Primary Schools PE and Sport Update
Primary PE and School Sport Premium Requirement – 4 April 2017
Schools should have on their website as a condition of the Primary PE and School Sport funding, details of how they have spent their PE funding by Friday 4 April. This should include:
- the amount of premium received
- a full breakdown of how it has been spent (or will be spent)
- what impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment
- how the improvements will be sustainable in the future.
More information about the PE and sport premium funding and advice on how to spend it can be found on the DfE website.
Schools can also find further guidance including national case studies demonstrating the impact of the PE premium on the PE and School Sport CSW (Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire) website
Childhood Obesity Strategy (COS)
Outlined in this strategy is a sugar tax levy to give more resources to schools to promote healthy active lifestyles. Funding of the PE premium is most likely to be doubled with this levy, or at least the core funding could be, being approximately £16k for primary schools; however this funding is only confirmed till 2020. Schools will have to demonstrate the sustainability and impact of how they are spending their funding.
The COS also states there will be voluntary healthy schools rating that will be taken into account during OFSTED. Parents will be actively involved in this rating.
Schools will also have to identify a governor who will be the champion of PE and Healthy Active Lifestyles. Further information is expected in the summer term. Headlines of the COS and what it means for schools can be found on our home page – www.peschoolsportcsw.org.uk or the Government’s update can be found here - https://engage.dh.gov.uk/childhoodobesity/
Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Primary Premium Awards – 7 April
These are part of national awards that reward and recognise primary schools that are effectively and innovatively spending their Primary premium. CSW will hold their own nominations, the winners of CSW will get through to the West Midlands awards, and these winners will then go through to the National award. Closing date is 7 April, for further information visit www.peschoolsportcsw.org.uk/primary-pe-sport-awards
School Games Review
Currently School Games Organisers (SGO) and other key partners are being consulted on what the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will look like for the 2017 – 2018 academic year. These will most likely link to the health agenda and participation, not just sport activities. Outcomes should be published by Easter. To find your local organiser and for more information about the School Games visit www.peschoolsportcsw.org.uk/find-your-sgo
Family Fund - £40 million
Sport England will be releasing information about a £40 million Family Fund, aimed at increasing physical activity and sport within families. This could be significant for schools, as partners may want to work with schools and use schools facilities as hubs for their projects. Further information will be available later in March.