Premium Allocations
The Government currently provides additional funding to all schools for children in certain key groups. This funding is known as the Pupil Premium Grant and is intended to allow each school to make additional provision for children who are in receipt of free school meals, those who are looked after by the local authority and those whose parents are members of the armed forces and may, as a consequence of their parents’ placements, be subject to a number of school moves.
Schools use this funding to enhance the achievement of pupils in these groups and ensure the inclusion of these pupils in all enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities.
You can view or download our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement for this academic year to find out how funding has been allocated in our school.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2025-26
beamish pupil premium statement 2025 26.pdf
PE and Sports Premium
The PE and Sport Premium is additional government funding provided to primary schools to enhance the quality of physical education, school sport and physical activity. At our school, this funding is used to ensure all pupils have access to high-quality PE lessons, opportunities to develop healthy, active lifestyles, and a wide range of sporting experiences. We carefully plan how the funding is spent to improve teaching and learning in PE, increase participation in sport, and build staff confidence and expertise, so that the benefits are sustainable and have a lasting impact on our pupils’ physical and mental wellbeing.
Department for Education Vision for the Primary PE and Sport Premium
The Department for Education states that PE and sport premium funding should be used to:
- support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
- make participation in PE and school sport easier
- make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
- improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
- embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.
The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend:
- children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day
- disabled children and young people should take part in 20 minutes of physical activity per day
Schools should aim to provide:
- high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week
- a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities
The following plans show how the premium has been allocated in our school:
Opportunities, Impacts & Sustainability Details
Swimming
National Curriculum Swimming and safe self-rescue skills are a taught as a compulsory and statutory element of the Primary School PE National Curriculum. Our swimming is taught at the Louisa Centre, Stanley with swimming teachers from Durham County Council.
All of our KS2 children swim every week which has a positive impact on their water confidence.
Swimming Results 2024-2025
75% of Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
75% of Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)
63% of Year 6 cohort can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
