The government has provided additional funding since 2013, to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This ‘Sports Premium’ is ring-fenced and can therefore 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 schools have been given 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 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.
Accountability
Since September 2013, schools have been asked to account for how they spend their additional, ring-fenced funding. OFSTED strengthened the coverage of PE and sport within their ‘Inspectors’ Handbook’ guidance so that both schools and inspectors know how sport and PE will be assessed as part of the school’s overall provision.
Schools are also required to include details of their provision of PE and sport on their website, alongside details of their broader curriculum, so that parents can compare sports provision between schools, both within and beyond the school day. Further information can be found at the Department for Education’s Sports Premium website. For details of the Lord Deramore’s PE curriculum, please see the Curriculum area of our website.
You can view detailed spending plans, swimming assessment, and evaluations of the impact of the Sport Premium funding in Lord Deramore’s below.
- The DfE confirmed on the 25th June 2022 that they would continue to fund the Sports Premium for the 2022/23 academic year, and we anticipate that the funding allocation for Lord Deramore’s will be £18,150.
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2021/22 was: £18,160
- You can view this year’s detailed plans here:
Sports Premium Overview 2021/22 (reviewed July 2022)
- You can view this year’s detailed plans here:
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2020/21 was: £18,110
- You can view 2020/21 detailed plans here:
Sports Premium Funding Overview and Plans 2020/21
- You can view 2020/21 detailed plans here:
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2019/20 was: £18,110
- You can view 2019/20 detailed plans here:
Sports Premium Funding Overview and Plans 2019/20
- You can view 2019/20 detailed plans here:
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2018/19 was: £18,070
- You can view 2018/19 detailed plans here:
Sports Premium Funding Overview and Plans – 2018/19
- You can view 2018/19 detailed plans here:
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2017/18 was: £18,020
- You can view 2017/18 detailed plans here:
Sports Premium Funding Overview and Plans – 2017/18
- You can view 2017/18 detailed plans here:
- Funding for Lord Deramore’s for 2016/17 was: £8,861
- You can see 2016/17 detailed plans for using this money here:
Sports Premium Funding Overview and Plans – 2016/17
- You can see 2016/17 detailed plans for using this money here:
- Sports Premium Funding prior to 2016
- Please click here to see the overviews of Sports Premium spending in previous years.