Smarter Spending = Better PE and More Room to Invest in What Your School Really Needs.
The Primary PE and Sport Premium continues to provide schools with a powerful opportunity to raise standards in PE and physical activity. But here’s the challenge:
Most schools aren’t using this funding to its full potential and are asking the same question:
“How do we use our PE and Sport Premium funding to truly benefit the whole school?”
At LSC, we help schools not only deliver PE through qualified specialists, but also unlock budget space to reinvest in Music, MFL, Drama and more.
This strategic move allows you to:
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- Maintain or even raise standards in PE with expert delivery
- Use your main school budget to invest in other subject areas for PPA cover
- Expand access to Music, Modern Foreign Languages, Art, Drama, Computing, and more
What is the PE and Sport Premium?
The Government’s PE & Sport Premium gives most primary schools around £16,000 plus £10 per pupil every year.
It should be noted that this funding is ring-fenced and schools must make additional and sustainable improvements to PE and sport provision.
For example, the funding must be used to:
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- Improve the quality of physical education
- Increase daily physical activity levels
- Expand access to sport
- Ensure long-term, sustainable improvements
What Can You Use the PE and Sport Premium For?
The Department for Education (DfE) provide detailed guidance on how schools can use their funding, including these examples:
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- Hiring qualified sports coaches and subject specialists to deliver PE lessons
- Provide staff CPD and upskilling
- Run before and after school clubs
In addition, there are restrictions, and schools cannot use the funding for:
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- Regular teacher salaries
- Core PE curriculum costs delivered by internal staff
- Facility upgrades or capital expenses
The Smartest Way to Use Your PE Funding in 2025/26
One highly effective way to use this funding is to offer extracurricular clubs before and after school. These clubs provide pupils with additional opportunities to be active, develop new skills, and foster a lifelong love of sport and physical activity.
By using your funding in this way, you’re not only meeting key objectives around physical education and pupil wellbeing, but also creating a more vibrant and engaging school environment.
But the benefits don’t stop there.
When you combine this strategic use of funding with income generated from renting out your school’s facilities—such as sports halls, fields, or classrooms—you can unlock significant savings across other areas of your budget. This additional revenue stream can help free up funds that would otherwise be tied up, giving you the flexibility to invest in essential services like PPA cover.
In many cases, schools find they can secure high-quality PPA provision at a fraction of the usual cost, simply by reallocating resources more efficiently and maximising their use of PE and Sports Premium.
At this time, over 100 primary schools partner with LSC to deliver consistent and trusted PPA cover and support by:
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- Deliver high-quality PE through specialists
- Ensure sustainable improvements to pupil activity
- Free up your main school budget to invest in other curriculum areas
Unlike traditional sports coaching agencies, LSC practitioners are specialists in their subject and passionate about making a difference in education. In fact, our specialist teachers are equipped with curriculum-aligned lesson plans, strong behaviour management capabilities, and are regularly observed by our quality assurance team.
In addition, we cover our own absences- so that means less stress for your school when sicknesses arise.
More Than PE: Unlocking The Full Potential With LSC
We work with you to find the best solution to your PPA problems, delivering a flexible carousel of subjects to all pupils (Reception – Year 6).
Therefore, if you’re ready to maximise your PE and Sport Premium, book your free 15-minute consultation below.
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Summary
The Primary PE and Sport Premium offers a unique opportunity to raise standards in physical education while unlocking broader benefits for your school. By partnering with LSC, you can use this funding to deliver high-quality, DfE-compliant PE provision, cover PPA time with subject specialists, and reinvest your core budget into wider curriculum areas such as Music, MFL, Art, Drama, and more.