Sport Funding

Primary School Sports and PE Funding

The government provided additional funding of £150 million per annum for academic years 2013 to 2017 to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This was extended in 2017/18 and continues.

This funding - provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport - is allocated to primary school head teachers.

This funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.

Purpose of funding

Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

Possible uses for the funding might include:

• hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers when teaching PE
• supporting and engaging the least active children through new or additional Change4Life clubs
• paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in PE and sport
• providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE and sport
• running sport competitions, or increasing pupils’ participation in the School Games
• buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE and sport
• providing places for pupils on after school sports clubs and holiday clubs
• pooling the additional funding with that of other local schools.

Plan 2023/24

For the academic year we have been awarded £20,410. 

Please click on the link below to access the plan for 2023/24

Sports Funding Plan 2023/24

Outcomes 2023/24

For the 2023/24 Academic Year we were awarded £20,450 .

Please click on the link below to see how we spent this money and the impact it has had.

Sports Funding Plan Outcomes 2023/24

49% of Year 6 pupils were able to swim 25 metres.

43% of Year 6 pupils were able to use a range of strokes effectively.

85% of Year 6 pupils were able to perform a safe self-rescue.