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Featured News
14 Jun 2024
PE & School Sport: The Annual Report 2024
Our latest PE and School Sport Report highlights the issues facing children and young people today and the need to take urgent action. The world is rapidly changing - innovative thinking and creative solutions are required if we are to fully harness the power of physical activity to build brighter futures for children and young people.
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08 Jan 2024
Youth leadership and volunteering - Factsheet
20 Dec 2023
Set for Success Evaluation
Developing young people’s life skills
13 Dec 2023
Secondary Teacher Training Programme 2022/23
The legacy of STT in enhancing PE, school sport and physical activity provision in secondary schools
29 Nov 2023
The benefits of sport participation and physical activity in schools
This powerful new research shows the importance of young people taking part in sport and physical activity at school, and crucially continuing to take part throughout exam season.
28 Nov 2023
Who’s doing what? How patterns of children’s physical activity have changed since the pandemic
The Active-6 project led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences and Bristol Medical School and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has been exploring how Year 6’s physical activity has changed since the pandemic.
27 Oct 2023
Inclusion 2024 - Year 2
Inclusion 2024 aims to increase and improve opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to engage and participate in physical education and school sport.
11 Oct 2023
Girls Active National Reports
These reports summarise responses to the Girls Active Survey that pupils aged from 7 to 18 completed between March and June 2023.
02 Oct 2023
Girls' participation in sport and physical activity - Factsheet
12 Jul 2023
PE in Alternative Provision Schools – Youth Report
This report explores what PE looks like in Alternative Provision schools, and what teachers and young people think and feel about it
26 May 2023
PE and School Sport Report survey - Teachers 2023
New research showing that teachers are concerned about children’s physical and mental health and recognise the benefits of play and sport.
25 May 2023
PE and School Sport Report survey - Parents 2023
New research shows the latest views and attitudes of parents on the importance of sport and play.
25 May 2023
PE & School Sport: The Annual Report 2023
This report outlines the issues facing young people and the current state of PE, sport and play in schools.