We are delighted to announce that Our Lady's Catholic Primary School has been awarded the Gold School Games Mark for 2024–2025. This award recognises our sustained commitment to promoting physical activity, competitive sport, and healthy lifestyles across the school. It is a reflection of the hard work of our staff, the enthusiasm of our pupils, and the strong sporting values embedded in our daily school life.

Children play a range of games and sports at our school, learning and then applying skills in individual and team settings. We have specialist sports coaches within the school and we are also lucky to be able to use the skills of visiting coaches from other schools within the Multi Academy Company to ensure that our children maximise their sporting potential.

There are sports activities after school where children can either participate in specialist activities like gymnastics or take part in competitive sporting events against other local schools.

Swimming Safety

Swimming and water safety have been statutory elements of the National Curriculum since 1994, with the expectation that all pupils leave primary school able to swim competently. The curriculum requires pupils to swim at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively, and demonstrate safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

Since 2017, schools have been required to publish information on the proportion of pupils in their Year 6 cohort who meet these National Curriculum expectations. This ensures transparency and accountability and supports schools in evaluating the effectiveness of their swimming provision. The published data demonstrates how the school is meeting its statutory duties and identifies where additional support or provision may be required.

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety

Swimming Attainment – Year 6

• 100% of pupils in the current Year 6 cohort can use a range of swimming strokes effectively, including front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.

• 100% of pupils in the current Year 6 cohort can perform safe self-rescue in a variety of water-based situations.

This demonstrates that the school has fully met the National Curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety.

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