Over 4,000 schools take part in National School Sports Week

Powered by Sport Direct’s Monster Kickabout, the week saw tens of thousands of young people get active for 60 minutes a day, of PE, sport and play.

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14 Sep 2021

A collaboration that empowers children and young people to find their way to play

Playwaze and the Youth Sport Trust are teaming up to connect children and schools to the sport and activity opportunities in their local communities.

09 Sep 2021

Team GB and ParalympicsGB heroes set to visit schools to build on Tokyo inspiration

Fresh from their heroics in Tokyo, British Olympians and Paralympians are now set to lift the spirits of a generation of young people through a nationwide programme of school visits.

09 Sep 2021

Return to school 2021-22

Welcome back to the 2021/22 academic year. We hope more than anything that this year is a fresh new start for all pupils as well as the leaders, educators and all staff working within schools.

01 Sep 2021

More than £900,000 funding pledged to help children with SEND benefit from inclusive PE

Thousands of schools in England are to be supported to improve Physical Education (PE) and school sport for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

26 Aug 2021

Charity responds to new report showing steep decline in children's happiness levels

The Children's Society has today released its annual Good Childhood Report.

24 Aug 2021

Paralympic athlete helps kids get active

Children attending council-led school holiday hubs in north Oxfordshire have been treated to training sessions with a Team GB Paralympian.

13 Aug 2021

Charity teams up with Sweaty Betty Foundation to support UK’s most disadvantaged young people

Getting girls active: children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust and The Sweaty Betty Foundation are forming a new partnership

10 Aug 2021

Charity announces return of UK's biggest multi-sport event for school-aged athletes

As the dust settles on the Tokyo Olympics, children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust has announced the return of The School Games National Finals, the UK’s biggest youth multi-sport event, next month after a three-year hiatus.

29 Jul 2021

Charity responds to new report on community sport and getting children active again

A report published by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee today (Thursday 29 July) has called on government to launch a nationwide campaign to get children active. Read the Youth Sport Trust's response.

25 Jun 2021

Hundreds of thousands enjoy week-long celebration of school sport

National School Sport Week 2021: The highlights

22 Jun 2021

Children pause lessons to play for National School Sport Week 2021

Broadcaster Leah Boleto has joined forces with YST to call for young people to get outdoors and get active for #NSSW2021

19 Jun 2021

Ready, set... school sports days are go for National School Sport Week 2021!

Thousands of schools, organisations, families and communities getting active for National School Sport Week: Together Again