That's because prospective parents will be able to
compare sports provision between schools, both during and after the school day.
The challenge for heads making decisions on how to spend the additional funding is that the premium is ring - fenced and must only be spent on physical education and
sport provision in schools.
Schools may be eligible for Foundation funding from the charity if each can demonstrate a need for such facilities in their area, value - for - money, and that improving the facilities will help increase participation and increase access to football and
sports provision amongst the local community.
The top factors as rated by all schools were continued investment in
primary sport provision (82 per cent); infrastructure or support for schools to work together (51 per cent), and continued investment in the Sainsbury's School Games (45 per cent).
Following Team GB's success at the Rio Olympic Games, Labour's Deputy Leader Tom Watson has criticised the government for selling off playing fields and cutting programmes that give children access to high
quality sports provision.
In order to improve and enhance the overall PE experience for students at both school sites and in a drive to
enhance sports provision and opportunities for the local community, we decided to completely overhaul the current dual use facilities, improving each school's revenue stream.
Now open for use, the new facility will allow the school's Academy to enhance its
extensive sports provision to its pupils, as well as increase sporting opportunities to over 40 teams in the local community.
When developing their strategy they took into account
existing sports provision, identified barriers that were precluding sports participation and how to develop opportunities to encourage it.
In a recent Smith Institute publication Baroness Sue Campbell, Chairman of UK Sport spoke frankly
about sports provision in schools and questioned whether we attach the status to PE that it should have.
Multi-skills is the fourth most commonly offered extra-curricular sport in primary schools, revealing an understanding of age and stage
appropriate sport provision.
The funding that primary schools receive for PE and
sports provision from the Department for Education has doubled.
Art, Drama, Design / Food Technology, Music and RS are now in danger of disappearing as school
competitive sporting provision has done before, because the priority for an academic education sanctions their «departure».
Schools may be eligible if they can demonstrate a need for such facilities in their area, value - for - money, and that improving the facilities will help increase participation and increase access to football and
sports provision amongst the local community.
Continued investment in
primary sport provision and infrastructure or support for schools to work together appeared on both lists, but investment in the Sainsbury's School Games, more specialist teachers and enhanced guidance for schools only appeared in the most common responses from primary teachers.
A unique initiative allowing children between the ages of 4 - 11 the opportunity for charity coaches to deliver a tailored range
of sport provisions.
The Department for Education (DfE) has doubled the amount of money that primary schools get for PE and
sport provision to # 320 million as part of a series of programmes aimed at improving healthy lifestyles and tackling obesity among pupils.
The Department for Education (DfE) is doubling the funding that primary schools receive for PE and
sport provision, from # 160 million to # 320 million a year.
The Youth Sport Trust's annual survey is just one example from more than forty research projects undertaken over the last decade that provide evidence for the positive impact that effective school
sports provision can make.
«The new building will give us better facilities and more space with improved ITC and
sports provision.»
The PE and Sports Premium gives primary schools # 150 million every year until 2020 to use as they see fit to improve their PE and
sports provision, with many using it to top up swimming.
«These results sit alongside fantastic cultural and
sport provision, with our enrichment programme ensuring that we don't just focus on exam results but help equip students for every aspect of their lives to come.»