Pupil Premium and Sports Premium
The pupil premium is funding provided to academies for pupils who are eligible for free school meals and pupils in local authority care.What is the pupil premium and where does the money come from?
The pupil premium is funding provided to academies for pupils who are eligible for free school meals and pupils in local authority care. These groups of students have been identified nationally as achieving at a lower level than pupils from less disadvantaged backgrounds.
The allocation to academies is based on the number of pupils on-roll who are currently known to be eligible for free school meals, a smaller amount is allocated according to the number of children of service families and there is an allocation for each pupil who has been looked after in local authority care continuously for more than six months.
A premium has also been introduced for pupils whose parents are currently serving in the different forces. Pupils entitled to forces premium will not have priority on the admissions oversubscription criteria – only those entitled to free school meals will count as pupil premium in our criteria.
The Department of Education has created a document - Pupil Premium - what you need to know - which expands on the purpose of the Pupil Premium and the key facts.
Our Pupil Premium Statement
What is PE and sports premium and where does the money come from?
The PE and sport premium is funding for primary schools to spend on helping pupils to be more healthy and active. The amount of funding schools get is based on the number of pupils you have in years 1 to 6.
Primary schools should use this funding to make improvements to the PE, sport, and physical activity they provide, such as:
- Funding high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week
- Providing a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities
- Providing or improving equal access to sport for boys and girls
The Department for Education also identifies 5 key priorities for improvement:
- Increasing all staff’s confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport
- Increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sport
- Raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
- Offering a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils
- Increasing participation in competitive sport
Using the Sports Premium at Reinwood Infant and Nursery 2025/26
Using the Sports Premium at Reinwood Infant and Nursery 2024/25
The school receives Sports Premium funding annually. In our school, we are using this funding by working with the Pennine Sports Partnership to:
- Increase the amount of competitive sport in which our children participate.
- Make links to other community sports providers.
- Develop additional clubs and activities for children, both within and outside the curriculum.
- Encourage our children to improve their leadership skills through sport.
- Give extra support in PE to our most talented children and include those with special needs in sport.
- Bring PE and sports specialist teachers and coaches into work alongside class teachers in lessons.
Impact of funding on pupils
The employment of a sports coach alongside teachers has enabled all pupils to make greater progress in PE, due to the increased knowledge base and teaching methods being delivered by the coach. This has impacted greatly on the enthusiasm of the pupils and, as a result of the increased engagement, their confidence has vastly increased.
Offering free clubs and training in areas such as dance, trim trail and multi-skills has allowed pupils to extend their current skills in these areas, as well as perform for others - some for the first time.
Inter-school competitions for year groups have increased pupils' opportunities to take part in a variety of sporting activities hosted both at our school and at others within the local pyramid of schools. This has increased pupils’ confidence and enjoyment in sports as they meet up with pupils from other schools.
A number of children attend after-school sports activities. When they receive an award at the club, the school presents the child with their award in Celebration Assembly. This has raised the profile of the activity and the achievement.
The importance of health and fitness is threaded throughout the school curriculum.
As a result of the school's engagement and commitment to PE and physical activity, all children can develop positive and productive approaches to living a healthy and active lifestyle.
Impact of funding on staff
Staff demonstrate increasing confidence when teaching games lessons. The feedback from the staff has been that they feel more confident in planning and delivering skills-based sessions and that the children really enjoy the multi-skills approach to PE lessons. They have observed high-quality PE lessons delivered by our sports coach, in addition to quality gymnastics coaching sessions delivered by a specialist coach. Working alongside our sports coach has enabled staff to see high-quality warm-ups, as well as the progression of activities within lessons. Having worked alongside our sport coach, staff are beginning to feel more confident at planning and delivering PE lessons and are more aware of who the G & T pupils are in their class.
Attainment
Working alongside the sports coach and PE coordinator has enabled class teachers to identify pupils who are experiencing difficulties in PE and provide 1:1 support to overcome these challenges. Additionally, there has been an increased identification of G & T pupils across the school, which has led to them being targeted by school staff for group coaching sessions through selection for the G & T Multi-skills Academy at Salendine Nook High School and entry into inter-school competitions, such as cross country running, quick cricket, basketball and athletics.
