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School sport at risk, says Labour

Labour says the government has risked “salami slicing” school sport by abolishing a requirement that all pupils do at least two hours PE a week. The party is calling for “tough action” to deliver a...

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School sports policy launch delayed by dispute between Gove and Hunt

The unveiling of a £100m government school sport policy designed to combat criticism over the Olympic legacy has been delayed due to a dispute between the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the...

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Guest Post: What Does the Legacy of the Olympics Mean for Sport in Schools?

Richard Mann, the founder of How2become.com, is concerned about the state of sports in schools and believes any Olympic legacy will be wasted if funds aren’t made available for schools to encourage...

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Jessica Ennis… the boost school sport needed

More than half of schoolchildren in academies across the UK are doing extra sport after being inspired by the Olympics, new figures reveal. This is from the Evening Standard… A survey of pupils in...

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Fury over lost London 2012 Games legacy as school sport funds dry up

Former Olympics minister Dame Tessa Jowell has appealed for urgent cross-party talks to halt a decline in school sport, as an Observer investigation suggests the coalition is destroying hopes of a...

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Mo Farah’s fury over cuts to school sport funding

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah and his wife Tania have criticised the Government over school sport funding cuts and called on the coalition to protect the legacy of the Games. This is from the...

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Unfit children ‘fail to break a sweat’ in poor PE lessons

Unfit children are failing to break a sweat in physical education classes because of the poor state of the subject in schools, according to Ofsted. This is from the Telegraph… Teachers are spending...

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Private or state: Where do professional sportspeople go to school?

State schools do not play enough competitive sport at a high level, it has been warned. But do private schools dominate professional sport? This is from the BBC… Even before last year’s London...

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PE in school: Actions would speak louder than words

Helping children grow up healthy is an essential part of education and a suitable approach should not be impossible to devise, says Terence Blacker. This is from the Independent… There is far too much...

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Primary school sport gets £100m as part of Olympics legacy

Dan Roan of the BBC first announced last night that a big announcement on schools sports is expected and the Telegraph has followed up with additional details suggesting primary schools are to receive...

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Teachers fear new school sport policy may fail to deliver Olympic legacy

Headteachers, teachers and sports administrators have privately voiced concern that the government’s soon-to-be-announced £100m-a-year school sport policy may fail to deliver the hoped-for legacy from...

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A lame Olympic legacy for school sport

Although the news of new sport funding for primary schools has been welcomed by leading sports agencies, leading sports writer David Conn is less impressed and believes that since the Olympics the...

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£150m investment in primary school sport is arriving too late to inspire a...

Leading sports writer Laura Williamson welcomes the government’s £150m annual investment in primary school sport but says it is too little for such a vital task and too late to capitalise properly on...

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School sport funding: how to keep jocks and geeks happy

Chris Skidmore MP assesses the latest debates over how to spend school sport funding, as child obesity grows and former public school pupils dominate the Olympic medal count. This is an extract from...

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Pupils who play team games are ‘more likely to boost grades and go to...

The Daily Mail has an interesting report about some new research from the US that suggests participation in team sports has a more positive impact on grades and likelihood to go to university for both...

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It’s not teenagers’ fault they are grumpy: ‘Growing up drains their energy...

The Daily Mail is reporting a study from Exeter University suggesting that what appears as laziness in teenagers – especially in girls – may be biological. It says it might explain a drop in interest...

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Call for government to act to reduce teenage girls’ exercise dropout rate

Campaigners have called on the government to do more to reduce the “gender gap” between boys and girls when it comes to taking exercise, voicing fears that the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics will...

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Lord Coe: children’s first experience of sport must be positive and it must...

Former London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has spoken of his regret that school sport became a political football during the Olympic Games and called for a 10‑year legacy plan in the face of a mounting...

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School sport policy plans criticised by education select committee

A committee of MPs has warned the government’s flagship school sport policy risks becoming little more than a “gimmick” that will fail to deliver a legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. This is from...

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Hurdler Dai Greene wants more elite athletes to visit schools

World champion hurdler Dai Greene has said more needs to be done to get elite athletes into schools, a year after the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. This is from the BBC… Greene said he visited...

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