Policy paper

School sport and activity action plan

A cross-government action plan to provide more pupils with increased opportunities to play sport and take physical exercise during their time in school.

From:
Department for Education, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Department of Health and Social Care
Published
15 July 2019
Last updated
23 March 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

School sport and activity action plan

Ref: DfE-00147-2019

PDF, 393 KB, 31 pages

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Details

The action plan was updated in July 2023.

The update:

  • aims to improve the quality of PE and school sport provision
  • encourages 2 hours of PE a week
  • helps to ensure equality of access to sport for girls and boys
  • helps to increase the number of children playing sport in school and meeting curriculum expectations, including for swimming and water safety

The action plan will be of interest to schools, teachers, parents and the sport sector.

The previous school sport and activity action plan, published in 2019, is available in The National Archives.

Information to help schools increase access to PE, physical activity and extra-curricular school sport is available.

Published 15 July 2019
Last updated 23 March 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added a link to the new guidance on enhancing PE provision and improving access to sport and physical activity in school.

  2. The school sport and activity action plan has been updated for 2023.

  3. First published.

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