What is the Sports Premium?
The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum for academic years, which has been extended to 2025. This is in place to provide new, substantial sports funding for primary schools . This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School’s Sports Funding page. 
Purpose of funding
Schools will have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possible uses for the funding include:
- hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside primary teachers when teaching PE
- new or additional Change4Life clubs/ other sport clubs
- paying for professional development opportunities in PE/sport
- providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/sport
- running sport competitions, or increasing participation in the school games
- buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport
- providing places for pupils on after school sport clubs and holiday clubs
- creating opportunities for children to develop as healthier young people
How we are spending the Sports Funding and who will benefit?
The Governors agree that the money must be used so that: all children benefit regardless of sporting ability; that the most able children are given the opportunity to compete in advanced tournaments; that staff have access to training opportunities and continued professional development. Having achieved School Games Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in recent years, we are really trying to build on the enjoyment and participation in PE and sport at St Francis.
SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
2023/2024 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sports Premium 2023 2024
2022/2023 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sports Premium 2022 2023
2021/2022 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sports Premium 2021 2022
2020/2021 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sports Premium 2020 2021
2018/2019 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sports Premium 2018 2019
2017/2018 – SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING
Sport Premium 2017 2018
2016/2017
St Francis’ Catholic Primary School Sports Funding Report 2016/2017
2015/2016
St Francis’ Catholic Primary School’s Sports Funding 2015/2016 Report
Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School’s Sports Funding page.
Click on the link to view the spending for sport at St Francis 2015/2016 PE-funding-2015.16
Click below to the sports funding update for the summer term 2016 PE-funding-2015.16- UPDATE SUMMER
The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools. This year we have £8340.
2014/2015
Click on the link to see the up-to-date spending on sport at St Francis foe the academic year 2014/2015
PE Funding update (2014 – 2015)
PE report JUNE 2015 Click on the link to see the latest PE report for the Summer Term 2015
Having gained new resources and facilities the previous year, our aim was to develop teacher CPD, through courses and coaching within school, as well as to continue to gain new facilities for both key stages. Within the Autumn Term, we have a Tennis coach delivering outstanding lessons to KS2. The Netball team received their bespoke netball hoodies. In addition to this new equipment to develop many throwing, catching and target games came in school. Year 5/6 will be swimming for the whole term.
Within the Spring Term, Preston Gymnastics have come in to develop outstanding practice within KS1 and KS2. After the Easter half term, we have FA Football coaches coming into school to work with KS2 to develop their football skills and team game skills. KS1 get the expertise of our Tennis coaching. Excitingly, for the first time at St Francis we have an exciting Superhero Sports after school club, running for three weeks across January and February. Year 3/4 will be swimming for a whole term.
The Summer Term will see Lancashire Cricket Council come to St Francis to work with KS2, developing their team sport knowledge further.
Throughout each term, Teachers are attending courses specific to their Key Stage to develop their knowledge and seek best practice, bringing new ideas and development of PE and Sport within St Francis.
2013/2014
For the first year of our Schools Sports Funding, here at St Francis, we looked to improve the facilities and resources that we have available for school, to make PE and Sport more inclusive and enjoyable. We now have new football nets and football kits for the football team, which are also used for Curriculum PE. We have new netball nets and bibs for the netball team, which are also used for Curriculum PE. In addition to this we have a host of new equipment to support Games within both KS1 and KS2. The funding also allowed for both Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 to swim for an additional term. We also used the sports funding to bring in specialised sports coaches to deliver Athletics and Games to KS2. After a successful year of sport here at St Francis, we look forward to facilitating further opportunities for PE and Sport within our next school year.
