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Education Secretary Announces £320 Million For PE And Sports Premium

The Education Secretary has announced that schools will continue to benefit from the PE and Sports Premium for the next academic year. By using your latest instalments of the Sports Premium within your setting, you can improve your playground and outdoor spaces.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said:

“During these challenging times, it has become clearer to me than ever the importance of keeping active and how it benefits not just our physical health but also our ability to pay attention, our mood and our mental health too.

Every family will have had a different experience of the pandemic, and I know that many children will have missed time spent outdoors with their friends – that’s why it’s so important that ahead of a full return to school in September, schools get the certainty they need to prepare their PE and sports activities for next year.”

The Department for Education has also confirmed today that any PE and Sport Premium funding from the current academic year (2019-20) that schools were unable to use as a result of the coronavirus pandemic can be brought forward to use in the next academic year, giving school leaders an opportunity to develop or add to their existing provision or to make improvements that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.

The PE and Sport Premium is a ring-fenced grant for English primary schools to provide additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE, sports and physical activity. Allocations to schools are determined by a formula based on pupil numbers. The average one form entry primary school will receive roughly £18,000 per year.

Timotay are here to support you and help you to get your pupils more active and interact with the outdoors with trim trails, daily mile tracks, new playground surfacing, bespoke climbing frames and bespoke playground designs.

Timotay Playscapes Playground Consultants can help you to find ways to create additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of your physical education, physical activity and sports facilities. Our award-winning team will create inspirational outdoor spaces and playgrounds to underpin your objectives.

Settings eligible for Sports Premium Funding include:

  • schools maintained by the local authority
  • academies and free schools
  • special schools (for children with special educational needs or disabilities)
  • non-maintained special schools (schools for children with special educational needs that the Secretary of State for Education has approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996)
  • city technology colleges (CTCs)
  • pupil referral units (PRUs provide education for children who can’t go to a mainstream school)
  • general hospitals

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