What is School Sports Premium Grant?

The School Sports Premium Grant is additional funding from the Government to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. It is also for improving the health and wellbeing of primary pupils.

We believe physical activity is a hugely important part of the curriculum, and we pride ourselves on offering children many opportunities to get involved in sport, learn in an active way and increase their understanding of health and fitness. This funding has enabled us to employ the services of outside agencies and specialist coaches to come into the school and provide an enriched physical curriculum. In addition, we have used funding to improve the resources available to all pupils to enable them to be physically active during break times and lunchtimes.

How much is the Sports Premium Grant?

Allocations for the academic year 2024/25 were calculated using the number of pupils in Years 1 to 6 and those aged 5 in Reception, as recorded in the January Census as follows:

Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £8,000 x2 plus £5 per eligible pupil; and

Schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils receive £500 per eligible pupil.

At Hollywell, we have received £17,780 for the academic year 2024/25 and estimate that we will receive £17,780 for the academic year 2025/26.

After an initial audit of school needs, a School Sports Premium Action Plan was constructed. This included a set of priorities for the School Sports Premium Grant up to the end of the 2023/24 academic year. Click below to see a full breakdown of this year's spending and action plan. 

What Happened Last Year? 

For full details, click the attached 2024-25 action Plan and Impact documents and the spending breakdown spreadsheet for 2024/4 at the bottom of this page. A preliminary impact and action document for 2025/26 can also be viewed, but this is a working document and will be finalised by the end of July 2026.

Year 6 School Swimming Attainment Levels

As a direct result of the SPF, through additional provision for children in KS2 who were not on track to achieve their competent 25m target, additional water confidence sessions were set to be incorporated into the KS2 swimming provision. However, due to the closure of our local swimming pool in Feb 2024, this was not able to happen this year. As a result, 16 of the 30 current year 6 students achieved their Stage 7 award (Nottinghamshire School Swimming Association). This required the children to complete all the following:

*Swim confidently, competently and efficiently over a distance of at least 25m 

Year 6 percentage for 2024/25 - 87%

*Use a range of strokes effectively

Year 6 percentage for 2024/25 - 93%

*Perform safe self-rescue in a range of water-based situations

Year 6 percentage for 2024/25 - 100%