All primary schools in England receive additional funding through the PE and Sport Premium, which they must use to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport that they offer.

In 2025-26, we received £18,460 through the premium. To find out how we spent this funding, what impact it had and the next steps we have identified, read our 2025-26 PE and Sport Premium Report, here.

We began by identifying both our key achievements from the previous year:  

• All children in KS1 and KS2 given access to range of free after-school clubs. 
• Providing Bikeability training to all children in Year 5/6, and sourcing bikes for those who do not have their own.
• High-level of opportunities to represent school and take part in inter-school competitions.
• Successful Sports Week included wide range of activities to broaden horizons, alongside Sports Days and intra-school competitions.
• Reducing barriers to participation, in terms of equipment, transport and cost

We then identified key areas for improvement in the coming year:

• Further develop staff knowledge of skill development and progression in PE
• Continue to build engagement of children across the school in extra-curricular physical activity
• Provide access to a wide range of sporting activities and promote local community clubs
• Increase opportunities for children to compete in sporting activities

At the end of the year, our committment to sport and physical activity was recognised at the Stevenage Sporting Futures Awards, where we won: 

• School of the Year 
• The School Games Values Award (for consistently showing determination, honesty, respect, self-belief and teamwork) 
• Sports Coordinator of the Year (for our PE Leader, Mrs Thomas)  

You can read our full end-of-year evaluation of our spending in our 25-26 PE and Sports Premium Report, here.         

Our action plan

Having identified our areas for improvement, we then put together our action plan for 2025/26, based around the 'Key indicators' identified by the Association for Physical Education: 

• Key indicator 1 - Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• Key indicator 2 - Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity 
• Key indicator 3 - The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
• Key indicator 4 - Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• Key indicator 5 - Increased participation in competitive sport

To see how the spending against each indicator is broken down, and the impact that it is having, please read our full report, here.

Swimming

Finally, there is a big national drive to improve the quality of swimming provision in primary schools, and as a result all schools have been asked to share key information about the swimming ability of school leavers:

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?

• 30.8%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]?

• 43.5%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?

• 38.5%

Early Years Admissions  

If you're looking for a place in Nursery or Reception, you can find out lots more about our school in our Early Years Prospectus.

We're always keen to show potential new applicants around - just get in touch with the school office to arrange a tour. 

Once you're ready to apply, head to the admissions page to find out more about the process - we run Nursery admissions ourselves, but from Reception upwards, these need to be made via Herts County Council.