The average school receives approximately £18k across the academic year. This ring-fenced funding is called the Primary PE & Sport Premium (PPSP).
The Government invests around £300m per year directly into primary schools with the objective of achieving self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE, sport and physical activity they deliver. The average school receives approximately £18k across the academic year. This funding is called the Primary PE & Sport Premium (PPSP).
The long term vision of the funding is that “all pupils leave 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”.
View the full Department for Education PE and Sport Premium guidance.
Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer by:
“Achieving sustainable outcomes is key to any spending of the PE and sport premium.”
There are 5 key areas that schools should use this funding to improve:
Schools should not use their funding to:
“The premium must be spent in full by the 31 July.”
Every school, in receipt of the grant, must publish a report on their website explaining how they have used the funding. This report must be published by the end of the summer term or by 31 July at the latest.
To help to ensure schools meet grant conditions, it is recommended that schools use the reporting template commissioned by the DfE. This template can be used to record actions throughout the school year as well as for publication at the end of the school year.
Want to know more about PE subject leadership? Take a look at the Active Sussex dedicated webpage.
PE Subject LeadershipDavid works with Sussex schools to put PE, sport and physical activity at the heart of school life. He supports and promotes initiatives, programmes and local offers that develop PE, sport and physical activity provision within education.
Email: dtaylor@activesussex.org