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Home » Education » Primary Schools » PE and Sport Premium

PE and Sport Premium

The Primary PE and Sport Premium (PPSP) for primary schools aims to improve the quality of primary PE. Funding has been committed by the Government until the end of the 2025 academic year. A significant focus of the premium is how it can be used to provide sustained development of sport, physical activity and PE within schools.

The premium should be used to:

  • Develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport activities that schools provide
  • Build capacity and capability within schools to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

Key Indicator 1: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
Key Indicator 2: Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
Key Indicator 3: Profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport

Funding should not be used to:

  • Employ coaches or specialist teachers to cover planning preparation and assessment (PPA) arrangements
  • Teach the minimum requirements of the national curriculum
  • Fund capital expenditure
  • buying services that will be delivered or used in following academic years
  • buying staff PE kit

Through funding from Active Herefordshire and Worcestershire, we are able to provide further support and guidance for school through workshops and 1:1 meetings.

Tools and Resources

Stride Active breakdown of the Guidance
PE Premium Update notes 2024-25

Reporting Template
PE Premium Evaluation form 2024-25

In depth Government guidance for schools around the sports premium
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools

DfE Conditions of Grant
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2024-to-2025 

What to consider when using external coaches (afPE safe practice guidance)
Effective use of Coaches 2023 update

Further Sources of Information

Association for Physical Activity (afPE): https://www.afpe.org.uk/page/About_the_Primary_PE_and_Sport_Premium

Youth Sport Trust (YST): https://www.youthsporttrust.org/school-support/primary-pe-sport-premium

Swim England: https://www.swimming.org/schools/ 

Case Studies

Click the images below to see how schools in Herefordshire have been using their PE premium to support activity in their school.

Steiner School - Hereford

Introducing Competitive Sport

Madley Primary School 2024

Improving the Playground!

Burghill Primary Academy 2024

Surfing to high school!

Much Birch Primary School 2024

120 active minutes

Withington Primary School 2023

Walk Home Wednesdays – encouraging active travel

Much Birch Primary School 2023

Engaging all pupils in physical activity

Madley Primary School 2023

Supporting pupil progress and developing fundamental skills

Riverside Primary School 2023

Upskilling staff

Madley Primary School (2) 2023

Upskilling staff

Stretton Sugwas Academy 2023

How Stretton Sugwas set up a Walking Bus to encourage active travel

St Pauls Primary School 2023

How St Pauls have upskilled their ECT’s and 1:1’s

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