Sports Funding

at
Bowling Park Primary School
2016-2017
Here at Bowling Park, we like to Go the Extra Mile in every part of school life. We believe that
children should get the best possible education and opportunities in all aspects of their learning,
including P.E. and outdoor education. This helps to encourage a range of skills, so that children can
become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
P.E. and outdoor education is a vital part of this aim, helping children to succeed both in and out of
the classroom. Because sports and physical education is so important, the Government now provide
specific sport funding to develop sports provision in all schools.
How are Bowling Park using the funding this year (2016-2017)?
School will receive a total of 8,000, plus 5 for each child above 5yrs old. This funding will be used
to support physical education and a healthy lifestyle. This is promoted throughout our curriculum
and school ethos, and will be further encouraged through the implementation of the following
activities.
Impact of the P.E. Funding
Children at Bowling Park Primary make good progress, and in many cases excellent progress. This
can be seen in our data, which shows that children at our school make better progress than their
peers nationally:

Children achieved a Value Added of 101.4 in maths, compared to 100.0 nationally. In

reading, they achieved 101.0, compared to 100.0 nationally and in writing the Value
Added score was 100.8 compared to 100.0 nationally (RaiseOnline, validated February
2016)
The DFE Progress Measures (published autumn 2016) showed that Children in Year 6
achieved 0.4 in reading, 1.1 in writing and 2.5 in maths. This is well above the national
average for sufficient progress, which is set at -5.0 for reading, -7.0 in writing and -5.0 in
maths.

The sport funding we receive supports childrens progress and attainment in that it promotes
increased physical activity, an awareness of a healthy lifestyle and raised self-esteem, independence
and focus. These qualities and skills have an impact on childrens willingness to try new things and to
take on challenges, which helps to foster and develop better learning behaviours and progress in all
subjects. This also helps children to become successful in the next stage of their education and
beyond to adulthood.
We continually encourage this ethos through our curriculum and vision, and this is supported by the
Sports Grant. We believe that children at our school make good progress and this is, in part, down to
continued funding from the Sports Grant which allows us to help children become healthier, more
focussed and happier. Because this ethos is emphasised throughout our school curriculum, we
believe that the impact of this funding is sustainable as we are committed to helping children be
successful, both at school and in the future.

Intervention/strategy
Dedicated Sports Coach
This year we made the decision to
directly employ a sports coach, to
help develop our vision for P.E. and
outdoor education. Tom Wright now
works at school to provide
lunchtime and after school clubs. He
also coaches teachers.
He will link the teaching of P.E. to
the Accelerate Sports Partnership,
to ensure that our approach to
outdoor education is consistent and
has the greatest impact possible.
Accelerate Sports Partnership
We have a subscription to
Accelerate Sports Partnership with
Tong High School. This allows us to
develop sports competitions across
schools in our area (including a
football league) and develop
sportsmanship and teamwork skills.
As part of this, we take part in
competitions including:
o U11 football league
o U11 cricket
o U11 rounders
o U10 futsal
o U11 athletics
o U9 New Age Kurling
Running for Results (trainers plus
coach to Bolton Abbey)
Each week, as part of our Growth
Mind Set lessons in Year 6, we take
a number of children running in our
local area. This is used to develop
self-esteem, confidence and
determination in the months
leading up to SATs. In order to
ensure children have the correct
footwear, we use a proportion of
our P.E. Funding to pay for trainers
for all children involved. We also
use it to pay for transport for our
annual away run at Bolton Abbey.
Dance instruction with Lloyd
Thompson
Lloyd works closely with a number
of children at our Usher Street site.
He teaches modern dance,

Cost
60% of Sep
2016 to
March
2017

Impact
Employing a Sports Coach helps to make
our work more sustainable. Tom is
employed full-time. This means we can
continue to improve physical education and
encourage healthy lifestyles for the
foreseeable future.
Further impact will be available as the year
progresses.

1,000

During this academic year, we have already

taken part in a cross country competition,
football competition and new age kurling
competition, with more in the pipeline for
the coming months.
Further impact will be available as the year
progresses.

Trainers 816.51
Coach 220

Projected
costs from
April 16 to
March 17 6,490

33 children currently access this activity.

They regularly run 3-4 miles round our
grounds and in the local part.
Further impact will be available as the year
progresses.

Lloyds dance club is successfully up and

running.
Further impact will be available as the year
progresses.

including break dancing and also

runs lunch time clubs. He is a
positive role model for children in
school, and encourages them to
work-hard, be kind and try their
best.
Emerge
Emerge provide clubs and
interventions for children across
school. They specifically work with
vulnerable children, and those with
low self-esteem. The run sports and
team building activities, alongside
self-esteem workshops.
Total

Protected
costs for
April 16 to
March 17 7,973.78

2 Emerge clubs are now successfully up and

running.
Further impact will be available as the year
progresses.

How did we use the money last year (2015-2016)

Last year, we continued many of the initiatives from the previous year as our P.E. funding continued
to grow. From April 2015 to March 2016, we received a total of 10,660 for the financial year 20152016. Here you can find details of how we spent the money:
Intervention/strategy
JB Sports Coaching
JB Sports Coaching provide expert
after school clubs that focus on
Physical Education. They run clubs
such as basketball, football and
rounders on both of our sites.
JB share all of their planning for
sessions, allowing teachers to
develop and further understand
the teaching of P.E.
Sport Partnership Work with Tong
High School

Cost
3732.67
(3rd of full
cost April
2015 to
March
2016)

Impact
JB Sports Coaching has led to an increase in
children taking part in after school clubs.
Children enjoy working in teams and
building relationships. Many children have
also learnt new skills in sports that they
have not tried before.

1,000

Our partnership with Tong High School has

been successfully running for a number of
years. The impact of this can be seen in the
increased levels of activity and
participation in clubs and sports
throughout school.
The competitions have also been a great
way for children to bond with classmates
and children from other schools, increasing
team work skills.

Running for Results

985.29

So far, we have come 2nd in the Kurling

competition and 2nd in Ballroom Dancing.
Children who take part in Running for
Results acquire skills which help them to
be more determined and focussed in the

lead up to their SATs tests. The children are

making good progress in class, and now
take on more learning challenges which
pushes them to make further progress.

Emerge

10,578.14
(April 2015
to March
2016)

Dance Instruction with Lloyd

Thompson

6,925
(April 2015
to March
2016)
338.65

Sports Equipment
As part of our on-going
development of P.E. and sports at
Bowling Park, we have recently
invested in new equipment for our
Usher Street site. This means that
children have access to top P.E.
quality resources.
Total spent
23,559.75

Lots of encouragement and fun team

building activities help them become more
confident to try new things and to push
themselves. The children are now running
4-5 miles every session, which shows their
increased stamina and fitness. In May
2016, the children took part in an away run
to Bolton Abbey, where they run 6miles!
This was a week before their SATs exams,
to help them feel confident and focussed.
Emerge have led to an increase in children
taking part in after school and lunch time
clubs. Children enjoy working in teams and
building relationships. Many children have
also learnt new skills in sports that they
have not tried before.

Better equipment and resources mean that

children are able to make the most of P.E.
lessons. This has led to improved activity
levels during lessons.