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

Schools should use it to make sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide by:

• building capacity or capability within the school to ensure improvements benefit pupils joining in future years,
• developing or adding to the PE, physical activity or sport activities schools already offer.

The Department for Education identifies 5 key priorities for improvement:

• Increasing all staff’s confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport
• Increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sport
• Raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
• Offering a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils
• Increasing participation in competitive sport