Sports (including Sports Premium)

At Dr Radcliffe's, we recognise the vital importance of promoting physical activity and participation in school sport for all children. As well as increasing children's health and well-being at school, it also helps children to develop habits and interests which will help them to remain as active and healthy individuals as they grow older.

In addition, school sport has been shown to help children to develop their confidence, leadership and social skills and is strongly linked to improved academic performance.

Gold School Games Mark

Each year, schools are able to apply for a School Games mark, which recognises high levels of pupil participation in school sports. We have, over recent years, consistently achieved the Gold School Games Mark, including in 23/24 and 24/25. Well done to all children and staff involved.

This award reflects our busy and varied programme of events both in school (Level 1 events) and in competitions where the children participate in fixtures and festivals with other schools (Level 2 events). These events are run through the North Oxfordshire School Sports Partnership, our membership of which we finance with the School Sports Premium Funding. The award also recognises the high level of participation of the children in extra-curricular clubs and the school's work on raising activity levels across the school day.

The School Games events include competitions in sports such as tag rugby, netball, football and hockey as well as inclusion festivals which target children who would otherwise be less likely to look for opportunities to take part in sport.

School Sports Premium Funding

Dr Radcliffe’s CE Primary School

Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium

Since September 2013, all primary schools across England have received a share of the Government £150m per annum Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium. In September 2017 the total grant available was doubled to £300m. The funding is ring-fenced and must be spent on additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport primary schools offer.

Dr Radcliffe's have received £17,610 for the current academic year.

£3,000 of our grant has been spent on our annual affiliation to North Oxfordshire School Sport Partnership (NOSSP). This affiliation gives Dr Radcliffe's access to regular expert advice and support from a secondary PE specialist, quality assured professional development training for teachers and teaching assistants, termly networking opportunities for our PE lead, occasional input and support from qualified sports coaches, access to regular sports competitions and festivals including national School Games competitions, support with the development and delivery of primary Change4Life sports clubs, links to quality assured community clubs and leisure providers, data collection to help measure and monitor progress and impact and regular national and local updates relating to PE, children’s health and well-being and school sport.

NOSSP affiliation also provides automatic primary Level 2 membership to Youth Sport Trust and a range of additional benefits and support including the Youth Sport Trust Quality Mark.

For a copy of our agreement with North Oxfordshire School Sport Partnership please click here.

For full details of our PE and Sport Premium spend for this academic year, the impact it has had/will have on pupils’ PE and sports participation and attainment, and information on how we plan to make these improvements sustainable, please see below.

Sports Premium Funding Breakdown - Evidencing the Impact

Out of school clubs

Have you enjoyed playing a sport at school, would you like to attend a local club ? If the answer is yes then have a look below at a list of clubs that would welcome new members and go along and have a try ! Let school know how you're getting on !

Tennis -Banbury West End Club - Jenny Edwards 01295 810877
Rugby -Banbury Rugby Club - Youth Chairman Chris White 07970136614
Cricket - Sandford St Martin Cricket Club -Tom Goffe 07411 768477 Junior coaching on a Friday evening - Under 9's, U 11's, U13's.
Netball - Banbury Blues Netball Club (Minnows) - Tudor Hall School Tel: 07884 496220
Hockey -Banbury Hockey Club - North Oxfordshire Academy - Laura Davis on 07815 206 441 or email to juniorhockey@banburyhockeyclub.co.uk
Karate - Oxford Sport and Traditional Martial Art Club - Sensei Lee Willis - 07790607037