How the funding is calculated November 16, 2020 Schools receive PE and sport premium funding based on the number of pupils in years 1 to 6. In cases where schools do not follow year groups (for example, in some special schools), pupils aged 5 to 10 attract the funding. In most cases, how many pupils in your school who attract the funding is determined by using data from the January 2020 school census. If you are a new school or a school teaching eligible pupils for the first time in the academic year 2020 to 2021, your funding is based on data from the autumn 2020 school census. Funding for 2020 to 2021 Schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils receive £1,000 per pupil. Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. You can access the published allocations for 2020 to 2021 and read the conditions of grant for 2020 to 2021. The breakdown of funding for the academic year 2019 to 2020 is also available.