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<p>The Department is working to ensure that schools are fully supported as they welcome
more children back to school and schools are able to give pupils opportunities to
take part in physical education and be physically active during the school day. Schools
are free to organise and deliver a PE curriculum that suits the needs of all their
pupils whilst following COVID-19 government guidelines. The Department has now published
guidance on plans for all children and young people to return to full-time education
from September, which covers the provision of PE and school sport: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department has made £650 million available to state-funded schools to support
pupils to catch-up following extended school closure. The Education Endowment Foundation
has published guidance to encourage schools to use this funding on evidence-led interventions,
one of which might be summer catch-up activity. It is a matter for schools to decide
how to spend the funding, based on their individual circumstances and brokering local
partnerships with Voluntary and Community Sector organisation and other organisations
to help them deliver. Precise details of how the catch up premium will be delivered
will be confirmed shortly and we will confirm the timetable for publishing institution-level
allocations in due course.</p>
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