PE and Sports Premium

What is PE and Sports Premium funding?

PE and Sports Funding in the UK refers to financial support provided to schools to improve physical education (PE), sport, and physical activity opportunities for children. This funding is primarily aimed at primary schools and comes from the government to enhance PE provision and encourage healthy, active lifestyles.

Primary PE and Sport Premium

The Primary PE and Sport Premium is a specific government grant given to primary schools in England to improve the quality of PE and sport. It was introduced in 2013 and continues to be a key part of school funding. The money is allocated based on the number of pupils in Years 1-6, with most schools receiving £16,000 per year plus £10 per pupil.

Schools can use the funding to:

  • Hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers.
  • Improve PE equipment and facilities.
  • Provide more extracurricular sports clubs.
  • Offer swimming lessons and other physical activities.
  • Train teachers to improve the quality of PE lessons.
  • Encourage active play during break times.

We must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport we provide. This includes any carried forward funding.

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

  • develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport that we provide
  • build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now are sustainable and will benefit students joining the school in future years

Full information is in the link below

PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools – GOV.UK

How do we spend Sports Premium funding at St. George’s and what is its impact?

St George’s Catholic Voluntary Academy was allocated £19,220 for 2023-2024.

Please see below for the impact of this spending:

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PE specialists to help deliver and run the wider PE provision in the school, including active lunchtimes; physical literacy intervention, forest schools:  £ 16,250.

Resupply of the PE equipment: £ 390

Derby school sports partnership/affiliation (SSP): £ 1750

Healthy fortnight athletes, workshops and provision: £ 430

Swimming costs: £2800

Our aims are as follows:

  • To ensure access for all pupils to high quality first teaching of PE, including swimming for Year 6 children) by training highly skilled PE teaching staff.
  • To increase pupils’ participation in extracurricular sporting activities.
  • To promote active lunch and break times for all pupils.
  • To introduce sharper assessment practices in PE to quickly identify next step skills to be taught.
  • To increase opportunities to take part in competitive sport.
  • To enable all pupils to access a broad range of healthy after school clubs.
  • To increase the participation in healthy Positive competition.

Yr 6 Swimming Outcomes 2023 – 2024

  • 76% of the year group can swim competently, confidently, and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
  • 68% can use a range of strokes effectively
  • 82% can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations