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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Primary schools to lose out as Labour scraps 2012 Olympic legacy sports grant

Bridget Phillipson on a school sports field reaching out to catch a rounders ball
The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, taking part in a school PE lesson in south-east London on Thursday. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Funding for primary school sport in England is to be cut by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of school leaders.

The Department for Education (DfE) said that the £320m fund paid directly to primary schools each year through its PE and sports premium would be scrapped and replaced by a “sport partnerships network” worth £193m a year to cover primary and secondary schools.

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