What is the Sports Premium?

On the 11th June 2025, the government confirmed that the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding will continue for the 2025 - 2026 academic year with a commitment of £320 million being awarded to help children get an active start in life, supporting primary schools to improve the quality of their PE and sport provision so that pupils experience the benefits of regular exercise. Being active in childhood is vital to long-term wellbeing and physical and mental health. The Chief Medical officer's recommendation from 2019 for all children and young people to access, on average, 60 minutes of physical activity per day across a week is still very much integral in our use of the Primary PE and Sports Premium fund.

How will we be spending the Sports Funding and who will benefit?

All children at Coton C of E (VC) Primary School will benefit by this funding and the PESSPA (Physical Education / School Sport / Physical Activity) action plan will illustrate how we will be spending the funding. At the end of each academic year, we will show how we have spent the PE and sport premium funding and highlight the impact that the funding has had on the school and children. This year's report will be made available by 31st July 2026.

Evidencing the Impact of the Sports Premium Grant 2024 - 2025

Evidencing the Impact of the PE and Sport Premium Grant - Historic Years

Swimming at Coton school

We are very lucky to have a swimming pool at Coton C of E (VC) Primary School. Historically, the pool was accessed in the second half of the summer term as it is an outdoor pool. All children access swimming lessons at Coton school every year. This is something we are very grateful for as we believe swimming is an essential lifesaving skill which gives children the chance to participate in many different sporting activities. All children access at least one hour of swimming every week during the second half of the summer term so they have at least six hours of swimming teaching each year.

During the 2022 - 2023 academic year, the school pool was kept open for additional curricular lessons and extra curricular opportunities during the first half of the autumn term. Increasing numbers of children were less water confident and unable to swim as compared to previous years - the direct result of the challenges faced due to the pandemic. We recognise the importance of prioritising these pupils and are keen to future proof our pool. During the 2023 / 2024 academic year we, again, committed to keeping our pool open during the first half of the autumn term to offer additional swimming opportunities for children in KS2 that were not water confident / non swimmers. 

At Coton, we offer Top Up Swimming Sessions to pupils in KS2 that require additional support to enable them to achieve the KS2 standard in swimming and water safety. These sessions are in addition to their weekly swimming lessons that take place during the second half of the summer term every year.