The purpose of the PE and sport premium grant is for schools to make additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport for the benefit of all primary-aged pupils to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.

This means schools must use the PE and sport premium to:

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

It is important that schools make the most effective use of the premium. To best achieve this, spending should focus on making improvements in 5 key areas, to assist in:  

• increasing confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sporting activities
• increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sporting activities
• raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
• offer a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils
• increasing participation in competitive sport

Since September 2013, Ofsted inspections report on how primary schools spend their P.E. and sport premium funding. As a result, we must publish details of how we spend our PE and sport premium funding.

To view the impact the P.E. and Sport Premium Allocation has had on our pupils’ learning in physical education, after-school sports clubs, local and regional sporting competitions and general attitudes to physical activity, please click on the link below: