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Kate Thornton-Bousfield is Head of PE and Achievement at the Youth Sport Trust. Here, she blogs about what might have been lost if the primary PE and Sport Premium funding had not been secured for 2020/21.

Government has confirmed that primary schools in England will receive the £320 million PE & Sport Premium in 2020/21.

Primary schools across England are sharing details of how they are improving PE and teachers’ confidence to deliver it through a £320m government spending commitment.

The Department for Education has today confirmed to us that it will fund the Primary PE and Sport Premium for the 2019/...

Training for teachers, more varied activities, and new equipment to get classes moving are helping to usher in a ‘once in a generation’ transformation of PE across primary schools in England.

Responding to UK Active’s Generation Inactive 2 report , Youth Sport Trust Chief Executive Ali Oliver said: “UK Active are absolutely right to be sounding a warning about the decline in physical activity among young people and its consequences. Today’s young people are among the least active ever, and their wellbeing is in desperate decline."

YST responds to Ofsted review of obesity, healthy eating and physical activity in primary schools.

Support for schools and teachers will be vital if government's latest childhood obesity strategy is to achieve its aim, says YST Chief Executive Ali Oliver.

As new data is released today from the National Child Measurement Programme , the Youth Sport Trust has said more support should be given to teachers to help primary school children develop a love of PE and movement.

Commenting on the Education and Health and Social Care Committees response to the government's Green Paper on children's mental health, the Youth Sport Trust has said it is disappointing to see little reference to the link between physical activity, play and sport on mental health.