Physical Education
Inspiring Active, Healthy and Confident Learners
At Wootton St Andrew’s CE (VA) Primary School, we believe Physical Education plays a vital role in promoting healthy, active lifestyles whilst developing confidence, resilience, teamwork and a lifelong enjoyment of physical activity.
We provide a broad, balanced and inclusive PE curriculum that enables every child to develop fundamental movement skills, improve physical competence and experience success across a wide range of sports and activities.
Physical Education enables our children to live out our vision by showing love through respect and encouragement for others, joy through participation and achievement, courage through challenging themselves and embracing new experiences, and trust through teamwork, fairness and good sportsmanship.
- PE Policy
- National Curriculum - PE
- PE Curriculum
- PE Sports Premium Report
The Teaching of PE Through a Structured Process
In Early Years, physical development is taught through the EYFS Framework and Development Matters, with children developing gross and fine motor skills through indoor and outdoor provision, games, dance, climbing, balancing, throwing, catching and coordinated movement.
From Year 1 to Year 6, children receive two hours of high-quality PE each week through the Primary Steps in PE curriculum, delivered as part of our carefully planned two-year rolling programme for mixed-age classes.
Key Stage 2 pupils benefit from a weekly specialist PE lesson delivered by the Get Ahead Partnership from Baysgarth School, providing access to expert coaching and a wider range of sporting experiences.
Progression of Knowledge and Skills through the Year Groups
Our PE curriculum is carefully sequenced so that children continually revisit and develop their learning through a cyclical curriculum.
Pupils progressively build confidence across fundamental movement skills, games, gymnastics, dance, athletics and outdoor and adventurous activities, applying their skills with increasing accuracy and independence.
Ongoing formative assessment through observation, discussion and performance ensures children build securely on prior learning while developing teamwork, resilience, leadership and good sportsmanship.
Enrichment and Experiences
We believe that sport should be enjoyable, inclusive and accessible to all.
Children have opportunities to:
- Attend a wide range of sporting festivals, competitions and enrichment events throughout the year.
- Partner with Get Ahead and Baysgarth School to provide additional sporting opportunities.
- Participate in our local School Games Organiser (SGO) programme.
- Represent the school in inter-school competitions and inclusive festivals.
- Attend coaching sessions from specialist sports coaches and organisations including Hull FC
- Take part in Annual
- Attend the Annual Sports Awards.
School Games Gold Mark
We are proud to have been awarded the School Games Gold Mark Award (2025-2026) in recognition of our ongoing commitment to high-quality physical education, school sport and physical activity.
This national award celebrates schools that provide a wide range of sporting opportunities, encourage participation for all children and promote healthy, active lifestyles across the whole school community.
It reflects our belief that every child should have the opportunity to enjoy sport, develop confidence and experience success, regardless of their starting point.
Mrs Michelle Radge – Headteacher
Mrs Tracy Chapman – School Business Manager
Wootton St Andrew’s Church of England (VA) Primary School
6 High Street
Wootton
Ulceby
North Lincolnshire
DN39 6SG
01469 588361
admin.wootton@northlincs.gov.uk
