PE premium

What is PE premium?

The primary PE and sport premium was introduced in March 2013 to improve the provision of physical education and school sport in primary schools across England. The £150 million per year funding is provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health, and Culture, Media and Sport (DfE, DH, DCMS). The funding is allocated directly to primary schools and is ring-fenced. This means it may only be spent on improving the provision of PE and sport in schools.

How can it be spent?

Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, sport and physical activity they provide.

This means that we must use the PE and sport premium to:

build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining the school in future years
develop or add to the PE, sport and physical activity that your school provides.

Sustainable improvement

Making sustainable improvements is considered as a priority. This is often achieved through developing and investing in the knowledge and skills of the teaching staff and other school staff who may have involvement in supporting a lasting change to the school’s approach to physical activity, curriculum PE or provision of school sport.

Key indicators

Schools should use the PE and Sport Premium to secure improvements in the following 5 key indicators:

Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
Broader experience of a range of sports and physical activities offered to all pupils
Increased participation in competitive sport

How does it impact our pupils?

Having the PE and sport premium funding impacts our pupils by allowing us to:

provide staff with professional development, mentoring, appropriate training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively to all pupils and embed physical activity across our school
embed physical activity into the school day through encouraging active travel to and from school, active break times and holding active lessons and teaching
provide targeted activities or support to involve and encourage the least active children
raise attainment in primary school swimming to meet requirements of the national curriculum before the end of key stage 2 – every child should leave primary school able to swim

What impact has it had?

See the information below for a review of the impact of the PE and Sport Premium Spend in 2021/22.