What is Sports Premium?

Beginning in 2013/2014, The Government has been providing funding to schools to improve the quality and breadth of physical education and sports provision. Schools are free to determine how best to use this funding including increasing participation in physical education and sport so that all pupils develop healthy lifestyles and reach the performance levels they are capable of.

Purpose of the Funding

Schools will have to spend the sports premium funding on improving the quality and breadth of provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. Possible uses for the funding include:

• Employing specialist physical education teachers or qualified coaches to work alongside teachers when teaching PE.
• Employing a local coach to provide weekly after-school sport on the school site.
• New or additional Change4Life sport clubs.
• Paying for transport, pool hire and instruction to provide additional swimming lessons.
• Running sport competitions, or increasing participation in the school games.
• Buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport.