Sport Premium

Gospel Oak Sport Premium Funding

Sept 2024 - July 2025

All primary schools across the country have been provided with extra funding from the Department for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport. The purpose of the funding is to achieve clear outcomes in raising achievement and increasing opportunities for all primary aged children in PE. 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools

For the academic year 2024-2025 we received: £19,510

This funding was only spent on PE and sports related provision in the school and the school will be held to account for its use.

At Gospel Oak School we recognise the importance that PE and sports play in the lives of children in promoting healthy lifestyles and developing them physically, emotionally and mentally.  We believe that children’s self-esteem, attitude and self-discipline are improved by being able to engage in and achieve success in sporting activities.  Being an inner-city school where the majority of pupils do not have easy access to outdoor play space, we understand the importance of our pupils being able to participate in regular physical activity and sport.  

We are committed to ensuring that all pupils receive at least 2 hours of well planned, high quality PE per week - one lesson of which is provided by a highly experienced secondary trained PE teacher. Our Primary School Sport’s Funding will contribute to helping us achieve our aims of improving and extending our provision through having specialist PE staff, procuring additional sports professionals, entering into more competitive sporting competitions, inclusive sports events and provision of training for all staff.   

This linked document illustrates Gospel Oak’s very strong record in the Annual Camden Active Schools award (reflecting both excellence in sports competitions and high numbers of children participating). In normal years every child in KS2 represents the school in at least one competitive sports fixture (and additional friendly competitions). Gospel Oak was the first Camden Primary school to achieve the School Games Mark Gold Award.

Use of Funding 2024-2025

Camden Active Schools Competition and Participation Programme Membership.

 £1350

Camden Schools Sports Association Membership. 

£500

PE Equipment

£2,348

Specialist Dance Teacher

A dance teacher worked with 6 classes providing 5 lessons for each - culminating in a performance to parents. Over 18 weeks a specialist dance teacher ran 3 separate group playground sessions at lunchtime. This ensured every child from nursery to year 6 got a 10-15 minute dance session once a week. It was highly successful and very popular with the majority of children.

£ 2,925

Lunchtime Play Equipment

£100

Medals/Plaques

£150

Specialist PE teaching assistant support 

£11,765

Safety Check and Refurbishment of Fixed Equipment

The Annual Safety check flagged several urgent items. This included, refurbishment of 9 benches, KS1 climbing frame, KS2 Basketball Post Protectors and Early Years climbing equipment. 

£360

To improve swimming levels for pupils in Key Stage 2 

We were able to provide ‘top up’ swimming lessons for Y6 leavers in 2025

£1,312

Total:

£20,810