Empowering Teachers Through Our Primary PE CPD Programme 

Many primary teachers report feeling underconfident in their PE knowledge and delivery a challenge that can make teaching such an important subject feel daunting. With only a quarter of schools rating their PE lessons as “good,” in an Ofsted survey, it’s no surprise that confidence is low and enthusiasm can sometimes fade. Yet PE plays a vital role in supporting children’s physical, mental, and social wellbeing and every teacher deserves to feel equipped to teach it with pride. 

That’s where White Rose comes in. 

Our Primary PE CPD Programme has been carefully designed by experienced professionals to boost teacher confidence and competence in as little as six weeks. Through a supportive, hands-on approach, we empower teachers to deliver high-quality, engaging PE lessons that inspire every child while reducing workload and building lasting knowledge. 

Our CPD Programme Helps Teachers: 

• Build subject knowledge and practical teaching skills. 

• Gain confidence to deliver fun, inclusive, and progressive PE sessions. 

• Feel empowered and supported, with resources and guidance from expert coaches. 

At White Rose, our goal is simple to help teachers and pupils alike reach their full potential through outstanding PE delivery. 

Our CPD Programme: Building Confidence Step by Step 

At White Rose, our three-part Primary PE CPD Programme is designed to be active, engaging, and teacher-centred empowering teachers to take ownership of their own professional learning. Through goal setting, action planning, and reflection, we help every participant progress at their own pace while developing the confidence and skills to deliver high-quality PE with ease. 

1. Observation
   The learning journey begins with expert modelling.
   A White Rose Coach leads the first two lessons of the unit, managing all aspects of planning, delivery, assessment, and evaluation. By observing high-quality PE and sport in action, teachers can identify best practices, techniques, and teaching strategies that align with their personal goals. This stage sets the foundation for growth and collaboration with their dedicated White Rose Mentor. 

2. Team Teaching
   Next comes shared delivery and deeper understanding.
   In this phase, the White Rose Mentor works alongside the teacher to co-plan, co-teach, and evaluate sessions together. This hands-on experience allows teachers to ask questions, explore ideas, and gain a stronger understanding of what makes great PE teaching all while broadening their subject knowledge and confidence in real time.
3. Teacher-Led Sessions
   Finally, teachers take the lead.
   With growing confidence and clear goals, the teacher plans and delivers their own session while the White Rose Mentor observes, provides constructive feedback, and supports fine-tuning of their practice. This stage ensures that teachers feel fully prepared to lead high-quality PE independently. 

Ongoing Support 

The learning doesn’t stop there.
After completing the programme, we provide a comprehensive report that includes planning, evaluation, and development notes for future reference. Our team also offers ongoing, flexible support to ensure teachers continue to feel confident, capable, and inspired in their PE delivery long after the programme ends. 

High-Quality PPA Cover and Sports Provision 

At White Rose, we have the expertise, experience, and passion to deliver exceptional PPA cover in primary schools. Our coaches plan and teach using detailed, progressive schemes of work that align with the National Curriculum, ensuring structured and engaging lessons for every age group. 

Each programme is tailored to your school’s unique needs, guaranteeing that every child aged 5–11 enjoys two hours of high-quality PE each week delivered through fun, inclusive, and skill-focused sessions. 

Comprehensive Sports Delivery 

White Rose takes pride in providing a wide range of PE and sport opportunities, including: 

• Team sports coaching – building skills, teamwork, and confidence. 
• Breakfast, lunchtime, and after-school clubs – engaging children in active, enjoyable sessions before, during, and after the school day. 
• Evening sessions and enrichment activities – supporting extended learning and community engagement. 

Our goal is simple: to provide exciting, development-focused experiences that help children thrive physically, mentally, and socially. 

Flexible Sports Supply Cover 

We also offer reliable, high-quality sports cover to support your school whenever extra provision is needed. Each of our fully qualified Level 2 Sports Coaches is friendly, professional, and fully prepared arriving with lesson plans and a deep understanding of the National Curriculum. 

Our team works closely with schools to provide flexible, short- or long-term cover that ensures continuity of learning and peace of mind. 

Breakfast and After-School Clubs 

We believe the best days start and finish with activity!
Our breakfast clubs give children an energetic, positive start to their day, improving focus and concentration for lessons ahead. Each session offers fun, stimulating activities that promote a healthy, active lifestyle. 

