Primary Schools Funding - School Sports Premium
What is Schools Sports Premium?
The Government are continuing the PE and sport premium during the academic year 2018 to 2019, with the amount received based on the number of pupils in years 1 to 6. The funding is to raise standards in the provision of physical education and school sport, ensuring that all pupils become physically literate. The aim is to ensure they take that first step on the pathway so they develop a sporting habit for life. For full details visit Department for Education.
What should the money be used for?
Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of physical education (PE), physical activity and sport you offer.
This means that you should use the premium to:
- develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport activities that your school already offers
- build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years
Schools can use the premium to secure improvements in the following indicators:
- 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, you can use your funding to:
- provide staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively and embed physical activity across your school
- 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
- raise attainment in primary school swimming to meet requirements of the national curriculum before the end of key stage 2
- embed physical activity into the school day through active travel to and from school, active playgrounds and active teaching
How will the funding be monitored?
"Schools will be required to include details about their sporting provision on their school website, alongside their curriculum details, so parents can compare sports provision between schools, both within and beyond the school day." Department for Education
How can England Hockey help?
Why not include hockey as part of your schools offer, Quicksticks is a great game to introduce the sport of hockey. We have a variety of training teachers can access, as well as resources, specialist equipment, as well as templates and guidance to help you deliver Quicksticks, you'll find everything you need on this website.
Who can I get support from?
We recommend you contact your local club as they may be able to help deliver some training for your teachers or help with after school clubs - find your local club through Play Hockey. Links with local clubs is a great way to give extra opportunities to your pupils. We also have a network of Relationship Managers who can help. Your County Sports Partnership (CSP) will also have a dedicated officer to give you support - find out which CSP you are in here.
I'm a hockey club and want to get involved?
You need to decide what support you can offer schools, whether it is a teacher training session using our Quicksticks resources or a block of coaching working with a class teacher to improve their knowledge and skills or maybe you simply want to create awareness of your junior section. Contact schools local to your club and see how you can work together to provide hockey opportunities.
How should hockey coaches be helping schools?
Coaches should be working with teachers and teaching assistants to improve their knowledge of hockey giving them confidence and knowledge to deliver hockey in their schools, this could be done by-
- Teacher inset where the coach gives training to primary school teachers using our Quicksticks resources.
- Working with teachers in curriculum time to help deliver a hockey session - this should be a collaboration and the teacher should identify what they want to gain from either a lesson or a block of lessons, linked to the national curriculum (the teacher is ultimately responsible for the pupils, not the coach)
- An after school hockey club to provide extra opportunities - this could be working with a teacher, teaching assistant or young leader from the local secondary school
For more information and guidance contact your Relationship Manager or England Hockey Head Office.
