Schools: Sports

(asked on 7th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of PE and Sports Premium funding on participation in competitive sport; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 14th December 2016

We want all pupils to be healthy and active. Through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding since 2013 to primary schools to provide additional and sustainable improvements to PE and sport.

In independent research, 70% of schools reported that participation in inter-school competitions had increased since the premium was introduced, while 53% reported an increase in intra-school competitions. Furthermore, 87% of schools reported that the quality of PE teaching had increased, and 84% that there had been an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time, and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.

We know that there is more for us to do. That is why we have committed to doubling the funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320m a year from September 2017.

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