On 21 May, the Government confirmed that it is investing over £1 billion in school sport over the next three years. This includes £580 million for the new approach to school sport, the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network. The new Network will replace the existing PE and Sport Premium and put an end to the one-size fits all model that has failed too many children for too long. It will build strong partnerships between schools, local clubs and National Governing Bodies (NGBs), breaking down barriers to PE, school sport and physical activity for children who are less active (i.e. doing less than 30 minutes of moderate physical activity each day). Following a commercial process, the new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network will be fully up and running from Spring 2027. A further almost £200 million will go towards improving school sporting facilities, which could be used to make facilities more accessible for children with SEND or additional equipment, alongside a one-off £100 million PE Premium payment to support primary schools during the transition year. Schools receiving the PE and Sport Premium have always been required to report on how this money has been spent and on the impact of this through school level reporting published on their websites. To improve accountability and increase transparency on how PE and Sport Premium is being used by schools, from the 2024/25 academic year we introduced a mandatory digital reporting form, which enables us to see more broadly how the PE and Sport Premium is being spent by schools. This does not replace the requirement on schools to publish these details on their website. The digital form helps us to identify any unspent and non-compliant spending of the PE and Sport Premium along with compliance to the Conditions of Grant. The Conditions of Grant outline to schools how, and what the PE and sport premium grant funding can be used and spent on. They also include all the requirements (terms) a school must conform to in order to receive the funding, and the consequences of what may happen if these are not adhered to. The data gathered from returns also provides us with an additional evidence base to help further develop our policy thinking. On inspection, inspectors will look at how resources are allocated and used effectively, especially in respect of how this supports curriculum and teaching across the school. While Ofsted does not specifically assess a school’s use of the PE and Sport Premium during inspection, inspectors will expect schools to develop pupils’ understanding of how to keep physically healthy, eat healthily and maintain an active lifestyle, including by providing them with enrichment activities and opportunities to be active during the school day, and will consider this when evaluating pupils’ personal development and wellbeing. On 15 June, the Government published the Enrichment Framework,3 which sets out benchmarks and resources to give every school and college the tools to offer high-quality enrichment across arts, sport, nature, civic life and life skills. Ofsted will consider a school’s enrichment offer as part of how it assesses personal development, and parents will be able to see their local school’s offer through new ‘school profiles’ with useful information on a school’s offering. The £132.5 million ‘Every Child Can’ programme will fund activities within school and in communities at weekends and in the holidays. It is structured around the same 5 categories as set out in the ‘broad and well rounded’ benchmark in the Enrichment Framework.