Guidance
PE and sport premium for primary schools
How much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2025 to 2026, and guidance on how to spend it.
Applies to England
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This guidance is for primary schools.
It explains:
- what the PE and sport premium is
- how much funding you will get, and how you will get it
- what you can, and cannot, spend it on
- effective ways to spend it
- how you will be held accountable for your spending
- how to report your spending
Your use of the funding must meet the conditions of grant.
Updates to this page
Published 19 September 2014
Last updated 6 October 2025
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We have updated the guidance for the 2025 to 2026 academic year. Schools now get 50% of their funding allocation in the first payment and 50% in the second payment. We have also reformatted the page to make it easier to use, and clarified the duties on schools throughout the guidance.
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First published.