Sport Premium

About the PE and sport premium (DFE definition)

All children and young people should live healthy active lives. The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that all children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day, with the recommendation for disabled children and young people being 20 minutes of physical activity per day.

It is important that schools are supporting children and young people to achieve this aim. This is particularly true of primary schools where the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity are embedded.

The Department for Education (DfE) wants all children to have equal access to high-quality PE provision and opportunities to experience and participate in a wide range of sports and physical activities. Schools should aim to provide high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week, complemented by a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities. By providing this it can help improve children’s health and wellbeing, personal development as well as academic attainment.  

Schools should use the PE and sport premium funding to support children to meet 60 active minutes and achieve the above aims. This funding must not be used for core-type school activities. Schools should use it to:  

• make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide
• provide or improve equal access to sport for boys and girls
• ensure teachers have the relevant skills and knowledge to confidently teach PE in a structured way, prioritising continued professional development (CPD) and training where needed

How funding is calculated and the amounts payable for 2024 to 2025

Schools receive PE and sport premium funding based on the number of pupils they have in years 1 to 6. 

In most cases, we determine funding by using data from the January 2024 school census. For a new school, or a school teaching eligible pupils for the first time in the academic year 2024 to 2025, funding is based on data from the autumn 2024 school census.

For the year 2024 to 2025, the amounts payable will be:

• schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils will receive £1,000 per pupil
• schools with 17 or more eligible pupils will receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil

For 2025-2025 Moorlands will receive £19,270 based on the numbers on roll as the October school census was completed.

Further guidance on the Sport Premium funding and how it can be used can be found on the DFE website sport-premium-for-primary-schools

Each year we have to report to both governors and more widely what the previous year's funds have been used for and the proposed spending plan for the current academic year's funds. This informatiuon is contained in the report below.