Complete the PE and sport premium expenditure reporting return
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-01)

How primary schools can complete a return to show how they have spent their PE and sport premium funding allocation.

Thank you to the many schools who have already completed the primary PE and sport premium expenditure reporting return.

We are aware of digital issues that a number of schools experienced accessing the return and we thank you for your patience while these were being resolved.

Further support
- you will need a DfE Sign-in account (https://services.signin.education.gov.uk/) to make this return. If you need help with DfE Sign-in, use our DfE Sign-in help service (https://help.signin.education.gov.uk/dashboard). When you raise a support request, select ‘other’
- if you have problems accessing the form, use the customer help portal (https://customerhelpportal.education.gov.uk/) to contact us
- use the link reporting primary PE and sport premium grant expenditure (https://digital-forms.education.gov.uk/btdzuovroc/reporting-primary-pe-and-sport-premium-grant-expenditure) which will take you directly to the form
- you can change and resubmit your return until 5pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025
All eligible schools need to complete the digital expenditure reporting return for the PE and sport premium, for the 2024 to 2025 academic year, by 5pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025.

The conditions of grant (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2024-to-2025) outline this requirement.

You can change and resubmit your return until this time.

We have published guidance on how to use the PE and sport premium (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools).

Before you start

Make sure you have an active DfE Sign-in account (https://services.signin.education.gov.uk/) 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, you need to create an account (https://profile.signin.education.gov.uk/register).

Make sure you also have relevant details so you can:
- enter any potential PE and sport premium underspend
- provide a breakdown of how your school has spent its PE and sport premium funding
- outline whether your school has prioritised any funding to support disadvantaged children, girls, or children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or long-term medical conditions
- show the measurable impact on pupils’ PE attainment, physical activity and sport participation through your use of PE and sport premium funding
- show how you have used your PE and sport premium funding to make sustainable improvements
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively – for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Access the form through DfE Sign-in

To access the form through your DfE Sign-in account:

Access the online form (https://digital-forms.education.gov.uk/btdzuovroc/reporting-primary-pe-and-sport-premium-grant-expenditure) and when prompted, enter your DfE Sign-in (https://services.signin.education.gov.uk/) credentials (your username and password) for authentication.

Choose the organisation that you are completing the form for. You only need this if your account is linked to several organisations.

The next page will show the details we hold about the organisation you selected when you signed in. This will show the name, address and unique identifier of your organisation, and the name and email address of the person who signed into the form.

If these details are correct, select ‘Continue’ to go to the next page.

If you think these details are incorrect, contact us through the customer help portal (https://customerhelpportal.education.gov.uk/) and we will investigate. You can still make your submission.

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 only used for authentication.

If you do not have a DfE Sign-in account

If you do not have a DfE Sign-in account, you need to create one.

Access DfE Sign-in page (https://services.signin.education.gov.uk/) and select ‘create a DfE Sign-in account’. On the next page, select ‘No account? Create one’. Then follow the instructions.

You might notice the term ‘approver’ when you create 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.

You need the approval of one of your organisation’s approvers before you can access the form.

Add an organisation to your DfE Sign-in account

You may need to add a new organisation to your DfE Sign-in account to access the forms.

To do this, select ‘organisations’, then ‘request access to an organisation’ from the related actions. Then follow the instructions.

If you need more help

If you need help with DfE Sign-in, use our DfE Sign-in help service (https://help.signin.education.gov.uk/dashboard). When you raise a support request, select ‘other’.

If you have problems accessing the form, use the customer help portal (https://customerhelpportal.education.gov.uk/) to contact us.

How to use the form

When you are authenticated through DfE Sign-in, there is a ‘save and continue’ button on each page of the form.

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

The first page is ‘your details’. This will show:
- the name of the school associated with the DfE Sign-in account
- the school’s allocation for the 2024 to 2025 academic year
There are then 5 sub-forms.

They are:
- form 1: your school’s PE and sport premium funding allocation for the 2024 to 2025 academic year
- form 2: details of how the PE and sport premium funding has been spent for the 2024 to 2025 academic year
- form 3: the outcomes of spending the PE and sport premium – opportunities, impacts, sustainability details, and meeting swimming and water safety requirements
form 4: confirmation required of your school’s PE and sport premium funding allocation for the 2024 to 2025 academic year and your school’s name
- form 5: final declaration (only available to access and complete once all other forms have been successfully submitted)
Complete and submit all the sub-forms for the 2024 to 2025 academic year. You can complete them in the order you find convenient.

Selecting ‘save and continue’ on each page will take you through the forms.

Submission summary

The submission summary page allows you to check your answers before submitting each sub-form.

You can change your answers using the ‘change’ link that appears next to each data entry.

To save a breakdown of the information entered in the form, select ‘Save summary as PDF’ before submitting.

