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PE and sport premium 2023 to 2024 digital form guidance

Published 26 June 2024

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Introduction

Schools must use the PE and sport premium to make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide, in accordance with the terms outlined in the바카라 사이트�conditions of grant바카라 사이트痑苍诲바카라 사이트�PE and sport premium guidance. This means schools may use the PE and sport premium to:听

  • build capacity and capability in the school and make sure that improvements made to the quality of PE, sport and physical activity provision now are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining the school in future听
  • develop or add to the PE, sport and physical activity that the school provides听

This guidance should help you complete your PE and sport premium grant funding assurance form. If you need more help with completing your returns, contact us via the

When to바카라 사이트痗omplete your submission바카라 사이트�

The deadline for submitting the PE and sport premium grant funding assurance form is 5pm on Wednesday, 31 July 2024.

Accessing the바카라 사이트痜orm

Please read the sections below before accessing the

Before you start

Make sure that you:听听

  • have a바카라 사이트� that is linked to your organisation. You need to have an account with the DfE sign-in service. If you have not used DfE sign-in before you바카라 사이트檒l need to바카라 사이트�
  • have relevant details on your school바카라 사이트檚 PE and sport premium allocation amount听听
  • have relevant information regarding any potential PE and sport premium underspend听
  • have relevant information to be able to provide a breakdown of how your school has spent its PE and sport premium funding听
  • have relevant information to outline whether your school has prioritised any funding to support disadvantaged children, girls or children with SEND and / or long-term medical conditions听
  • have detail on the measurable impact that the school has seen on pupils바카라 사이트� PE attainment, physical activity and sport participation due to the use of PE and sport premium funding听
  • have detail on how you have used your PE and sport premium funding to make sustainable improvements听

DfE Sign-in听

Sign in to 바카라 사이트痽our바카라 사이트疍fE Sign-in account

Follow the below steps to access the form via your DfE Sign-in account:听

  1. 听Access the and when prompted, enter your바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트痗redentials (your username and password) for authentication听
  2. Choose the organisation that you are completing the form for 바카라 사이트� this is only required if you are linked to several organisations听
  3. The next page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you signed in.바카라 사이트疶his will show the name, address and unique identifier of the local authority, as well as the name and email address of the person who signed into DfE Sign-in听
  4. If these details are correct, then all you need do is to select 바카라 사이트楥ontinue바카라 사이트� to go to the next page听
  5. If you believe these details are incorrect, please contact us via the and we will investigate.바카라 사이트痀ou can still proceed with your submission听
  6. Complete the form as instructed in the following sections听

To complete your form, your account must be connected to the organisation you are completing the form for. You do not need to add any services in DfE sign-in; it is used only바카라 사이트痜or authentication.

Once your request to access an organisation has been approved, you can follow the steps outlined 바카라 사이트�below바카라 사이트痶o complete the form.听

听You might have noticed the term 바카라 사이트榓pprover바카라 사이트� when creating your account. An approver is someone at your organisation responsible for controlling who has access to DfE Sign-in and the services within the system. It is usually a senior person, such as an administrator or a manager.听

바카라 사이트疐or security reasons, you will need the approval of one of your organisation바카라 사이트檚 approvers before you can access the form.听

If you바카라 사이트痙o not have a DfE Sign-in account바카라 사이트�

You will need to create one by following steps 1 to 5 below:바카라 사이트�

  1. Select 바카라 사이트榗reate a DfE Sign-in account바카라 사이트� the바카라 사이트�

  2. Enter your name and email address (use a valid business email address that contains your name)听

  3. We will send you an email to verify your email address; copy the code from this email and paste it into the box on the verification page听

  4. Create a memorable password that must be at least 14 characters听

  5. Sign in using your new credentials, and request access to the organisation for which you would like to submit the form.바카라 사이트痀our request will be sent to the approver(s) at your organisation for action听

Once your request to access an organisation has been approved, you can follow the steps outlined under바카라 사이트�already have a DfE account바카라 사이트痶o complete the form.听

You might have noticed the term 바카라 사이트榓pprover바카라 사이트� when creating your account. An approver is someone at your organisation responsible for controlling who has access to DfE Sign-in and the services within the system. It is usually a senior person, such as an administrator or a manager.听

For security reasons, you will need the approval of one of your organisation바카라 사이트檚 approvers before you can access the form.

