Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School's Sports Funding page.
What is the Sports Premium?
The PE and Sport Premium has supported schools to make significant improvements to PE, school sport and physical activity since 2013. It has helped schools strengthen their provision and remove barriers so that all children and young people, regardless of their background or ability, can achieve and thrive through access to high-quality PE, sport and physical activity opportunities.
What is the PE and sport premium for?
We should use the PE and sport premium funding to:
- support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
- make participation in PE and school sport easier
- make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
- improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
- embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.
Recommendations:
- children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day
- disabled children and young people should take part in 20 minutes of physical activity per day
We should aim to provide:
- high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week
- a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities
How will we be spending the Sports Funding?
Our key objectives for 2026/27 are:
- Provision to deliver high quality PE lessons across school
- More reluctant pupils to have access to inspirational sports people - using funding to invite local clubs into school
- 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.