The news that the Department for Education (DfE) was keen for school sports to become more competitive might have conjured up images of humiliation at the hands of over-zealous sports teachers. However, when the government announced in March 2013 that there would be new funding in primary schools, the prospects for school sport suddenly looked a lot better.
Primary headteachers were soon showing that they had no problem spending the money. Whereas the spending of Pupil Premium money had perhaps got off to a hesitant start, the Sport Premium funding was barely promised than it was off the shelves.
Since then, Ofsted has been reporting on how schools have been planning and spending it and now new research is aiming to give even greater insight into the impact this additional funding is having in our primary schools.
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