New research shows parents have seen a decline in their children's wellbeing.

Over the last 12 months, the Youth Sport Trust has conducted 161 school visits across 20 initial focus areas in order to get a greater understanding of the challenges schools face and the barriers and potential solutions to embedding physical activity within school culture.

Awarded to a setting that has placed physical literacy at the heart of their curriculum, ensuring that learners’ physical, social and emotional health is central. 

This report outlines the issues facing young people and the current state of PE, sport and play in schools.

Get ready for the upcoming academic year with our group membership, offering tailored support for school groups and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs). We're here to ensure schools receive timely and relevant information to help them thrive!

Our world-class athletes can visit your school to help tackle young people’s declining emotional wellbeing and resilience while also inspiring their attitudes to learning.

In our most recent blog post, we hear from Emily as she shares her moving story about her Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and how this has impacted her relationship with sport and movement.

Steph Matthews, YST Development Manager – Leadership and Volunteering and Izzy Perry, YST Project Officer discuss the impact of COVID-19 on leadership opportunities while signposting to a set of new Youth Sport Trust videos designed to help.

Dave Evans, Head of Alternative Provision, blogs about how The Lodge Alternative Provision in Sandbach, Cheshire, embraced change and used the universal language of cricket to break down learning barriers and build a community for Afghanistan Refugees.

Hundreds of teachers and leaders across the education, sport and health sector have celebrated the efforts of young people, schools and individuals over the course of the last 12 months as the Youth Sport Trust’s annual conference in Telford begins today.

New research, carried out by YouGov for the Youth Sport Trust, reveals parents’ appetite for schools to focus on young people’s physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing.

Read the open letter addressed to leaders of all the main UK political parties. The letter calls for investment in teacher training and school sport facilities among ensuring every young person enjoys 60 minutes of sport and physical activity every day.