The Case for Physical Education becoming a Core Subject in the National Curriculum

20/03/18

afPE Honoured member, Dr Jo Harris has authored a paper on behalf of the PE Expert Group on the case for Physical Education becoming a Core Subject in the National Curriculum.

This paper presents the case for physical education becoming a core subject within the National Curriculum in England alongside English, mathematics and science. Core subjects are generally considered to lay the foundation for learning in other subjects and, as a result, are generally advantaged in terms of their status, preparation for teaching, and their time and resource allocation in schools. As a consequence, key foundation subjects such as physical education tend to be marginalised and ‘squeezed’ in terms of time and resource. This has led to a narrowing of the curriculum.

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