Meanwhile, our after-school clubs extend learning beyond the classroom, helping children to build on PE skills developed during school hours or simply discover the joy of movement. From competitive team sports to inclusive games, we encourage every pupil to participate, connect, and grow. 

At White Rose, we believe that every child deserves the chance to experience the joy, confidence, and life skills that come from physical activity. Our Primary SEND & Low Activity Funding programme is designed to make this possible by subsidising external PE and school sport sessions for schools. 

This programme is aimed at children who are eligible for free school meals, have an EHCP, or who your school identifies as potentially vulnerable. By removing some of the barriers to participation, we ensure every child has the opportunity to engage in sport and physical activity. 

We understand that PE lessons can sometimes be a source of anxiety, particularly for children with confidence challenges. That’s why our sessions are led by two incredibly special team members, Leon and Ahsan. Both grew up facing their own challenges in school, yet their love for sport and physical activity never wavered. Now, their mission is to ensure all children have the chance to enjoy, succeed, and thrive in sport, regardless of ability or background. 

Every session funded through this programme is carefully planned and tailored to each group, promoting maximum enjoyment, building physical literacy, and inspiring a lifelong love of activity. While the programme doesn’t cover the full cost of sessions, it significantly reduces financial barriers, making it easier for schools to provide opportunities for the children who need them most. 

What schools are saying:
“The feedback we have had from class teachers has been fantastic. Lots of children have been recognised for engaging more within whole-class PE lessons and showing an interest in representing the school at external fixtures where they hadn’t before.”
– Jake Shepherd, Baildon C of E 

Inspire a Love for Football with White Rose Coaching 

Football is more than just a game it’s a powerful way for children to grow in confidence, build friendships, and develop essential life skills. Through play, every child can discover the joy of teamwork, communication, and physical literacy, regardless of their ability level. 

At White Rose, our experienced football coaches bring energy, expertise, and passion to every session. We deliver high-quality coaching programmes in primary schools that nurture talent, encourage creativity, and promote a lifelong love for sport. 

Our carefully designed learning pathway takes pupils on a journey from mastering the basics of ball control and movement, to developing tactical understanding and decision-making through exciting small-sided games.  

What Makes Our Football Sessions Stand Out 

• Skill Development – Dribbling, passing, shooting, and defending taught in fun, engaging ways. 

• Teamwork & Respect – Building positive attitudes, cooperation, and sportsmanship on and off the pitch. 

• Confidence Through Play – Empowering every child to express themselves and shine with the ball at their feet. 

Every session is inclusive, dynamic, and tailored to meet the needs of all abilities ensuring every child feels involved, challenged, and inspired. 

Netball and basketball are ideal sports for developing spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, and teamwork all with minimal contact. Both sports are highly adaptable, allowing activities to be modified to suit all abilities and class needs, making them perfect for schools with limited outdoor space. 

Our programme promotes catching, passing, evasion, and communication skills, while also offering opportunities for strategic thinking, problem-solving, and social interaction. 

Key Stage 1 Focus 

• Chest and bounce passes 
• Catching skills 
• Evasion techniques 
• Communication and teamwork 

Key Stage 2 Focus 

• Overhead and shoulder passes 
• Shooting techniques (mastering BEEF principles) 
• Tactical positioning and movement sequences 
• Position-specific roles to support the team 
• Pass-and-roll to create space 

Both sports fall under invasion games in the curriculum, providing a strong foundation for skills used in rugby, football, handball, dodgeball, and hockey. 

With White Rose, students develop confidence, coordination, teamwork, and tactical awareness while enjoying high-energy, inclusive games that everyone can participate in. 

Spark a Passion for Cricket with White Rose Coaching 

Cricket is more than a sport it’s a game of focus, skill, and teamwork that helps children grow both on and off the field. With its blend of batting, bowling, and fielding, cricket develops concentration, coordination, and communication, while nurturing resilience and respect. 

At White Rose, we make cricket accessible, inclusive, and exciting for every child. Our experienced coaches deliver progressive, high-energy sessions that build confidence and inspire a love for the game. Each activity is designed to engage pupils through fun, structured challenges that develop both skill and understanding. 

What to Expect from Our Cricket Sessions 

• Batting & Bowling Fundamentals – Learning correct technique and building consistency from the start. 

• Fielding & Teamwork – Encouraging communication, collaboration, and shared success. 

