From ‘special measures’
to ‘outstanding’ -
Head teacher praises Premier Sport

A school in Newcastle Upon Tyne which was placed into ‘special measures’ five years ago has turned a corner after being judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted inspectors.

Throckley Primary School received the ‘Outstanding’ grade across all four Ofsted categories including achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership and management.

In achieving the ‘Outstanding’ rating, Head Teacher Mrs. Julie Stuart heaped special praise on Premier Sport for working alongside her staff to deliver their sport and physical education.

“We are extremely pleased with the way in which Premier Sport has worked with us to allocate the new sport premium funding across the school in order to deliver outstanding curriculum and extracurricular PE through a professional development model.”

“This model has ensured teachers can plan collaboratively each half term with a Premier Sport professional. The combination of the teachers' pedagogical knowledge combined with the specialist coach knowledge creates bespoke and targeted plans to ensure all pupils make outstanding progress in Sport and PE”.

Premier Sport is the UK's largest external provider of PE and sport employing over 600 qualified sports professionals supporting over 2,000 schools each week. Premier Sport's ongoing dedication is to work alongside head teachers to help deliver ‘outstanding’ PE and physical activity.

Not only this, Premier Sport will ensure the new sports premium funding is sustainable over and beyond the three years using their unique and innovative new PE and physical activity programme.

The Inspire Programme gives children, schools and parents the vehicle they need to get active and stay active.

“Teachers and sport professionals work collaboratively on the delivery of the curriculum PE, with the after school activities enhancing the application of the taught skills as well as preparing pupils for competition. This model has proven to be an excellent approach to staff training and professional development and builds sustainability for future PE delivery. Premier Sport and staff led sessions under this model were both observed by Ofsted in November 2013 and were graded as outstanding. Provision for PE and use of the sport funding was highly praised during the inspection.”

By working with teachers and not ‘replacing’ them, Premier Sport is committed to enriching the provision of PE, physical activity and school sport.