Sport England survey reveals insight into activity levels of children and young people in England

06/12/18

More than 40% of children in England do an average of more than 60 minutes of physical activity a day, a first-of-its-kind survey has found.

Sport England’s ‘Active Lives Children and Young People Survey’ shows that around 3 million children (43.3%) lead active lives, however of that group, only 1.2 million (17.5%) are meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of more than 60 minutes of activity a day, every day of the week.

The survey is the largest ever of its kind and gives comprehensive insight into how children in England are taking part in sport and physical activity, both in and out of school.

Figures also show that more than 2.3 million children and young people (32.9%) are less active, meaning they do fewer than 30 minutes of physical activity a day.

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Sue Wilkinson MBE, afPE’s CEO said:

“We welcome Sport England’s survey as it draws feedback from 130,000 children, the largest survey of its kind. We totally and agree and support Tim Hollingsworth’s view that we must have a national focus on children and young people’s health and well-being."

 

"afPE believes that it must be a multi-agency approach and we pledge that we will work with partners across the sectors to establish and sustain improved outcomes for our young people. We are pleased to see that there has been some improvement in the number of pupils who can swim at least 25 metres when they leave primary school. However, this is just the start of a journey to improve a number of outcomes for children and young people.”