spending funding on improving physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools
Schools must use the funding that they are given to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer.
How schools can use the PE and sport premium
Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport that they offer.
This means that they should use the premium to:
develop or add to the PE and sport activities that the school already offers
build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years
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
For example, the funding can be used to:
hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers
provide existing staff with training or resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively
introduce new sports or activities and encourage more pupils to take up sport
support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs, holiday clubs and Change4Life clubs
run sport competitions
increase pupils’ participation in the School Games
run sports activities with other schools
At Yew Tree Primary Academy, we have illustrated how our Sports Premium funding has been used and how we intend to spend it. Please download from the links below.