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How Will You Spend Your Sports Premium?
Sports premium funding should be used to help schools continue to use physical education, sport and physical activity as a tool to improve educational attainment, emotional and physical health and wellbeing.
Our PE and Sport premium range ensures pupils leave primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle and commit to a lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
To help your school navigate the minefield of what to spend your money on, we have created exclusive packages to help you decide.
Freestanding Sports Premium Equipment
Included within the Sports Premium Guidance document, the Department of Education state that the Sport Premium should not be used for anything classified as 'capital expenditure', which includes:
- MUGAs
- Daily Mile Tracks
- Forest School Environments
- Trim Trails
- Fixed Playground Equipment (e.g. climbing frames, play towers)
With this new rule being implemented for the 2023/24 Sport Premium budget, a lot of schools have been left confused on how they can spend their Sport Premium.
Following the guidelines laid out by the Department of Education, our design team has created a wide range of fantastic play equipment that helps children develop physically and qualifies as equipment that can be bought with the PE and Sport Premium!
There are so many exciting freestanding options that will achieve the following objectives:
- Increases engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity.
- Contributes to the improvement of the school as a whole by raising the profile of sports and PE.
- Builds knowledge of P.E and sport in staff so they confidently teach and share their understanding.
- Offers a variety of sports/ physical activity opportunities for all pupils.
- Encourages participation in competitive sport.
With hundreds of schools using Pentagon Play to spend their remaining sports premium, we know what equipment is a perfect investment for your school.
Spending your sports premium doesn't have to be a stressful job either. Our team of Internal Learning Advisors are happy to support you and advise you on your sports premium budget. The knowledge and expertise our ILA team have will help your school make the best decision for your pupils and future generations.
No matter the size of your school, you can count on Pentagon Play to help you get the best play equipment with your PE and Sport premium today!
Scroll down to see examples of our projects as well as a range of suitable products for your Sports Premium funding.
Don't forget that on the 31st July 2024, your sports premium will be revoked. You will not be able to carry over any of the remaining budget, so make sure that you spend the full amount to get the most for your pupils! We have a fantastic blog regarding the topic of understanding sports premium and you can always contact us for more help or advice.
Thank you to Pentagon for kindly helping out with our soft play area in our Foundation Stage. Your help is very much appreciated.
Susan Lawless - Antrobus St Mark's C of E primary School, Northwich
The space previously was laid to grass and over the winter months was unusable due to it becoming extremely wet and muddy. However in the summer months, it was the only area in the school where pupils could shelter from the hot sun. Therefore although useful, we weren’t able to use this area imaginatively and pupils were limited to bringing small outdoor toys to the area which brought its own challenges. The adventure play area now serves all the pupils and they have clearly really loved using and exploring all the equipment.
Grove Park School, East Sussex
We are delighted with our new outdoor lab. It has exceeded our expectations and we are devising new opportunities for outdoor learning every week
Diane Hunt - Heage Primary School, Derbyshire
Very Helpful and accommodating staff. Their products are really good quality too
Toni Dick - Whittingham CE First School, Northumberland
The children love their new grass – and so do we all.
Gill Wilson - Lady Lane Park School - Bradford
The Pentagon process was efficient and smoothly executed. The consultation was friendly and informative and follow up not at all pushy. We had to await the result of applied grant funding and there was no undue pressure whilst that process was occurring.
Installation date mutually agreed as soon as funding was confirmed. The installation crew were very flexible, adapting initial plans where required. They arrived on site early and started work early despite horrendous weather conditions! They were friendly, professional and interacted with interested children appropriately!
Ultimately the children are delighted with the installation as are parents and staff. It really has added value to our field and made our play area more attractive.
Sue Prickett - Hartest Primary School, Suffolk