Sports Premium
At St Anne’s school, we recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of our children. We believe that an innovative, varied PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all our children.
Our Primary School Sport’s Funding will enable us to continue and extend our provision through engaging additional sports professionals, entering into more competitive sports competitions and training our staff to deliver in-house quality PE sessions.
What is the Sports Premium?
The government currently provides funding each academic year to provide new and substantial primary school sport funding. This funding was renewed for the academic year 2025 – 2026. The funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. The money can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.
Purpose of the funding
Schools have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possible uses of the funding include:
- Hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside primary teachers when teaching PE
- 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 material for PE/sport
- Providing places for pupils on after school sport clubs and residential visits
In 2025, the requirements for reporting changed. All primary schools now need to complete the digital expenditure reporting return for the PE and sport premium. The DfE states that “As a condition of grant all primary schools must publish a report, showing how they have spent their PE and sport premium funding allocation and the impact it has had, on the school’s website. You may choose to print copies of your submissions and upload them to meet this requirement.”
