National School Sports Week Resources 2026
National School Sports Week is our annual celebration of PE, play and sport and empowering as many people as possible to get involved. By participating in the week, you're not only promoting physical activity, but also helping shape a healthier and happier future for all young people. Together, we can make a positive impact on youth sports participation and wellbeing.
Obstacle Explorers
Obstacle Explorers invites primary and secondary schools to be part of a national movement redefining school sport.
Opening Schools Facilities Toolkit
This toolkit supports schools in unlocking the potential of their facilities, making them available for community use and driving positive change.
Physical Activity at Home Activities
These resources and videos are designed to support home-based learning for children and young people. They were originally created during the COVID-19 pandemic but can be repurposed for any remote learning situation.
Physical Literacy Activity Pack
A flexible resource to help schools understand how children and young people experience physical activity and create more inclusive and engaging movement opportunities.
Physical Literacy Toolkit
This toolkit aims to equip organisations and individuals with tools, approaches, and centralised resources to position physical literacy with their staff and workforce.
Primary PE Activities
These PE resources are designed to support in-school and remote learning for children and young people at a primary school level. They include physical activity, sport and wellbeing-based activities.
SEND PE Activities
These PE resources are designed to support in-school and remote learning for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or those attending Alternative Provision schools.
School Swimming & Water Safety
As part of the Inclusion 2028 programme, the Youth Sport Trust have been working with Swim England to create water safety training designed specifically for people working with pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities.
Secondary PE Activities
These PE resources are designed to support in-school and remote learning for children and young people at a secondary school level. They include physical activity, sport and wellbeing-based activities.
Special Olympics Great Britain Unified Champion Schools
The Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) Unified Champion Schools programme uses sport and play to create meaningful opportunities for pupils with and without special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to learn, play and lead together.
Sport Sanctuaries
Strongly allied to the five levers in the Recovery Curriculum, especially meta-cognition and space, the concept of a Sports Sanctuary is designed to equip educators with ideas, resources and content to support their pupils as they recover from the impact of a global pandemic.