The government had announced it would scrap £162m worth of funding currently allocated to the school sport partnerships programme and PE strategy. However, the decision sparked a backlash from sports stars, teachers and health experts.
The latest proposals will see the Department for Education (DfE) pay school sports partnerships to the end of the current academic year at a cost of £47m.
In addition, £65m from the DfE’s spending review settlement will be allocated to allow every school in England to release a PE teacher for one day a week for the following two academic years. It is hoped this will encourage a better take-up of competitive sport in primary schools and help to set in place a fixture network to increase sports competition between and within schools.
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