What is the Sports Premium?

The funding is a ring-fenced grant for English primary schools to provide additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE, sport and physical activity. Allocations to schools are determined by pupil numbers. 

Other uses of the funding:

• Improve the quality of PE: The funding is intended to help schools enhance the teaching and learning of PE, enabling teachers to deliver high-quality physical education lessons. This may include upskilling teachers through professional development programs or hiring specialist PE teachers to improve the overall quality of instruction. 
  
• Increase participation in physical activities: The initiative seeks to encourage more children to participate in regular physical activities and sports. Schools can use the funding to provide a wider range of sports and extracurricular activities, offer taster sessions for different sports, or promote sports clubs outside of school hours. 
   
• Promote healthy lifestyles: The UK Sports Premium aims to promote healthy lifestyles and raise awareness of the importance of physical activity among children. Schools can use the funding to educate students about the benefits of regular exercise, nutrition, and overall well-being. 
  
• Foster inclusive sports provision: The initiative emphasizes the importance of making sports accessible to all students, regardless of their background or abilities. The funding can be used to provide opportunities for students with disabilities or special educational needs to participate in sports and physical activities. 
  
• Measure and demonstrate impact: Schools are encouraged to measure the impact of the Sports Premium funding on students’ physical education and sports participation. This may involve tracking students’ progress, monitoring increased levels of physical activity, or evaluating the effectiveness of interventions funded by the initiative 

Use of the funding:

The money will be used so that all children benefit regardless of their sporting ability. We will continue to place a high priority on our PE provision and, as such, have invested in additional staffing and resources to further enhance the PE curriculum as well as extra-curricular sports during lunchtime and after school clubs. 

Other uses of the funding: 

• To employ a specialist sports coaches to work with staff during PE sessions 
• To provide high quality training for staff to run afterschool clubs and coaches to assist in organising school sports events and tournaments. 
• Provide a free places to include all children from all cultures and backgrounds to provide places in after-school sports clubs 
• Pay for transport to and from sporting events and activities that cannot be held at our own school. 
• To provide transport, PE Kit, Tracksuits and Football kits for tournaments and competitions at home and away. 
• To provide extra swimming sessionsY5 and Y6 children. 

The Primary PE and Sport Fund has provided us with: 

• A full-time Sports Coaches to work alongside our class teachers. 
• Lunchtime Sport sessions 
• Free after and before school sports clubs for all abilities. 
• Cycling Proficiency Award 
• Opportunities for all children to take part in a range of sporting Activities 
• Extending Swim Sessions to include for children to build water confidence. 
• Large Apparatus to support the PE Curriculum and extra-curricular clubs throughout school. 
• A range of quality Outdoor equipment to apply the skills taught in lessons at Lunchtime and playtimes and before school.