The Raglan PE team comprises two Sports Coaches and two PE Apprentices and is led by an established and experienced Head of PE (QTS).

In Nursery and Reception, pupils follow a holistic curriculum that develops the fundamential movement and coordination skills that they'll need throughout their lives. In KS1 the pupils learn to perform the fundamental kills of catching, passing, dribbling, finding space, throwing, jumping, balancing, running and moving rhythmically that they will need to participate in physical activity and sport in the future. Throughout KS2, our pupils have opportunities to develop and apply these skills within a sports focused curriculum including Gymnastics, Dance, Netball, Football, Hockey, Tag Rugby, Table Tennis, Tennis, Cricket, Rounders, Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities.

As a school we promote physical education and development by providing opportunities for children to be active throughout the school day. During Breakfast Club, pupils are offered physical activities led by one of our sports coaches, at 8:30 every morning our KS2 pupils are encouraged to participate in our Run For Raglan initiative which has seen our pupils complete over 200,000 laps of our 392m track on the field since March 2018. Our Active Playtimes and Lunchtimes provide opportunities to participate in structured ball games, physically challenge themselves on one of our three Trim Trail areas and provide our KS1 pupils the chance to “Run For Raglan.”

Alongside our curricular provision we offer an extensive programme of after-school sports clubs, ranging from Tag Rugby to Dance with over 500 pupils attending at least one sports club every week. A key part of this provision is our inter house competition, The Raglan Sports Cup, where pupils from Y3,4,5 and 6 compete for their houses every week. Throughout the year we strive to offer our pupils as many inter school sporting opportunities as possible, almost 100 in total and involving over 250 children. At the end of Year 6, we offer 44 of our most sportingly engaged pupils the opportunity to attend the Cardiff Sports Tour, competing in Cricket, Football and Tag Rugby against Welsh Schools as well receiving training sessions from professional coaches.

Our academic year culminates with four competitive and inclusive sports days, finishing with Year 5/6 Sports Day at Lee Valley Athletics Centre.

Swimming

Schools are required to publish how many of their pupils are able to swim 25m when they leave Year 6. At Raglan we offer our pupils swimming lessons in Year 4 to support them with their swimming.

We have found that pupils able to swim 9m at the beginning of Year 4 learn to swim 25m by the end of their swimming lessons. Non Swimmers or those unable to swim 9m at the beginning of Year 4 can sometimes achieve 9m, but really struggle to achieve 25m. This leads us to believe that the lessons alone do not make the biggest impact in ensuring all pupils can swim 25m.

Therefore it is really important that our pupils are given plenty of opportunities to start swimming before they undertake the school lessons in Year 4. Below you will see the details of local swimming pools that offer family swimming sessions and swimming lessons.

• Southbury Leisure Centre, 192 Southbury Rd, Enfield EN1 1YP

• Edmonton Leisure Centre, 2 The Broadway, London N9 0TR

• Albany Leisure Centre, 505 Hertford Rd, Enfield EN3 5XH

• Arnos Pool, 269 Bowes Rd, Arnos Grove, London N11 1BD

if you have any questions about swimming, please speak to Mr Flett.

Swimming Data 2021/22

67.4% of Year 6 pupils can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres

72.3% of Year 6 pupils can use a range of strokes effectively

72.3% of Year 6 pupils can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

88.2% of Year 6 pupils can swim over a distance of at least 9m