As a school we are required to publish information about how many of our Year 6 cohort have met certain national curriculum requirements in swimming. You can find this information below.