Outdoor Gym at St John’s CE Primary School, Keele

Sports Premium Funding for Active Schools

Sunshine Gym worked with St John’s CE Primary School, Keele, to design and install a bespoke outdoor gym facility that supports the school’s commitment to pupil wellbeing and daily physical activity. By investing in Sports Premium Funding, the school has created a long-term resource that helps pupils achieve their activity targets in a safe, engaging environment.

This project highlights how targeted funding can transform playgrounds into purposeful fitness areas, ensuring children have regular opportunities to exercise during lessons, playtimes, and structured activities.

Outdoor Fitness for St John’s Primary Keele

The installation reflects Sunshine Gym’s expertise in working with schools to deliver practical, safe, and engaging outdoor gyms. For St John’s Primary Keele, the facility provides a dedicated fitness area where children can build confidence, improve coordination, and enjoy exercising alongside their peers.

By incorporating equipment suitable for primary school-aged users, the gym ensures inclusivity and accessibility, making it a valuable addition to the wider learning environment.

Using Sports Premium Funding Effectively

This project demonstrates how schools can make the most of Sports Premium Funding by investing in outdoor fitness equipment that offers long-term value. Unlike short-term initiatives, the outdoor gym provides daily opportunities for physical activity throughout the academic year.

Teachers at St John’s can also integrate the equipment into PE lessons and wellbeing activities, ensuring the gym is used across the curriculum as well as during unstructured playtimes.

Enhancing Keele’s Educational Environment

The installation strengthens the school’s role in promoting active, healthy lifestyles across the Keele community. For parents searching for resources at St John’s Keele or exploring options at St John’s Primary Keele, the new outdoor gym demonstrates a clear commitment to pupil health and development.

By adding a fitness facility to the school grounds, Sunshine Gym has helped create a safe and accessible environment that will benefit pupils for many years.

Long-Term Benefits for St John’s Primary School

The outdoor gym at St John’s Keele adds significant value to the school site, supporting physical development, teamwork, and pupil wellbeing. It provides a daily reminder of the importance of staying active, while also strengthening the school’s reputation for innovation and care.

Sunshine Gym continues to support schools across the UK by delivering outdoor gyms that maximise the impact of Sports Premium Funding, ensuring every project benefits both pupils and staff.

The school required a range of Children’s Outdoor Fitness Equipment for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils.

Their aim was to encourage exercise amongst pupils in a bid to put a stop to the ongoing obesity crisis and the new ‘gym’ area has not disappointed.

The installed equipment comprised of six different pieces of Children’s Outdoor Fitness Equipment.

This range is specifically designed for children under 140cm or 4′ 7″ tall.

The installed equipment includes both single and multi-user apparatus. Having these multi-user pieces means that the gym can be used independently by up to eight users at one time.

This brand new fitness area can be used by a small group of pupils during their physical education lessons, as either a new way of promoting fitness.

Or better still, a source of fun.

Sunshine Gym aims to not only promote a healthy lifestyle through exercise, but we aim to ensure the equipment provides hours of fun too!

By putting the fun back into fitness we can ensure that children don’t get either bored or distracted when it comes to their physical health. On top of all of this, our equipment that we install in primary schools is not dissimilar to the Adult Outdoor Gym Equipment which we install in parks, and leisure areas, making it the perfect way to introduce children to the idea of staying ‘fit for life.’

This new innovative way to encourage fitness amongst younger pupils is the perfect use for your sports premium funding. So why not get in touch with one of our trained advisers today.

We can provide help and advice when it comes to any outdoor gym!