Testimonials

Rebecca is a fantastic coach/mentor, she has made everything perfectly clear for both myself and my class. I feel a lot more confident teaching now.

Sally Marshal – Patrington CE Primary Academy

A super mentor who has explained everything step by step and very clearly to enable me to develop my knowledge and gymnastics teaching.

Sally Marshal – Patrington CE Primary Academy

We have found the whole experience of working with Isobelle extremely beneficial to our teaching of P.E. Isobelle is both professional and supportive in her approach. We have joint planning sessions before the units commence, and Izzy has encouraged us to think of our own ideas and given us the confidence to have a go. We […]

Joanne Smith & Joanne Lawrence – St Oswald’s Primary School

PECS PE support has been fantastic so far! I really enjoy working alongside and learning from my mentor Isobelle. She is very knowledgeable, supportive and most of all encouraging. After not teaching PE for man years I felt ‘deskilled’ and quite nervous at the beginning of the programme but am finding my skills and confidence […]

Katy Miller – St Oswald’s Primary School

For my professional development, I have been receiving the benefit of PECS Training on a weekly basis. This training has allowed me to grow in confidence, knowledge and skills. I have observed my mentor deliver high-quality PE sessions, which has allowed me to put into my practice what I have witnessed. I have been given full […]

Anne Coates – St Oswald’s Primary School

“Your team are attentive, punctual and very professional in all that they deliver. Every child was treated equally and as an individual, all of the team were very keen to ensure each child gained all they needed to be able to take part each week in a successful and constructive way.”

“The coaches are friendly, professional, punctual and knowledgeable about the skills they are teaching. The children thoroughly enjoyed their teaching.”

“Your friendly Staff make every lesson fun and engaging for the children. Thanks very much.”

“Your team are always spot on! Very adaptable and accommodating of all the children’s’ needs and never let the rain spoil the quality or the fun of learning!”

“The all of the staff are very communicative and provide excellent service every week.”

Latest News

afPE Accredited Support Programme in Primary PE and School Sport

First Step Physical Education are excited to share our brand new CPD programme with you, called PECS (PE Curriculum Support)! As the only programme of its kind to be accredited with the prestigious afPE professional development kitemark, it gives schools a reliable way to use their premium to create sustainable results and easily evidence those results […]

New Reporting Template for the Primary PE and Sport Premium

Association for Physical Education Update: The Department for Education commissioned the Association for Physical Education and the Youth Sport Trust to create a national template which has been newly updated, to include swimming data. Head teachers, Governors and Subject Leaders will be able to use this simple reporting mechanism to ensure they are compliant. The Newly revised template support schools with […]