Physical Education

We have now received the School Games Platinum award for 4 consecutive years. Here is what our SGO has to say about our commitment to sport and PE:

We believe every child should access high‑quality PE that develops safe, efficient and intelligent movement, ensuring they build motor competence, rules and strategies and healthy participation. We aim for all pupils to be physically active. This approach ensures our PE provision aligns with our vision of competence‑focused, inclusive, knowledge‑rich PE that equips children to live healthy, active lives.

Intent

• High-Quality Physical Education for All – Every child has access to inclusive, competence-focused PE that prioritizes safe, efficient, and intelligent movement.
• Development of Motor Competence and Knowledge – Pupils build fundamental movement skills alongside understanding rules, strategies, and decision-making in physical activities.
• Promotion of Lifelong Physical Activity – We aim for all pupils to be physically active, fostering habits that support healthy, active lifestyles beyond school.
• Knowledge-Rich and Inclusive Provision – Our curriculum ensures equity and depth, enabling every child to succeed especially our most vulnerable.
• Alignment with Whole-School Vision – PE is designed to equip children with the skills, confidence, and understanding needed to live healthy, active lives in line with our school ethos.

Implementation

• The National Curriculum for PE is taught to all year groups.
• We follow  Beyond the Physical scheme of learning that contains a clear progression in knowledge, skills and vocabulary starting at Early Years through to year 6 to ensure connections are clear, coverage is met and the sequence builds on skills as children progress through school.
• Sequencing of lessons allows for children to connect previously taught knowledge from the PE curriculum to new learning in order to help make connections and understand new learning. 
• Trio Time is used to retrieve and reinforce previously taught knowledge in order to consolidate prior learning, this is discussed verbally at the start of PE lessons.
• Teachers assess and adapt teaching for all groups of learners, specifically providing extra targeted support and challenge for SEND, pupil premium and our most vulnerable children.
• Providing a range of extra-curricular sports for all children to participate in after school, dinner time and throughout the day at various points.
• Investing in the School Sports Partnership to allow all pupils to participate in competitions with local schools
• Investing in highly specialist PE coaches to work alongside teachers, ensuring teacher remain up-skilled by providing them with a wealth of engaging and innovative teaching ideas.
• Providing opportunities for sporting professionals to visit the pupils and inspire them by sharing their achievements
• Sports Ministers promote positive attitudes towards PE and motivating their peers into becoming passionate, respectful young athletes.

Impact

• Children make outstanding progress in PE and enjoy participating in sport.
• Children are all physically active.
• Children understand the importance of exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
• Children have an increased confidence in a range of sports.
• Children take up a variety of sports. This is enabled by the nurture and relationships between staff and children.
• Children talk confidently about PE and their learning.

Our school is an official partner with Beyond the Physical and we utilise their physical literacy-informed and mastery-based PE Scheme of Work to teach transformational PE to our children.

Our curriculum has has been reviewed  by the Association for Physical Education through a deep dive by an independent assessor, who validated both the quality and the impact in real school settings.

By creating children who are Masterful Movers, Skilful Solvers, and Confident Connectors, we ensure every child has a purposeful, meaningful, and holistic PE journey during their primary/lower school years—embedding a positive experience of physical activity for life.