• Game Awareness – Teaching tactics, rules, and the spirit of fair play through engaging mini-matches. 

With White Rose Cricket, every pupil is encouraged to participate, progress, and perform with enthusiasm. Our aim is simple to create positive sporting experiences that stay with children long after the final over. 

At White Rose Rugby, our primary school coaching is fully curriculum-based, covering every element of the national curriculum. Sessions are flexible and can be delivered before school, during school hours (including PPA cover), at lunchtime, or after school, fitting seamlessly into your timetable. 

Our experienced team delivers high-quality rugby sessions with progress tracking and reporting to support your school’s Sports Premium Funding [Hyperlink]. Alongside our detailed, curriculum-linked lesson plans, we also offer opportunities for staff development through RFU-accredited coaching qualifications, empowering your team to deliver rugby with confidence. 

Every session is supported and regularly assessed with guidance from the local RFU Coaching and Development Team, ensuring all delivery is safe, consistent, and of the highest standard. 

With White Rose Rugby, your school can provide engaging, skill-building, and confidence-boosting rugby experiences for all children. 

Tag Rugby and T1 Rugby

At White Rose Rugby, we deliver both forms of non-contact rugby, ensuring every age, ability, and setting can enjoy the sport safely and confidently. 

Tag Rugby forms the foundation of our primary school delivery. It’s a fun, fast-paced, and fully inclusive introduction to rugby, helping children develop teamwork, movement skills, and game understanding in a safe, non-contact environment. 

T1 Rugby [Hyperlink] is the next step. This exciting, easy-to-teach version of rugby maintains the key fundamentals of the sport while introducing a more natural game flow similar to adult rugby but still completely non-contact. Developed as part of the Impact 25 Campaign [Hyperlink], a national initiative to boost participation in girls’ and women’s rugby, T1 Rugby is helping grow the game across the UK. 

 Impact 25 Highlights: 

• 37,000+ women and girls reached in Year 3 
• 500+ clubs, schools, and universities supported 
• 35% increase in registered age-grade girls since launch 

We’re proud to be one of the few T1 delivery providers in the North, offering consistent, high-quality sessions that safely progress both coaches and pupils. Our programmes naturally guide children (and teachers) from T1 Rugby to the fundamentals of contact rugby, building confidence, understanding, and a lifelong love of the game. 

Learn more about T1 Rugby and Impact 25

External Links:

• T1 Rugby: https://www.world.rugby/t1rugby
• Impact 25: Delivering generational change in rugby for women and girls through Impact ‘25 | Rugby Football Union 

Hockey is a fantastic invasion sport to introduce coordination, spatial awareness and teamwork in a fun, engaging way. With minimal equipment and plenty of opportunities for skill progression, hockey can easily be adapted to suit all ability levels within the class. 

Promoting essential hand-eye coordination and control skills, hockey encourages students to develop passing accuracy, dribbling and tactical awareness all while building communication and collaboration. It’s an excellent choice for schools with limited space, as small-sided games can still provide high levels of engagement and learning. 

Our programme promotes teamwork, strategy, and social interaction, helping students to develop decision-making and problem-solving skills both on and off the pitch. 

In Key Stage 1, students will learn: 

• Basic stick grip and control 
• Dribbling and stopping the ball 
• Simple push passes 
• Spatial awareness and evasion 
• Communication and teamwork 

By Key Stage 2, participants will build on these foundations and be introduced to: 

• Passing and receiving on the move 
• Developing accuracy and power in push and slap passes 
• Shooting techniques and goal-scoring opportunities 
• Defensive skills such as tackling and marking 
• Positioning, spacing, and movement to create attacking plays 

Hockey, as an invasion sport, shares key transferable skills with football, netball, rugby, handball, and basketball giving students a solid foundation in tactical awareness, coordination, and teamwork across a wide range of sports. 

Sportshall Athletics Programme 

Sportshall Athletics is an exciting, indoor form of track and field designed for children aged 4–16. Created by George Bunner MBE, it provides a safe, warm, and welcoming environment for young athletes to stay active during the cold winter months. Since its introduction, Sportshall Athletics has evolved into a thrilling team competition, with the first official event held in 1976 and the UK Clubs Championships established in 1984. 

At White Rose, our specialist coaches have developed a comprehensive scheme of learning that allows every child to experience the full range of Sportshall events. Our programme focuses on: 

• Fitness and multi-skill development, providing a strong foundation for all sports 

• Inclusion and participation, ensuring every child can get involved 

• Friendship and teamwork, encouraging social skills alongside physical development 

• Fun and engagement, keeping children motivated and active 

Sportshall Athletics is totally inclusive, energetic, and fun, offering children the chance to improve fitness, build confidence, and enjoy a love of sport all year round. 

Handball Programme 

Handball is one of the fastest-growing team sports in European schools, blending the speed of basketball with the strategy of football. It’s fast, fun, and inclusive, making it perfect for developing coordination, communication, and teamwork in a dynamic environment. 

At White Rose, our specialist coaches deliver sessions that introduce core skills throwing, catching, movement, and shooting in a safe, structured, and engaging way. 

Our handball programme is designed to: 

• Build hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness 

• Encourage quick decision-making and teamwork 

• Promote fitness and agility through fast-paced, enjoyable games 

Handball is a brilliant way to engage children of all abilities, boost confidence, spark excitement for physical activity, and teach essential life skills like throwing and catching all while having a blast! 

Dodgeball is a fully inclusive, high-energy game that requires minimal equipment and space perfect for lunchtime or after-school clubs. It’s also an excellent way to meet national curriculum objectives, covering throwing, running, jumping, and dodging skills in a fun and engaging environment. 

Our 6-week scheme of work is designed to challenge children of all abilities while teaching them a tactical approach to dodgeball. Each session is structured to develop key physical and cognitive skills through play, ensuring children are learning while having fun. 

Sessions focus on: 

• Biomechanics of different types of throws 

• Proprioception and agility to improve dodging skills 

• Tactical understanding to approach games strategically 

With White Rose Dodgeball, children build fitness, coordination, teamwork, and confidence, all while enjoying a fast-paced, exciting sport. 

Gymnastics is a core part of the primary school PE curriculum. Fun, challenging, and highly social, it promotes physical development, cognitive skills, confidence, discipline, and resilience. Gymnastics provides the foundational movement skills essential for success in many other sports. 

At White Rose, our gymnastics specialists bring a wealth of experience from national and international artistic swimming competitions to coaching in local gymnastics clubs. We’ve developed a skills progression map and a comprehensive scheme of learning that develops abilities in rolls, cartwheels, balances, holds, vaults, and beam exercises. 

Key Stage 1 Focus 

• Warm-up: Teaching children the importance of preparing the body for activity
• Travelling & Moving: Improving coordination and spatial awareness 
• Key Shapes: Core strength and control through tuck, star, and arch shapes 
• Balancing: Developing fundamental movement skills 
• Rolls: Practicing fun rolls like egg, teddy bear, and log 
• Jumping & Landing: Building safe techniques for future advanced skills 
• Sequence Building & Apparatus: Encouraging creativity and confidence with apparatus 

Key Stage 2 Focus 

• Warming Up: Cardiovascular exercises to enhance flexibility and readiness 
• Rolls & Rotations: More complex rolls and linked movement combinations 
• Balances: Building strength and stability through solo, partner, and group balances 
• Jumps & Leaps: Generating power and distance with safe landings 
• Vaulting & Flight: Developing technique and confidence in vaults and dynamic movements 
• Routines: Combining skills to promote creativity and technical precision 
• Apparatus Skills: Exploring a wide range of equipment 
• Health-Related Fitness: Improving strength, endurance, and proprioception 

Our gymnastics programme supports every child to build strength, confidence, and coordination while having fun, learning new skills, and overcoming challenges. 

Health-related fitness is a core component of the primary and secondary PE curriculum, focusing on the skills, knowledge, and habits that help children stay active, healthy, and confident. It’s dynamic, fun, and inclusive—perfect for developing strength, endurance, flexibility, and overall physical literacy. 

At White Rose, our specialist coaches deliver sessions that combine movement, cardiovascular activities, strength exercises, and agility challenges in a safe, structured, and engaging way. 

Our health-related fitness programme is designed to: 

• Build strength, endurance, and flexibility through age-appropriate exercises 
• Develop coordination and body awareness across a variety of movements 
• Encourage healthy habits and active lifestyles from a young age 
• Promote confidence, resilience, and teamwork through structured fitness challenges 

Health-related fitness is an excellent way to engage children of all abilities, foster a love of physical activity, and equip them with the skills and motivation to lead healthier, more active lives all while having fun and feeling accomplished!