We believe that engagement in both sporting competition (both team and individual) is essential for every child at Upham School. These areas offer more that National Curriculum learning; they encourage discipline, self control, resilience, persistence, health and fitness, practice and build self esteem and confidence, as well as fulfilling a human need to be creative and active. We aim to provide the highest quality education, we are one of only a few schools in the area to have been awarded a prodigious platinum ‘School Games’ Award in 2018 which covers the 2018/19 and 2019/20 academic years. 

We use the sports premium funding we receive from the DfE to promote and support this work we do. There are five key general areas where this money can be used to improve and develop:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport

If you would like to see how funding has been used to develop provision in our school, please click on the links below: