The Youth Sport Trust is calling for urgent action to protect and prioritise physical education as it publishes its latest PE and School Sport Report: a comprehensive annual analysis of the state of PE, school sport and physical activity across the UK.
The launch comes as newly released Government figures confirm a significant decline in the number of hours allocated to PE in secondary schools, with nearly 4,000 dropped in the last year alone; in comparison, hours for Maths and English have increased by 13% and 10% respectively. Overall, this is a decline of almost 45,000 hours since the London Olympic games in 2011/12. The number of PE teachers in England has also dropped by 7% over the same period.
Source – Youth Sport Trust