School Sport and Activity Action Plan

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care Mims Davies MP, The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, and Seema Kennedy MP| July 2019| New plan to help children get active 

The Government have announced their School Sport and Activity Action Plan to provide children with more opportunities to access and participate in 60 minutes of daily sport and physical activity, whether that be in school, after school or during weekends and holidays. 

As part of the Plan schools will be urged to recognise how physical literacy and high-quality, modern PE lessons can benefit other aspects of school life and improve pupils’ behaviour, wellbeing and attainment. They will also be encouraged to use sports leaders and mentoring schemes to ensure pupils have a say in developing their schools’ sports offer. Schools will be encouraged to offer a range of activities that appeal to young people from different backgrounds, including girls and less active groups.

More detail on the actions in the plan will be published later this year (Source: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport et al.).

Read the press release in full  Children to have greater opportunity to access 60 minutes of physical activity every day

See also:

Sport England New plan to help children get active