Sports Premium and Swimming Competency
The school’s vision for PESS ensures every child has the opportunity to develop their confidence and competence while enjoying being physically active. We aim to enable children to develop into physically literate individuals with the choice to decide which activities they would like to continue participating in as they move through their lives. We also encourage and facilitate a life-long passion of being physically active as well as embedding an understanding of the long term health benefits of physical activity and sport.
We also understand the importance of children being involved in competition and our curriculum will continue to give as many children as possible the opportunity to participate in a variety of competitive sports during their school life. Allowing them to understand what competition feels like, what it is like to be part of a team, and to be able to both win and lose with equal grace.
Please click HERE to view our Sport Premium Funding Review 2021-2022
Please click HERE to view our Sport Premium 2022-2023
National Curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Of our 30 2021-22 Year 6 pupils, we received 24 responses to our survey with the percentages recorded below.
| Question | YES | NO |
| My child can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres | 83% | 17% |
| My child can use a range of strokes effectively | 71% | 29% |
| My child can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations | 75% | 25% |
