Miles Coverdale Primary School

This funding has enabled our school to include more high-quality PE provision.  It has allowed us to tackle the issue of childhood obesity and improve fitness levels of our pupils.  The premium has allowed us to reinforce our strong belief that sport is a fun activity for all, regardless of ability or background.  Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and those with behavioural issues are specifically targeted and encouraged to participate in our After School Learning Clubs.  In recent years we have seen more than 80% of Key Stage 2 children on the SEN register take part in clubs and this is very encouraging.  All children that have taken part in our clubs have been very positive about participating and attend regularly through the academic year.  Social cohesion within our community has improved through these clubs and some of our children even told us that they would otherwise be at home waiting for parents to return from work.  

Questionnaires issued to parents of the after-school club attendees revealed that 90% of the parents cited 'improved confidence' as the main benefit of our clubs.  Teachers also noticed improved confidence and communication skills.  Overall, most children demonstrated improved confidence when participating in curriculum-time PE sessions as a direct result of attending the after-school clubs and because of their access to sessions led by specialist coaches from well known external agencies including White City Football and QPR.  In previous years we hired qualified tennis coaches from London Sports Trust to work with our teachers to develop their confidence in teaching PE as well as improving their tennis skills and all our staff were very positive about this and the positive impact it had on the children, not only in terms of their increased physical skills but also their personal social health development.

The school continues to work on helping teachers to plan the  assessment of PE sessions and, each year our PE co-ordinator, Mrs Peakes, will identify a specific focus area.  The school will continue to take part in the numerous tournaments throughout the year to further raise the profile of PE in school.