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
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How do we spend Sports Premium funding at St. George’s and what is its impact?
School Name: St George’s CVA
Academic Year: 2024–2025
Total Funding Received: £19,010
2. Breakdown of Spending
- Staff CPD to improve PE delivery (with PE coach): £4,000
- Extra-curricular activities (free for all children): £4,500
- Replacement of sports equipment, line marking, and maintenance: £200
- Affiliation to sports providers (including DCCT): £2,750
- Zoned play and associated equipment: Included
- Management of ‘Wake and Shake’: Included
- Transport to and from sporting events: £2,000
- Healthy Fortnight with varied sports experiences: £770
- Professional athlete visits to inspire children: £345
- Swimming lessons: £4,445
3. Impact of Funding
Positive responses have been received through pupil and teacher voice monitoring. Lesson monitoring shows strong enjoyment and engagement in PE across the school, with particularly strong participation from SEND and disadvantaged pupils. There is excellent engagement in extra-curricular activities and increased uptake of sports outside of school.
4. Sustainability of Improvements
We will maintain our drive towards healthy minds and bodies in school. We will continue to provide high-quality PE and sport opportunities, building on the successes and lessons learned this year.
- 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
5. Swimming Proficiency – Year 6
- % of pupils who can swim at least 25m: 70%
- % who can use a range of strokes effectively: 70%
- % who can perform a safe self-rescue: 75%
