The Youth Sport Trust’s Girls Active Survey supports schools to gain student insight through an online survey to understand the participation levels, attitudes, motivations and barriers to participation.

The Youth Sport Trust is pleased to lend its support to a recent government petition, created by councillor Eartha Pond, to make PE a core subject, with a minimum of two hours allocated weekly, across Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5.

On this week’s episode, we learn about Schools as Happiness Factories, and how Physical Education can make schools more happy!

Enhancing life skills through football for girls.

New research shows the latest views and attitudes of parents on the importance of wellbeing for children.

Hannah Cockroft CBE, PLY, DL, seven-time Paralympic Champion, and one of Britain's best-known para-athletes, has been a long time supporter of the Youth Sport Trust since competing herself in the School Games National Finals.

School Games Mark engagement nears pre-pandemic peak as schools help drive recovery in children’s activity.

The PE Life Skills Award allows teachers to formally recognise pupils’ learning through evidence-based assessment in the PE curriculum.

Government has today published its official response to an online petition calling for Physical Education to be made a core subject in schools from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5.

Girls Active is our commitment to fostering girls' participation in PE, sport and physical activity. The programme aims to tackle the barriers girls experience and through cultivating a movement of girls and young women, empower them to take positive action through influencing, leading, and inspiring their peers.

Over the past academic year, the Youth Sport Trust has worked with ‘Placemakers’ who are embedded within their local communities and have a deep understanding of the barriers to participation and specific needs within them.

Youth Sport Trust Head of Sport Vicci Wells talks about latest developments and how schools can plan and deliver.