All children and young people should lead healthy active lives. Primary PE and Sports Premium funding is provided by the Department for Education to ensure all children have equal access to high-quality PE provision and opportunities to experience and participate in a wide range of sports and physical activities.
The funding is ring-fenced meaning it can only be spent on the provision of PE and sports and cannot be used for core school activities.
The Government believes that headteachers and school leaders should decide how to use the funding for PE and Sports in school. They are held accountable for the decisions they make through:
- The performance outcomes of all pupils compared with their peers
- The Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, in particular in those areas where specific funding has been provided
- The reports that schools are required to publish online for parents
Here at Brockton, we use our sports funding effectively to ensure that standards of learning and achievement in PE and Sports are raised, with all children, regardless of their background, engaging in physical activity as part of the curriculum and extra-curricular provision.