PE and Sport at Ashlands

PE at Ashlands Primary School – Overview 2025-26 Download

Our school believes that the delivery of high-quality physical education, experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is a unique and vital contributor to both a pupil’s physical development and mental well-being. We aim to inspire pupils to develop an enjoyment and appreciation of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, as well as supporting the children in their development of both individual and team building skills, so that they can develop a lifelong enjoyment of exercise and an understanding of its positive benefits.

Cycling

Children in Year 5&6 have the opportunity of improving their biking skills through a Bikeability Programme which is run in the summer term and autumn term respectively.

Swimming

Children in Year 3 have swimming lessons at Ilkley Pool on a Friday morning as part of the National Curriculum. Children in older year groups, who have not achieved the National Curriculum requirement, are given the opportunity to swim towards the end of each academic year.

PE at Ashlands

Our school is an official partner with Beyond the Physical and we utilise their physical literacy-informed and mastery-based PE Scheme of work to teach transformational PE to our children.

By creating children who are Masterful Movers, Skilful Solvers and Confident Connectors we ensure every child has a purposeful, meaningful and holistic PE journey during their Primary/Lower school years to embed a positive experience of physical activity for life.

For additional information about Beyond the Physical’s PE Scheme of work follow the link below:

https://beyondthephysical.co.uk/pe-scheme-of-work/