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14 Jun 2024
PE & School Sport: The Annual Report 2024
Our latest PE and School Sport Report highlights the issues facing children and young people today and the need to take urgent action. The world is rapidly changing - innovative thinking and creative solutions are required if we are to fully harness the power of physical activity to build brighter futures for children and young people.
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01 Jul 2020
The Impact of Covid-19 restrictions on children and young people
This paper is a rapid review of information, condensing the latest quantitative evidence from a range of external sources. It covers information published up to 6 July 2020 and is an update to an earlier paper with the same title (amended as new evidence is published).
01 Apr 2020
Girls Active - Secondary
This report summarises responses to the Girls Active Pre-Intervention Questionnaire that female pupils completed between October 2019 and March 2020.
01 Apr 2020
West Somerset Healthy Movers
Healthy Movers aims to increase children’s self esteem and wellbeing, and develop their physical literacy skills, which all help children gain a better start to their life.
01 Apr 2020
Inclusion 2020
Inclusion 2020 aimed to increase and improve opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to engage and participate in physical education, physical activity and school sport. The project was funded by the Department of Education and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust (YST) between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2020.
01 Mar 2020
Girls Active - Primary
This report summarises responses to the Girls Active Stepping Up for Change Quiz that girls completed in March 2020.
01 Jan 2020
Boys Mental Health
A report that outlines how sport and physical activity can be used to address key issues affecting boys who are at risk of ‘falling out of the system’.
02 Sep 2019
Active Across Ages
Active Across Ages aimed to deliver an action-based research project focussed on intergenerational activity inspired and facilitated through the power of play and sport.
01 Aug 2019
West Somerset Physical Literacy Evaluation
The Youth Sport Trust research team were commissioned to deliver an 'Early Years physical literacy and social mobility project' which will ensure every child in the area of West Somerset gets the opportunity to achieve a good level of physical development linked to their language and literacy skills.
01 Jul 2019
Transition: Desktop Research
This desktop research explored the position of competitive sport during young people’s transition from primary to secondary school. It was informed by a combination of activities, including a desk-based review of secondary evidence, a review of School Games data, consultations with key individuals and insight from young people.
01 May 2019
Girls Active 2019
As part of the Girls Active programmes run by the Youth Sport Trust, girls and boys in primary and secondary schools are asked to complete an online survey. The survey is distributed by teachers to pupils in their school. This report combines the data from all young people involved across two academic years 2017/18 and 2018/19.
01 Mar 2019
Alternative Competition
In 2018/19, the Youth Sport Trust, funded by the Sport England National Lottery, launched a pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of conducting alternative competition formats through the School Games Organiser network with the overarching aim of increasing young people’s participation in sport and physical activity.
07 Feb 2019
Active in Mind Evaluation
Active in Mind offered peer mentoring support to young people experiencing mental wellbeing issues as well as creating innovative sport and physical activity opportunities for a targeted group of young people. This infographic highlights the impact of the project.