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19 November 2021 Team GB and Aldi inspire healthy eating in schools with Kevin the Carrot resources and prizes » 19/11/2021 Get Set to Eat Fresh is excited to announce the return of Kevin the Carrot, the star of Aldi’s Christma...
16 November 2021 NHS to set up 15 special clinics in England for severely obese children » 16/11/2021 Specialist NHS clinics for severely obese children and young people are to be set up in England as part of...
16 November 2021 £1m funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels » 16/11/2021 A consortium of three charities has been awarded £1m from the final Tampon Tax Fund to help improve confiden...
15 November 2021 afPE Launches Innovative Pilot Placing PE at the Heart of the School Curriculum » 15/11/21 The Association for Physical Education (afPE) set to deliver pilot in partnership with United Learning....
15 November 2021 Bookings closing for afPE conference midday on Friday 19th November! » 15/11/21 The afPE National Conference will take place on 6th December 2021 at St George’s Park in Burton-on-Tren...
11 November 2021 afPE National Conference – Speaker Spotlight: Hanna Miller » 11/11/21 We’re delighted to have secured Hanna Miller as our afternoon keynote speaker at the afPE National C...
09 November 2021 afPE National Conference – Speaker Spotlight: Andy Whittaker » 09/11/21 We’re delighted to have secured Andy Whittaker as our morning keynote speaker at the afPE Nati...
08 November 2021 Rounders Reconnected: Strategic Vision 2022-2023 » 08/11/2021 Rounders Reconnected: Strategic Vision 2022-2023 Rounders England are excited to launch their new...
28 October 2021 afPE National Conference – Bookings Now OPEN! » 28/10/21 Bookings are now live for afPE’s 15 year celebratory conference on 6th December 2021. Join us for a on...
28 October 2021 DfE Announce Updated Guidance on the Primary PE and sport premium and Grant Conditions » 28/10/21 The Department for Education has today published updated guidance and grant conditions for the Pri...
28 October 2021 afPE National Conference – Bookings Now OPEN! » 28/10/21 Bookings are now live for afPE’s 15 year celebratory conference on 6th December 2021. Join us for a one day...
26 October 2021 GO Rounders Survey » 26/10/21 Rounders England are at the start of an exciting education journey with new KS2 and KS 3 curriculum...
25 October 2021 DfE Unveil Updated Guidance on the Primary PE and Sport Premium » 25/10/18 The Department for Education has updated its guidance on the effective and sustainable use of the Prima...
22 October 2021 ACTivate European PAL conference Tuesday 23rd November » 22/10/2021 There is an opportunity to attend ACTivate on Tuesday 23 rd November for the European Erasmus+ funded A...
21 October 2021 Sport and Physical Activity must be used to level up and tackle inequalities » 21/10/2021 An article wirtten by Sport England focusing on their Active Lives Adult Survey highlights wh...
20 October 2021 Better Health supports Mental Health with inclusive self-care activities for pupils » 20/10/2021 The topic of mental health and its effects on students is one of the most pressing issues currently faced...
14 October 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Breast Cancer Educational Awareness Resources » 4/10/2021 CoppaFeel! is the first breast cancer charity in the UK to soley create awareness amongst young peo...
12 October 2021 The FA launch new campaign to give all girls equals access to football by 2024 » 12/10/2021 To coincide with International Day of the Girl, The FA launched a new campaign – Let Girls Play – which s...
12 October 2021 Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2022 to 2023 » 12/10/2021 The Department for Education has annouced today details of ITT funding for academic year 2022 to 2023. Plea...
08 October 2021 Newly updated: 10 Top Tips for Spending the Primary PE and sport premium » 8/10/21 A newly updated ‘top tips’ for spending the Primary PE and sport premium document has been create...
06 October 2021 afPE National Conference – Register to Deliver a Workshop » 6/10/21 To mark the afPE’s 15th birthday we are delighted to announce that we will be holding a celebratory one day co...
04 October 2021 £30 million package to refurbish 4,500 public tennis courts in deprived parts of UK announced » 4/10/21 The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced a £30 million support package to refurbish more th...
30 September 2021 Ofqual publishes documents on proposed changes to the assessment of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022 » 30/09/21 Ofqual has published the analysis and decisions documents following their joint consultation with DfE on prop...
28 September 2021 Launch of ‘Studio You’ – Free video-based PE lessons for girls aged 13-16 » 28/09/21 Studio You is a brand new video platform funded by Sport England and powered by This Girl Can, designe...
24 September 2021 Swim England Report: A Decade of Decline: The Future of Swimming Pools in England » 24/09/21 Olympic champion James Guy says it’s ‘absolutely appalling’ that almost 2,000 swimming pools in England could...
13 September 2021 House of Lords Hansard: Sports Participation in Schools » 13/09/21 On the 9th September 2021 a House of Lords hansard took place focusing on ‘Sports Participation in Schools’....
07 September 2021 National Fitness Day – 22nd September 2021 » 07/09/21 National Fitness Day 2021 will take place on Wednesda y 22nd September 2021 and is a chance to...
07 September 2021 BASES Sport and Exercise Sciences Infographic Competition 2021 » 07/09/21 BASES , the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, is launching a new infographic competition fo...
07 September 2021 National Fitness Day – 22nd September 2021 » 07/09/21 National Fitness Day 2021 will take place on Wednesday 22nd September and is a chance to highl...
03 September 2021 Sustrans Bike to School Week – 27th September to 1st October 2021 » 03/09/21 Bike to School Week is a week-long event in which participating schools encourage families to cyc...
02 September 2021 afPE Health & Safety Update – Control Measures Around Hygiene » 02/09/21 The team would suggest that the hygiene routines have to be based on whole school policy, which will be bas...
01 September 2021 afPE Health & Safety Update – Changing Rooms » 01/09/21 Firstly, we hope that you have all had some rest and time to recuperate during the summer. As schools transit...
01 September 2021 Ofsted chief’s after-school club plea: Teachers must make time for sports and trips » 01/09/21 Schools must make time for sports, trips and clubs or risk prolonging the ‘loss’ of social skills caused by l...
01 September 2021 School leaders highlight how curriculum has been adapted to support pupils in Covid learning recover » 01/09/21 A new report published today by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) , on the on-going im...
01 September 2021 The generation swim gap: ‘We should be horrified that so many British children can’t swim’ » 01/09/21 Article courtesy of Eilidh Hargreaves from the The Telegraph . As the summer holidays draw to a close and th...
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