If you need further assistance听

If you need help with DfE Sign-in, use our You will be able to request further assistance if required. When raising a support request, select 바카라 사이트榦ther.바카라 사이트櫶�

听If you have problems accessing the form, please contact us via the

Completing the바카라 사이트痜orm바카라 사이트�

When authenticated through DfE sign-in, you will find a 바카라 사이트榮ave and continue바카라 사이트� button on each page of the form.听

If you have to sign out of the form or your form is opened for an extended period before submitting it, you can resume your submission when you sign back in.听

Selecting 바카라 사이트榮ave and continue바카라 사이트� on each page will 바카라 사이트痶ake you through the form.听

Your details

This page will display the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you signed into your DfE Sign-in.바카라 사이트�

Your school type听

Once signed into the form, you will see the options to select a type of school. You will only be able to choose one option to continue with your submission.

Your school바카라 사이트檚 PE and sport premium funding

You need to enter the amount of PE and sport premium funding received for the current 2023 to 2024 academic year (including the amount of any PE and sport premium funding that you바카라 사이트檝e carried forward from the 2022 to 2023 academic year) and the amount of funding that has not been spent听

If your answer to any of these questions is none, please enter zero (0) into the box.听

How has your school spent its PE and sport premium funding听

Please provide a full breakdown of how your school has spent its PE and sport premium funding. We have broken it down across a series of categories to assist you further.听

听Where your school has spent money on a certain category, please select the appropriate tick box for that category from the list provided. You can select as many categories as are relevant. You will then be taken to an individual page for each category selected, where you can enter the value of the spend into the appropriate box. 听

听If your school spent funding in any other area not already covered in the series of categories, please briefly describe in 바카라 사이트極ther바카라 사이트� category and add spending value using the 바카라 사이트榁alue바카라 사이트� box.听

Targeted areas your school spent funding on

You will be presented with a number of pages asking you about the funding spent by your school during the current 2023 to 2024 academic year on providing or improving sport and physical activity opportunities for pupils. This section will ask whether your school has prioritised any funding to provide or improve sport opportunities for:听

  • children with special educational needs and disabilities, including children with long-term medical conditions听
  • girls听
  • disadvantaged pupils听

听Select 바카라 사이트楴o바카라 사이트� and continue with your submission for those that don바카라 사이트檛 apply to your school.听听

The impact of PE and sport premium funding听

You will be presented with a number of pages asking you about the impact that听 PE and sport premium funding has had on PE on pupils바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트疨E바카라 사이트痑ttainment, physical activity and sport participation in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.听

听This will include a question about the 5 key areas for improvement where funding should be prioritised. Select all that apply.听

Achieving sustainable outcomes听

In this section you will be asked to describe how your school is going to ensure that the improvements made through its spending of the PE and sport premium are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining in future years.听

Your answer cannot exceed 255 characters.

Meeting requirements for swimming and water safety

Enter your answers in percentage听听

You answer must be a number between zero (0) and 100

Declarations page

Once you have completed your submission, you must agree to the mandatory declarations below听

  • the information contained in this PE and sport premium assurance return is accurate and has been signed-off by the headteacher and the chair of governors or trustees听
  • the reported spending detailed within this return will be published on our school바카라 사이트檚 website听
  • you are authorised to submit this PE and sport premium assurance return on behalf of your school听

You will not be able to submit your form without fully completing this page.

Feedback

Following the declaration page, you will be asked to complete some feedback questions. The answers to these questions will assist the PE and sport premium team to make necessary improvements to the assurance form after the testing phase.

Submission summary听

You will be presented with a summary page that will allow you to check all your answers before submitting your form.听听

听If you would like to change any answers, use the 바카라 사이트榗hange바카라 사이트� link that appears next to each data entry.

Select 바카라 사이트榮ave summary as PDF바카라 사이트� button. There will still be an expectation for schools to publish information on their PE and sport premium spending on their school website. We would recommend that schools upload this PDF to their school website, providing a breakdown of the information you have entered in the form, thus ensuring transparency of spend. You should do this before clicking the 바카라 사이트楽ubmit바카라 사이트� button.听

Confirmation바카라 사이트�

바카라 사이트疶he final page confirms your바카라 사이트痵ubmission and will바카라 사이트痯rovide바카라 사이트痑 unique reference number.

Make a note of your unique reference number as this information will not be included in the confirmation email.

Amending your submission听

听If your submission is incorrect, you can resubmit your form up until바카라 사이트�5pm on 31 July 2024바카라 사이트� when this form window closes for submissions. To do this, you will need to log in and resubmit your form.听

바카라 사이트疐orms can be submitted or resubmitted until the deadline by selecting the link to the바카라 사이트� It will not be possible to grant any extensions to the deadline.听

If you make a second submission, we will take the details of the most recently submitted form and disregard previous versions. You will receive a new unique submission reference for an amended submission.听

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If you have any technical issues related to this digital form, please raise an enquiry听 via our 바카라 사이트�

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