(Eddisbury) (Con):...Pupils
from the Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School told me that they
wanted more time for PE and sports in the curriculum, including
different after-school and lunch timings to help find that time.
A survey of adults conducted by the Youth
Sport Trust found that the majority of the general
public wanted more physical activity in schools and would support
enhancing physical education to core subject status. Almost two
thirds of respondents strongly agreed or tended to agree that PE
should be a core subject in the national curriculum, with 80%
agreeing that there should be more opportunities for young people
of all ages to be physically active at school...
(Portsmouth South)
(Lab):...Sport England’s survey, published in
December, showed that only 45% of children and young
people—equivalent to 3.2 million pupils—achieved the chief
medical officer’s guideline of taking part in sport and physical
activity for an average of 60 minutes or more a day. Worse still,
32% averaged less than 30 minutes a day. Crucially, the guideline
is similar to the ambition of the Government’s 2019 school sport
and activity plan
“that all children should have access to 60 minutes of physical
activity every day”.
The Government had stated that they would publish an update on
their plan this year but, despite their targets, it is still
nowhere to be seen...
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