Sports Premium

What is the Sports Premium funding?

Sports Premium funding is an initiative first introduced by Government in 2013 to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding to help develop Sports and PE within schools. 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 school Headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all pupils.  This year with the introduction of the Sugar Tax schools have recieved an increase to their Sports Premium Funding.

Sport Premium funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.

Purpose of Sports Premium funding

The government currently provides additional funding of £150 million per annum to improve provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools. The aim of this funding is to:

• Increase participation rates in activities such as games, dance, gymnastics, swimming and athletics.
• Increase and improve success in competitive school sports.
• Ensure an inclusive physical education curriculum.
• Improve partnership work on physical education with other schools and other local partners
• Increase links with other subjects that contribute to pupil’s overall achievement and their social, spiritual, moral and cultural skills,
• Ensure greater awareness among pupils about the dangers of obesity, smoking and other such activities that undermine pupil’s health.

Below, please find our publication detailing the evidence of impact from the money allocated to the academy as part of the Sports Premium funding.

Birley Primary Academy  Sports Premium 2024-2025

2025-2026 Reporting PE and Sports Premium grant expenditure- opportunities, impacts and sustainability

2025-2026 Reporting PE and Sports Premium -categories of grant spending