St Jude's Catholic Primary School
St. Jude's Catholic Primary School

Sports Premium

Introduction

The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding until 2020. 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 schools to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.

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

Possible suggested uses for the funding include:

  • Hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside primary teachers when teaching PE.
  • New or additional Change4Life sport clubs.
  • Paying for professional development opportunities in PE/sport.
  • Providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/sport.
  • Running sport competitions, or increasing 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.

The funding has to be carefully spent so that all children benefit regardless of sporting ability; that the most able children are given the opportunity to compete in advanced tournaments and that staff have access to training opportunities and continued professional development.​

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