Sports Funding
‘Every Child Achieving… Every Child Endeavouring’
Every school is provided with a Sports Premium grant, which was introduced after the success of the 2012 London Olympic games, as part of a legacy commitment to ensure sport and its associated numerous health benefits continued to develop and flourish across the UK. At Milton Abbot School we are fully committed to the spirit of this legacy and believe in the power of sport to change minds, lives and attitudes – not just for the few but for every child. Our aims: We commit to spending the majority of the sport premium on highly qualified sports, fitness and dance coaches to ensure strong provision for our children and high-grade role models to support and upskill our teaching team. We also use the sport premium to support after-school clubs and initiatives, often led by experts (OCRA – see table on the document below), to develop skills in a wide range of sporting activities from football, and netball to rugby and cross country. Whilst developing specific skills and strategies, we also seek to encourage a lifelong interest and confidence in trying new exercises and physical activities through clubs such as tai fitness, dance, table-tennis, skipping and bouldering. From these after school clubs we commit to attending as many competitions as we can, with the aim of affording every child the opportunity to feel competitive. Winning is important but not always necessary. Our final commitment strand is to use the funding to support increasingly effective methods of self-assessment, such as the use of technology, to allow our pupils to evaluate and improve upon their methods and skills.
Every school is provided with a Sports Premium grant, which was introduced after the success of the 2012 London Olympic games, as part of a legacy commitment to ensure sport and its associated numerous health benefits continued to develop and flourish across the UK. At Milton Abbot School we are fully committed to the spirit of this legacy and believe in the power of sport to change minds, lives and attitudes – not just for the few but for every child. Our aims: We commit to spending the majority of the sport premium on highly qualified sports, fitness and dance coaches to ensure strong provision for our children and high-grade role models to support and upskill our teaching team. We also use the sport premium to support after-school clubs and initiatives, often led by experts (OCRA – see table on the document below), to develop skills in a wide range of sporting activities from football, and netball to rugby and cross country. Whilst developing specific skills and strategies, we also seek to encourage a lifelong interest and confidence in trying new exercises and physical activities through clubs such as tai fitness, dance, table-tennis, skipping and bouldering. From these after school clubs we commit to attending as many competitions as we can, with the aim of affording every child the opportunity to feel competitive. Winning is important but not always necessary. Our final commitment strand is to use the funding to support increasingly effective methods of self-assessment, such as the use of technology, to allow our pupils to evaluate and improve upon their methods and skills.
