Please read the information below which gives details of our PE and Sport Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.

What is Sports Premium?

Schools receive PE and sport premium funding based on the number of pupils in years 1 to 6. Schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils receive £1,000 per pupil. Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. The breakdown of funding available for academic year 2019-2020, including conditions of grant, is available here.

What can Sports Premium be used for?

• provide staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively

• hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers to enhance or extend current opportunities

• introduce new sports, dance or other activities to encourage more pupils to take up sport and physical activities

• support and involve the least active children by providing targeted activities, and running or extending school sports and holiday clubs

• enter or run more sport competitions

• partner with other schools to run sports activities and clubs

• increase pupils’ participation in the School Games

• encourage pupils to take on leadership or volunteer roles that support sport and physical activity within the school

• provide additional swimming provision targeted to pupils not able to meet the swimming requirements of the national curriculum

• embed physical activity into the school day through active travel to and from school, active playgrounds and active teaching

What Petham uses Sports Premium for

You can view our whole plan for Sports Premium by reading our report here.