Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School's Sports Funding page.
What is the Sports Premium?
The Government is providing funding of £320 million per annum for academic years 2024/25 to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding’. This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.
The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.
Possible uses for the funding include:
- Hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches
- New or additional Change4Life sport clubs
- Paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in PE/Sport
- Providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/Sport
- Running sport competitions, or increasing pupils’ participation in the School Games
- Buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/Sport
- Providing places for pupils on after school sport clubs and holiday clubs
- Pooling the additional funding with that of other local schools
How will we be spending the Sports Funding?
For the year 2024/25 funding should be used so that:
- All children have access to good quality PE and Sport
- All staff have access to training opportunities and to continued professional development
The total money Kirk Fenton School has been allocated for 2024/25 is £18,150. Our key objectives for 2024/25 are:
- Provision to deliver high quality PE lessons across school
- More reluctant pupils to have access to a more varied and regular competition through MAT PE & sports leads calendar. We aim to increase their confidence and resilience so that they are more engaged in PE lessons.
- Curriculum is well resourced and children have high quality resources to use
- Develop lunchtime staff skills in supporting physical activity & investment in OPAL Play and training development.
- To increase the profile of PE and school sport as a tool for whole school improvement.
- To establish strong sporting links within the local community.
- To see increased participation in competitive sports
Specialist Sports Provision
The MAT have put together a PE events team from individual schools to create a variety of different sporting events across the school year. This team is responsible for organising sporting events accessible to all children within the MAT. Some of our events include a swimming gala, tag rugby, kwik cricket, and a football tournament.