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Primary PE and sport premium

Understand how the PE and sport premium for primary schools is allocated and find out how your school can spend it.

Last reviewed on 12 November 2024See updates
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Contents
  1. What is it?
  2. Eligibility 
  3. Allocation amounts
  4. Payment dates
  5. Spending the grant
  6. Accountability and reporting

This article is based on the PE and sport premium guidance from the DfE, updated on 9 October 2024.

What is it?

The PE and sport premium is funding for your school to spend on helping your pupils be more healthy and active. 

Your school should use the PE and sport premium to make sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity it provides, such as:

  • Funding high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week
  • Providing a wide range of extra-curricular sport and competitive opportunities
  • Providing or improving equal access to sport for boys and girls

The guidance refers to the UK chief medical officer's recommendation that:

  • Children should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day
  • Disabled children and young people should take part in 20 minutes of physical activity per day

Eligibility 

Your school will