Primary School’s Sports Funding

Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School’s Sports Funding page.

 

What is the Sports Premium?

On 17th July 2017 the Department for Education confirmed that the Primary PE and Sport Premium will double from September 2017.

The Secretary of State’s announcement on school funding, includes a section reconfirming the commitment to doubling the Primary PE and Sport Premium from September 2017.

 

The DfE made the following statement:

 

“The DfE understands that schools are keen to know how much funding they will receive so that they can plan for the next academic year, and are seeking to communicate high level principles in preparation for the new academic year. These will be announced in due course, however, we can confirm that all schools will see an increase in their premium allocation.”

 

“The Government is committed to ensuring that all schools are fairly funded and that money is invested in the most effective way. After careful consideration, we have therefore decided not to proceed with the proposed healthy pupils capital programme, in order to provide more money to schools through their core funding instead. Schools can, of course, choose to invest their core funding in PE and Sport.”

 

Purpose of funding:

Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

 

Vision:

All pupils leaving primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.

 

Objective:

To achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools.

 

Indicators of such improvement to include:

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils

 

For more information on our PE funding, please download the following documents: