New data from the Youth Sport Trust’s annual Girls Active Survey has found that girls with multiple characteristics of inequality are being left behind in PE and school sport. The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality, such as being from a low-income family, a non-majority ethnicity, or having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), are significantly more likely to not be active every day, not feel confident doing physical activity and less likely to like PE than those without.
The Youth Sport Trust Girls Active survey, which received responses from 17,971 young people across a total of 137 schools in England this year, explores young people’s experiences, perceptions and engagement in PE and school sport. This year the report has taken a closer look at the experiences of girls with additional characteristics of inequality to see how their lived experience differs from girls without these characteristics.
Source – Youth Sport Trust