Sports at Stanford
Schools receive PE and Sport Funding. This funding must be used to fund improvements to the provision of PE and Sport, for the benefit of primary aged children, in the 2025 - 2026 academic year so that they develop healthy lifestyles. We receive a total of £17,730.00.
Look at how we plan to spend this year's funding:
PE sports premium funding 2025-2026You can find out more about how we spent the funds in 2024-2025 by reading the report to parents:
PE sports premium funding 2024-2025 evaluated
Sporting Events 2025-2026
Colour Run 30.9.26
The whole school took part in a colour run around the school field. All the children and staff had an amazing time and looked very colourful after the event! Many thanks to Miss Warner and Miss Clark for organising the event. Thank you to pupil parliament and Mrs Smith for organising the fundraising. The event raised £971.25 for the charity Magic Breakfast. Thank you to everyone who donated.
Colour Run
Sports Day 29.6.26
Sports Day was a huge success. We started with an opening ceremony of a banner parade and opening dance which the children performed fantastically. The children took part in a number of races - obstacle, sprint, sack, egg and spoon, relay as well as a long jump, hit the wicket, bean bag and vortex howler throw. All the children tried their best and were encouraging of each other. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents in attendance. There was a lovely community feel around the field. Following all the races - Green Team came out as the winners with 308 points.
Many thanks to everyone who came to support their children on the day, especially with the change of date, due to weather. A big thank you to Year 6 who set up and organised the races. Many thanks to Miss Warner for organising the day. Thank you to FOSS for purchasing the medals and ice pops.
Sports Day
Sports and Science Week
Many thanks to Miss Warner and Miss Bowden for organising an inspiring week. On Monday all the children had a martial arts lesson. On Tuesday Stage Coach taught the children a dance routine for our opening ceremony at Sports Day. On Wednesday the scientists from Bright Sparks came in and the children created colour changing slime, created a chemical reaction to blow up a balloon and looked at acids and alkali with PH scales. The children have also carried out their own science investigations and created posters to explain the investigation, results and conclusions.
We are looking forward to continuing our Sports next week (due to the temperatures this week) and we hope to see you at our Sports Day on Monday. Please remember to get sponsorship for our Colour Run on Tuesday.
Boccia 19.06.26
Two teams took part in the County finals at Woodstock last Friday. We had some great games of Boccia and both teams showed amazing teamwork. One of the teams were second place overall. Well done Connor, Millie, Kaison, Dylan, Toby, Ronnie, Ollie and Eleanor.
Netball 16.06.26
On Tuesday 16th June, the Netball team played their last game of the league against Folly View. They played four quarters, switching positions after each. It was a fantastic game between the two teams ending in 10-9 to Stanford. They all played exceptionally well; a special well done to Toby S who won player of the match.
Quadkids 09.06.26
On Tuesday 9th June, some children from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 went to Millbrook School and took part in a quadkids tournament. Years 3 and 4 were part of eight teams and Years 5 and 6 were part of seven teams. The children took part in different races / events - sprint, long distance, throwing and jumping. Years 3 and 4 came second overall and Years 5 and 6 came sixth overall. This means our Years 3 and 4 are through to the finals. Well done to all the children who took part and to the staff who accompanied and cheered the children on.
Quadkids
Netball 05.05.26
On Tuesday 5th May, the netball team played their 2nd league game against The Elms. The team played four quarters, rotating positions after each quarter. They played incredibly well against a very tough team and despite being ahead after the 1st quarter they sadly lost. However, they showed excellent skill and teamwork.
Boccia 21.4.26
On Wednesday 21st April four teams from our school had a lovely morning at KAs taking part in the Boccia Vale games. Split into two groups one team came top of group A and another team came top of group B, both teams becoming the Vale champions. They will now go on to take part in the County finals in June. Well done Dylan, Ollie, Toby, Ronnie, Theo, Connor, Eleanor, Emily, Daisy, Millie, Kaison and Rokas! They all showed fantastic team work.
Netball 17.4.26
On Friday 17th April, the Year 6 girls travelled to Buckland to play the first match of the netball league. The girls played phenomenally well against a tough team with some very tall players. Despite the loss, they showed excellent teamwork throughout as well as great technique and ball control. Well done, girls!
Netball 24.3.26
On Tuesday 24th March the school netball teams took part in the Wantage Netball Tournament. Both teams represented the school superbly with excellent sportsmanship. The A Team came second out of the eight teams taking part, missing out on 1st place by one point. Well done to both teams.
Dance 20.3.26
On Friday 20th March, Liam, Rokas, Millie and Isla-Rae went to Fitzwaryn School to take part in a Springline Partnership Dance Festival. We had a great morning learning a new dance routine and performing it to the Sixth Form.
Football 19.3.26
On Thursday 19th March the school football team went to Harwell to take part in the second half of our league games. They played four matches on the day. A huge well done to Lachie, George, Rosie, James, Freddie, Dylan S, Ollie, Josh and Holly for putting in their best effort into every match. Thank you to Mr Rhodes for being a ref as well!
Football 11.3.26
On Wednesday 11th March the school football team went to Blewbury to take part in the first half of our league games. They played two very competitive games. A huge well done to Lachie, George, Rosie, James, Freddie, Dylan S, Josh & Ollie for working together and battling until the final whistle. Looking forward to the second half next week!
Dance Festival 10.03.26
On Tuesday 10th March Dance Club took part in the Oxfordshire Schools Dance Festival at New Theatre Oxford. They got to perform their own dance routine on the stage in front of a huge audience. The children performed alongside thirty five other Oxfordshire school groups. The children were amazing - well done to all of them and to Mrs Webb who runs the dance group. A magical evening for all involved.
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Dance Festival
Swimming Gala 27.1.26
On Tuesday 27th January Holly, Bethany, Phoebe, Elodie, Ollie, Josh, Lachie and Dylan S took part in the Wantage Swimming Gala. They all put their best into the two group relay swimming races and their individual races against five other schools.
Overall the girls team came third and the boys team came third as well!
Well done to all the children for working together and achieving together.
Many thanks to Miss McArdle and Mr Rhodes for transporting and supporting them.
Boccia 18.11.25
On the 18th November some of our children took part in a boccia tournament at Wantage CE Primary School. Three teams from our school took part. They all showed great teamwork and played really well. Well done to Melody, Eleanor, Connor, Emily, Theo, Alice, Ronnie, Dylan G, Daisy, Ollie and Toby.
Sport Leader Training 14.10.25
On Tuesday 14th October our Sports Leaders alongside Miss Warner took part in a training day where they learnt how to be effective leaders by looking at the qualities of a good leader. They practiced a few games and created their own new game. The children were amazing!
We are all looking forward to seeing the new games you organise over the lunchtimes.
Sport Leaders
Tag Rugby 07.10.25
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 team for their fantastic performance at the tag rugby tournament at Stockham Primary School on Wednesday 7th October. The team topped their group with two wins and a draw, and after a hard-fought final narrowly lost 1–0 to Stockham A, finishing 2nd out of eight teams. Every player showed great teamwork, determination, and improvement throughout the tournament.
A big thank you to Annie, Elodie, Molly, Phoebe, Sienna, Dylan G, Dylan S in Year 6, and Amelia and James in Year 5 for representing our school so brilliantly! Many thanks to Andy Smith and Mr Rhodes for supporting the team.
Cross Country 23.09.25
On Tuesday 23rd September a group of girls and boys took part in a cross country competition in Wantage. The children had lots of fun and proudly represented Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School.
