Premium Allocations

Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium is extra money for schools to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities achieve their full potential. The amount of pupil premium funding schools receive is decided by how many disadvantaged pupils they have – schools then receive funding per pupil premium-eligible child.

The funding is intended to allow each school to make additional provision for children who are in receipt of free school meals, those who are looked after by the local authority and those whose parents are members of the armed forces and may, as a consequence of their parents’ placements, be subject to a number of school moves.

Schools must allocate spending across the following three key areas:

Support high-quality teaching

Provide targeted academic support

Tackle non-academic barriers to academic success, such as difficulties with attendance, behaviour, and social and emotional wellbeing.

It is up to individual schools to decide how to use this funding to enhance the achievement of pupils and ensure the inclusion of pupils in enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities.

You can view or download our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement for this academic year to find out how funding has been allocated in our school

Pupil Premium Strategy 2025/26

PE and Sports Premium

The PE and Sport Premium is additional government funding provided to primary schools to enhance the quality of physical education, school sport and physical activity. At our school, this funding is used to ensure all pupils have access to high-quality PE lessons, opportunities to develop healthy, active lifestyles, and a wide range of sporting experiences. We carefully plan how the funding is spent to improve teaching and learning in PE, increase participation in sport, and build staff confidence and expertise, so that the benefits are sustainable and have a lasting impact on our pupils’ physical and mental wellbeing.

Department for Education Vision for the Primary PE and Sport Premium

The Department for Education states that PE and sport premium funding should be used to:

support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
make participation in PE and school sport easier
make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.

The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend:

children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day
disabled children and young people should take part in 20 minutes of physical activity per day

Schools should aim to provide:

high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week
a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities

For more detailed information about our P.E. plan please refer to the attached PE and Sport Premium plan.

reporting pe and sport premium grant expenditure categories of grant spending 1 .pdf

Catchgate Primary School

Premium Allocations

Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium Strategy 2025/26

PE and Sports Premium

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