Confirmation

When you have submitted a sub-form, we will tell you the next steps. You will get an email confirmation of your submission.

This email will include a link to download a PDF copy. The link will expire after 6 months, so do this as soon as possible.

You will get:
- a unique reference number against your submission for each sub-form
- an explanation of what happens next
You will also get an email confirming successful submission of your claim. This email will include a link to download a PDF copy of your submission.

Make a note of your unique reference number. For each completed form this will also be in the confirmation email.

Final declaration and submission

You need to sign the final declaration form after submitting the first 3 forms. This confirms that all the information you have submitted is a true and accurate account of your PE and sport premium spending in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

You must select ‘submit’ and complete the declarations on the final form page to send your completed submission to us.

Using the form to meet reporting requirements

As a condition of grant all primary schools must have published a report, showing how they have spent their PE and sport premium funding allocation and the impact it has had, on the school’s website by Thursday 31 July 2025.

You may choose to print copies of your submissions and upload them to meet this requirement.

Complete form 1: your school’s funding allocation

The amount of PE and sport premium funding received by your school for the 2024 to 2025 academic year will be pre-populated.

If the amount shown is incorrect:
- use the customer help portal (https://customerhelpportal.education.gov.uk/) to tell us or provide details in ‘your school’s specifics’ sub-form.
- continue with your submission and give details of your PE and sport premium grant funding spend for academic year 2024 to 2025
You need to confirm the amount of any:
- unspent funding for academic year 2024 to 2025
- funding you have carried forward from the previous academic years
The PE and sport premium guidance has more information on this. We need information regarding carry forward and unspent funding to support future policy thinking.

You can only enter positive numeric values. If the answer is none, enter zero (0).

Complete form 2: how you have spent the PE and sport premium funding

Give 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.

This sub-form asks for a monetary category breakdown across continued professional development, internal and external activities spent by your school in academic year 2024 to 2025.

If your school has spent money on a certain category, 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 you selected, where you can enter the value of the spend in the appropriate box.

You can only enter positive numeric values. If the answer is none, enter zero (0).

The conditions of grant (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2024-to-2025) say schools are required to provide a full breakdown of how they have spent the grant.

Complete form 3: the outcomes of spending the PE and sport premium

The PE and sport premium should be used to support all pupils in your school, but you may also target some of your spending on certain pupils.

In this section you should show if you have done that.

These findings will allow us to make sure our PE and sport premium guidance is as helpful as possible.

This section will ask if your school has prioritised any funding to provide or improve sport opportunities for:
- children with SEND, including children with long-term medical conditions
- girls
- disadvantaged pupils
Perceived impacts and improvements in PE and sport

In this section you need to consider the perceived impact that PE and sport premium funding has had on pupils’ PE attainment, physical activity and sport participation in academic year 2024 to 2025.

This will include questions about the 5 key areas for improvement where you should prioritise funding. Select from the 4 options which best describe the impact you think PE and sport premium funding has had in your school.

Achieving sustainable outcomes

In this section you need to describe how your school will make sure the improvements you have made from spending the PE and sport premium:
- are sustainable
- will benefit pupils joining in future years
Describe how you:
- have built capacity and capability for your school
- will make sure these improvements will be sustainable
Meeting requirements for swimming and water safety

In this section, provide data on the percentage of pupils in your year 6 cohort in the current academic year who met the national curriculum swimming and water safety requirements.

Use attainment data from year 6 pupils’ most recent swimming and water safety lessons.

This may be data from previous years, depending on the swimming and water safety programme at the school. If this does not apply to your school, select no and you will move to the next section.

Enter your answers as a percentage. Your answer must be a number between zero (0) and 100.

Complete form 4: confirmation of your school’s funding allocation and school name

You need to confirm the PE and sport premium allocation your school has received for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

Please confirm your school’s name (the name may have changed during the academic year, please enter the school’s current name).

Complete form 5: declarations

This form will only be available to access and complete when all other forms have been successfully submitted. When you have completed your submissions, you must agree to the mandatory declarations.

You need to tick each statement box to confirm your agreement.

You cannot submit your completed form without fully completing this page.

The final page then confirms your submission.

Feedback

After the declaration form, you will be asked to complete some feedback questions.

The answers to these questions will help us to improve the expenditure reporting return.

Change your submission

You can make changes to all the sub-forms and resubmit until 5pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025. To do this, you will need to sign in and resubmit the relevant sub-forms.

Select the link to the PE and sport premium expenditure reporting return (https://digital-forms.education.gov.uk/lkhg1zq7ka/reporting-pe-and-sport-premium-grant-expenditure).

We cannot grant any extensions to the deadline.

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

Enquiries

If you have any technical issues related to this digital form, raise an enquiry through our customer help portal (https://customerhelpportal.education.gov.uk/).