P.E. Action Plan

Government strategy priorities                                                                              Priorities from internal audit

  1. Active 30 within structured school time
  2. Whole school improvement in physical well-being and health
  3. Confidence, knowledge, skills for teachers
  4. Broader experience of sport / activities
  5. Providing competitive school sport
  1. Provide more opportunities for physical movement for all pupils within and outside of lessons.
  2. Improving staff knowledge and expertise.
  3. Increase whole school participation in competition and sporting events.
  4. Improve quality and increase opportunities for Rebound Therapy and hydro therapy.
  5. Improve wellbeing using wellbeing scales and physical movement.
  6. Ensure communication is accessible for all during all physical activities.

Strategy to meet School  Priority

Task and Baseline

Timescale   and Cost

Outcome with success Criteria

Lead Responsibility

MONITORING

EVALUATION

School priority 1.

Provide more opportunities for physical movement for all pupils within and outside of lessons

Promote Activity in all other subjects

 

IMPACT

Pupils will be more active everyday keeping them healthier and will have better wellbeing

 

 

 

 

Ensure children are physically active in classroom lessons to promote healthy bodies and healthy minds

 

 

Ongoing Sept 2025

  • Embed active 30 strategies

 

  • Complete heat map for each class

 

  • Each class to commit to achieve Active 30

KH/Teachers

Teacher feedback

Target questioning

Lesson observations.

Reintroduce fit for life for all classes every morning in the hall.

 

IMPACT

More movement added into timetable

Increased engagement and alertness in learning for up to 2 hours after high intensity work meaning pupils will show more progress

Pupils have opportunity to engage in 10 mins vigorous exercise each morning, supported by whole school team. 

Ongoing Sept 2025

  • Pupils attend 3 out of 5 sessions per week.  Pupils report they feel healthier.

KH / AH/ DT

Teacher feedback

Targeted questioning

 

Develop and check pupil knowledge of how to lead a healthy and active lifestyle

 

IMPACT

Pupils will be able to make healthy choices and live longer happier lives

 

Promote healthy active lifestyle both in PE and cross curricular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing from September 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Teachers to make regular reference to healthy lifestyles including healthy diets.  Cross curricular links developed to promote healthy lifestyle.
  • Dinners served at school are healthy and varied.
  • Restrictive diet meeting with staff to share good practice.

KH/Class Teachers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment of pupils through E4L

Discussion with staff to promote awareness at staff meetings.

 

Continue to develop a broad, balanced and diverse curriculum

 

IMPACT

Pupils will be able to access and engage if different types of physical movement allowing them to enjoy exercise and stay fit and healthy

 

Continue pupils wellbeing scales, physical intervention, therapy room timetables.

 

Ensure every class explores fully all areas of fundamental movement skills as well as dance gymnastics, OAA, swimming, games, athletics

Ongoing Sept 2025

 

 

KH

Teacher Feedback

 

Implementation of new SOW

School priority 2.

Improving staff knowledge and expertise

Provide opportunities for staff to embed knowledge of the new government changes and expectations regarding active classrooms

 

IMPACT

Pupils will be more active each day and their alertness to work with become higher leading to progress in school learning

Teacher and TA Training given

Topic – Active 30 PE as a priority in school

 

 

On going 2025

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Staff are aware of Active 30 campaign and have produced Classroom heat map

 

Classes to pledge to the Active 30 campaign

 

Kay leads a PE staff training session to stress the impact this will have on our pupils.

KH

Heat maps completed

Active 30 pledges are reviewed Annually

Provide staff CPD training in sport

 

IMPACT

Staff will be more confident and knowledgeable to teach PE therefore high-quality teaching leading to more learning opportunities for pupils which in turn will lead to higher rate of progress for pupils

Kay to deliver CPD training to all staff during the year in an area of their choice to support the delivery of PE being high quality and suitable to needs of the pupils.  

 

 

CPD opportunities via Go Well for specific further training 

By July 2026

Staff have new skills in PE area

Kay to have discussions with staff on what PE they want support in

Kay provides timetable and support for their class

 

Staff continue on from Kay and produce PE lessons of high quality for kay to observe and feedback on 

KH and teachers

Completed CPD training with Kay

 

Kay to record

 

 

SSP specialist coaches into school to deliver teaching and training

 

IMPACT

Staff will be upskilled so better quality teaching better progress

 

Staff work alongside coaches to become equipped to deliver similar activities post coaching block

Ongoing Sept 2025

Staff gain new skills and have knowledge of a broader curriculum with new ideas to use with their classes

KH / specialist coaches

Completed blocks of coaching

 

Feedback from SSP

School priority 3.

Increase whole school participation in competition and sporting events.

 

Utilise SSP calendar for events, competitions and festivals.

 

IMPACT

Pupils will gain experiences of working with other schools and in turn will have higher expectations of themselves

 

Access events, competitions and festivals through Sedgefield School Sports Partnership. 

Target = every class to experience inter school competition.

