Sports Funding

The premium for the 2025 to 2026 academic year is paid in 2 instalments from the Secretary of State to the authority as follows:

Financial year	2025 to 2026 academic year	Payment date
2026 to 2026	September 2025 to March 2026	31 October 2025
2025 to 2026	April 2026 to August 2026	30 April 2026

How to use the funding

The premium must be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport, for the benefit of primary-aged pupils to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.

There are five key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport

For example, schools can use the funding to:

• 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

Allocation

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.

Based on the January 2025 census: amount allocated to Dringhouses 2025/2026 = £18,620 (paid in two lump sums)

Our PE Co-ordinator is Miss Jess Burgess.

The use and impact of the PE and sport premium funding is detailed in the attached documents:

SPP Catergories of Spending 2025-2026

Sports Premium Funding 2024-2025