| Summary: | Three very different primary schools show how they set about including all their pupils in PE and school sport. Kings Avenue Primary School in Clapham, south London has a diverse intake of pupils with widely differing needs. It makes provision for all its pupils as a result of the thoughtful implementation of its inclusion ethos. Amongst the success stories at Kings Avenue is the Russian Workout dance class, offered by a Russian dance tutor who trained in classical ballet. The programme also features an innovative web-based scheme, the Virtual Athletics League. This enables pupils at Stoke St Gregory CE Primary School, a small and relatively isolated rural school, to compete against their peers elsewhere in the county. This enables the gifted and talented to be identified and challenged, whilst pupils of all abilities can compete against their own past performances and see proof of their progress. Halcon Community Primary School in Taunton is competing in the same league.
"Providing Physical Education opportunities appropriate to the needs of all students can seem daunting, but the three schools featured in this programme all work hard to come up with ideas for inclusive teaching. Beacon Hill is a special school that has evolved simple, easily implemented ways to make PE accessible for children with complex communication needs. Hall Green School in Birmingham is a mainstream school with a number of wheelchair users amongst its students, and PE lessons have been adapted accordingly. Students at Southfields Community College speak 71 languages between them, and some are from refugee families. Whilst the school still offers traditional PE, it also provides less obvious options so that all students can find a sport that appeals to them.".
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