 

 

Transport to events

 

Every class to access at least one extracurricular event annually

See sports premium spend info

 

Whole school participation.  Monitor children going on events in each Key Stage.  Target specific children using the activities they are participating in their PE sessions for appropriate events, competitions and festivals. 

 

Provide clear sporting pathways to clubs for high achievers

 

 

KH/Class Teachers

 

Monitor participation rates, feedback from class teachers and children attending events.

Data to be given to us from SSP annually

Embed intra school competitive opportunities

 

IMPACT

Pupils will have opportunities to challenge themselves and work harder

Provide competition for children in lesson time.  Compete against classmates or against themselves.  Provide an intraschool competition each term – gymnastics festival, dance festival and athletics festival, sports week, link up days with NEAS and other SEM schools.

Ongoing from Sept 2025

Adapt SOW – Final lesson of all units of work provides competition.

All coaching sessions to provide appropriate competitive opportunities.

KH/Class Teachers/Coaches

All pupils experience some sort of competition at the end of every half term.

 

 

Provide children with a sports week and sports day.

 

 

IMPACT

 

Pupils have a chance to challenge themselves and work towards a goal Pupils try harder and show better progress

 

 

 

Take part in National Sports week linked to Olympics and provide a fully inclusive sports day for all children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 – completed

2024 – completed

2025 - completed

 

Qualified coach support for children across the week in trying new sports.

 

100% participation in sports day other than for injury or illness.

 

KH

 

Teacher and coach feedback.  Children’s feedback – Questionnaires/verbal.

 

 

School priority 4.

Improve quality and increase opportunities for Rebound Therapy

Training in-house 

 

IMPACT

More pupils have access to rebound therapy with helps pupils regulate to allow them to be able to learn better

 

Staff training in Rebound therapy  - staff in each class to be trained in Rebound Therapy

To be completed annually

Staff to facilitate the running of rebound sessions

KH to train all staff (LD DW)

Certified qualified staff

Develop visuals to aid communication

 

IMPACT

Pupils will be able to communicate their wants and needs

Allowing them to be regulated better to learn better

Purchase and set up overhead projector and sound system to provide music and visuals for rebound and hydro.

 

Improve use of visuals in each class

 

Purchase of more rebound therapy equipment

On going

Staff to develop use of big mac buttons

 

More effective use of visuals

 

Effective interaction 

KH / DW

 

 

KH/ teachers

 

KH / teachers

Staff fully equipped

School priority 5.

Improve pupil wellbeing by using pupil wellbeing scales and physical movement

Sensory regulation sessions to class timetables

 

IMPACT

Pupils get opportunities to unwind and relax allowing them to settle and be ready for learning again

 

 

Staff meeting to promote positive influences on attainment from introduction to yoga

On going

Staff to facilitate the use experience to provide wellbeing to pupils minimum of 3 times a week

 

Targeted pupils given opportunities to enjoy relax kids  

KH / teachers

Staff offering sessions regularly through the week

Staff WELLBEING ACTIVITIES

 

IMPACT

Pupils will have better learning opportunities and teachers who have had opportunities to reset and unwind

Offer yoga, menopause support group, book club, wellbeing breakfasts and trampoline clubs to staff.

 

Arrange staff wellbeing social events 3 a year.

 

 

On going

Staff feel connected and supported as a team  - can be more productive in their work.

KH / Teachers

Staff improved knowledge and experience as well as social connectedness

School priority 6.

Ensure communication is accessible for all during all physical activities

Provide a total communication environment with a holistic approach towards physical movement and development.

 

IMPACT

Pupils have a voice to be able to state enjoyment, happiness, dislike, comment and communicate their needs and wants. Pupil’s wellbeing is optimal.

Staff are aware of how to use the right combination of communication methods for an individual to ensure the most successful forms of contact, information exchange and interaction.

Whole school focus of communication is brought to the forefront of physical development opportunities.

On going

Kay to provide low tech visual communication supports in main hall, swimming, rebound and outside.

Kay to provide music and visual stimuli in areas of PD and movement environments to help provide engagement and communication opportunities.

Staff effectively use the communication options available to them to provide a total communication approach to teaching.

KH / Teachers/ SLT to oversee

Pupils have a selection of ways to communicate and thus have optimal regulation during physical movement sessions.

Makaton signs relating to PD are shared with staff and pupils.

 

IMPACT

Makaton is used as an option for pupils.

Visual supports are put up around school.

Staff are trained in basic signs relating to fundamental movement skills.

On going

Kay to provide visual supports.

Alasdair / Jayne to support Kay in teaching the FMS signs.

 

Staff use these regularly with pupils.

KH/ AW/ JC / teachers

Pupils have a selection of ways to communicate and thus have optimal regulation during physical movement sessions.

AAC devices are used when needed to communicate physical movement intentions to aid understating and model their use.

Staff are aware of where the symbols and pages are relating to physical movement

Staff model using these to pupils

Pupils are able to access these during physical movement sessions.

On going

Kay to liaise with Joanne Vest to ensure pupils and staff are accessing AAC during physical movement sessions.

KH / JV / teachers

Pupils have a selection of ways to communicate and thus have optimal regulation during physical movement sessions.