Swimming Data
Meeting National Curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety. Priority should always be given to ensuring that pupils can perform safe self-rescue even if they do not fully meet the first two requirements of the National Curriculum programme of study
Question
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]?
That percentage of your current Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?
If your schools swimming data is below national expectation, you can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional top-up sessions for those pupils that did not meet National Curriculum requirements after the completion of core lessons. Have you done this?
Have you provided CPD to improve the knowledge and confidence of staff to be able to teach swimming and water safety?
Yes/No
Yes/No
Review of last year 2023/24
What went well?
Equipment has been purchased for PE lessons, extra-curricular activities and break time activities.
How do you know?
We have increased participation in competitive sport.
Year 6 Top-Up swimmers
Children understanding how to stay healthily physically and emotionally
All children in a class participating in rugby lessons at the same time due to everyone having a ball
OPAL play has been well-received by children, staff and parents. It has been monitored by governors with widespread praise for the activities that are now on offer to the children at breaktimes and lunchtimes.
The Federation Cup saw a high proportion of children take part in some competitive sports against Minster
Children were selected rather than first come/first served. As a result, children who would not normally take part/find sport more challenging or are SEND children were able to be included. This provided an inclusive and nurturing environment for the children with a focus on competition as well as self-achievement
By the end of KS2, 73% of children were able to swim 25m due to swimming lessons in Year 5 and top up swimming in Year 6.
Survey – 100% of children said they know how to cope or what to do when feeling sad.
Teachers report that children understand the importance of a balanced diet – taught through the curriculum and in Healthy Bodies Week.
Intended actions for 2024/25
Budget
£16,850
What are your plans for 2024/25? How are you going to action and achieve these plans?
1. Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils Week Beginning 19th May – Sports Week
Sports Day
PANNA Football assembly and workshops
Kent Panthers Basketball assembly and workshops
Relaunch of Monkton Mile and active challenges
Golf taster session at local golf course
Develop links with local sporting centres and part-fund enrichment experiences for children
Climbing centres
Golf courses
Athletic tracks/stadia
Indoor bowls (Minster)
Indoor tennis courts
Padel tennis (Whitstable)
2. Increased participation in competitive sport
Develop a Sports Council made up of staff, parents and children
Council will lead inter and intraschool fun sports sessions
Council will be responsible for creating fun and engaging termly intra-school tournaments and house competitions to be run at lunchtimes.
Purchase trophies, badges, certificates
Thanet Passport Membership
Receive emails from Mike Povey re. events/tournaments
Sign up for events/tournaments and ensure staff member allocated
£2000
£1500
£500
£250
Intended actions for 2024/25
Enhance Federation links and sustain the development of The Federation Cup with new sports and focus on different children, incl. ages, SEND, gender, confidence, Thrive etc.
Indoor bowls
Ten-Pin Bowling
Gymnastics
Provide transport in order for more children to access competitive sport away from school £500
3. Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity Maintain PE/Sport equipment in order for wider sporting opportunities to be as inclusive and active as possible
Gymnastics equipment (indoors)
Gymnastics equipment (outdoors) e.g hanging bars, exercise machines
Balance Bikes/Scooters
Top-Up swimming for children in Year 6 who cannot swim 25metres
Investigate mobile swimming pool and feasibility
Book swimming and travel
Breakfast Club and After School Club to run Mondays to Fridays until 6pm with the promotion of sports each day
4. Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
Internal and external PD courses for school staff to improve and share good practice and to develop their own confidence. External providers will be invited in to school to deliver sportspecific enrichment days. In addition to benefitting our pupils, these sessions will provide valuable CPD for our class teachers and teaching assistants.
Staff survey to identify aspects of teaching PE that needs enhancing
o Cricket (Term 5 led by Paul McCarthy)
o Gymnastics – gym specialist to be sourced and bought in to teach a series of staff meetings) – Premier Education to deliver gymnastics and handball enrichment as well as CPD for teachers
Intended actions for 2024/25
Rolling purchase of our PE Scheme of Work – PE Planning https://peplanning.org.uk/
OPAL training for al staff in order to supervise, deliver great playtime activities with Risk Benefit Analysis.
5. The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
School staff will continue to plan ways to effectively raise the profile of PE and sport. In particular, we will seek to make effective use of our already established weekly celebration assemblies, sports noticeboard and school website.
Initiatives to help raise the profile PE and sport during this academic year have included:
Announcing sports results (including star players) during weekly celebration assemblies
Purchasing trophies for successful teams/individual pupils and displaying them in our trophy cabinet
Nominating a sporting super star each term
Presenting individual medals to the winning teams in our termly intra-school competitions
Nominating year 6 sportspersons of the year (1 boy and 1 girl)
Presenting a trophy to the winning house at the end of sports day
Presenting an intra-school competition shield to the winning house at the end of each year
Keeping our sports notice board up-to-date (including a display of our star players)
Each Year Group/Class to have an OAA day outside of school (Betteshanger Country Park)
These days will provide the pupils with an opportunity to take part in new activities such as climbing, canoeing and high ropes, activities which cannot be provided in school. £600
£2000
Expected impact and sustainability will be achieved
What impact/intended impact/sustainability are you expecting?
Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
a. Increase in children taking up sport in and out of school
Increased participation in competitive sport
a. 90% of children in school taking part in a taster session/fun activity or competitive sport
Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
a. Equipment being readily available increases participation and active learning during lessons
b. Lessons being taught are consistently of good/outstanding quality
Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
a. All teachers feel secure teaching all sports in our curriculum to a good/outstanding standard
b. All midday supervisors feel confident and secure engaging with children during OPAL Play regarding specialized sports sessions
The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
a. PE and sport in school is consistently high profile and ‘in the news’
b. All children feel motivated and inspired to play sports
How will you know? What evidence do you have or expect to have?
Parent Surveys
Pupil Surveys
Teacher Reports
Formative assessment/summative assessment
PE Notice Board with Sporting Stars etc
Monitoring and auditing
Keeping records of who has taken part in a sporting event
Assessments, both formative and summative
Lesson monitoring
CPD for teachers and how to use equipment
Staff surveys
Monitoring triangulation
PE Notice Board Surveys
Actual impact/sustainability and supporting evidence
What impact/sustainability have you seen?
Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils Week Beginning 19th May – Sports Week
Sports Day
PANNA Football assembly and workshops
Kent Panthers Basketball assembly and workshops
Relaunch of Monkton Mile and active challenges
Golf taster session at local golf course
Develop links with local sporting centres and part-fund enrichment experiences for children
Climbing centres
Golf courses
Athletic tracks/stadia
Indoor bowls (Minster)
Indoor tennis courts
Padel tennis (Whitstable)
Increased participation in competitive sport
What evidence do you have?
Sports Day was a success. From a Pupil Voice led after the event, 100% of children said that they took part in the activities, felt the whole event was fair and that they had improved their sports skills as a result. 93% of children said that they liked it in Term 5, mainly due to the weather being a bit cooler.
The other events did not happen due to unforeseen circumstances, however, the curriculum during sports day week had a variety of healthy activities to encourage healthy living.
Children, this year, have visited Minster bowls and have taken part in 10-Pin Bowling. The other activities will be rolled over to the following year.
The children have taken part in a variety of competitive sports including:
Football
Rugby
Swimming
Ten-Pin Bowling
Tri-Golf
Archery
75% of children in Monkton have taken part in a competitive sport this year whether that be against other schools or as part of their house team, in school.
Actual impact/sustainability and supporting evidence
Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
a. Equipment being readily available increases participation and active learning during lessons
b. Lessons being taught are consistently of good/outstanding quality
Equipment being readily available increases participation and active learning during lessons
Investment in balance bikes and other sporting equipment has led to better lessons and teaching/learning
Equipment is also being used at break and lunchtimes increasing participation
Pupil voice shows 100% of children say that when they would like to play a sport, the equipment is accessible.
Lessons being taught are consistently of good/outstanding quality
75% of children in Monkton have taken part in a competitive sport this year whether that be against other schools or as part of their house team, in school.
Monitoring of PE lessons both indoors and outdoors has been an invaluable tool in order to ascertain the quality of PE teaching and learning and where there is a need for CPD.
Cricket had been identified as a need based on teacher feedback and low pupil participation/attainment. As a result of cricket cpd being provided by a staff member, the teachers reported that their lessons felt more meaningful and had more purpose as well each lesson being progressive. Teachers felt more confident planning and adapting activities for children with SEND and for Greater Depth children.
After monitoring cricket lessons to observe the impact of the CPD, lessons were wellplanned for and equipment was being used correctly. Children were engrossed and wanted to do ‘more’. Children are now playing cricket at break and lunch times.
Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
a. All teachers feel secure teaching all sports in our curriculum to a good/outstanding standard
b. All midday supervisors feel confident and secure engaging with children during OPAL Play regarding specialized sports sessions
All teachers feel secure teaching all sports in our curriculum to a good/outstanding standard
75% of teachers have felt confident teaching all sports this year.
25% say that they would benefit from more CPD centred around children with SEND, GDS and supporting boys/girls who are not showing an appetite for sports. This will be written in to the 2025/2026 SP plan.
100% of teachers felt confident planning PE and now have a good knowledge of the skill and desired outcomes/attainment but of those 100%, 25% say they
Actual impact/sustainability and supporting evidence
would like more CPD, especially with indoor PE where space is limited.
Teachers say they would like more time to teach children the theory of sports and rules/regulations and that at the moment, the school doesn’t have consistent rules for every sport e.g Year 3 and 4 rules for Rounders is different to Year 5 and 6. Neither are wrong but need to apply the School Games (Thanet Passport) rules to comply when playing competitively.
100% of teachers report that PEPlanning.co.uk is a good scheme and that they would like to keep it for 2025-2026.
All midday supervisors feel confident and secure engaging with children during OPAL Play regarding specialized sports sessions
Weekly OPAL meetings with midday supervisors to discuss and clarify any ambiguities. This has led to all supervisors feeling confident when sports are played as part of OPAL.
Reported that football, tennis and cricket are the main sports played during OPAL.
Children also being more active during OPAL play – rough play and wrestling, hula hoops, dancing and majorette performances and athletics are popular amongst certain age groups.
Actual impact/sustainability and supporting evidence
The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
a. PE and sport in school is consistently high profile and ‘in the news’
b. All children feel motivated and inspired to play sports
PE and sport in school is consistently high profile and ‘in the news’
PE is evident all around the school. It is now important that we enhance the curriculum and continue to grow PE so that it is demonstrated outwardly as well as inwards.
All children feel motivated and inspired to play sports
100% of children enjoyed their swimming lessons with 65% of those saying that they would like to visit their local swimming pool regularly.
63% of children say that they enjoy sports because of the teaching and learning in school.
PE Leader ___Chris Marston (15.7.25)
Governor ____