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13 February 2017 One Dance UK: Dance Teaching Awards – Nominations now open » 13/02/17 One Dance UK is accepting nominations for the newly-launched One Dance UK Dance Teaching Awards. The One Danc...
13 February 2017 COMING SOON: New Level 3 Award in Supporting the Delivery of Dance in PE and School Sport » 13/02/17 The 1st4sport Level 3 Award in Supporting the Delivery of Dance in Physical Education and School Sport has been...
31 January 2017 Physical Education Initial Teacher Training Education (ITTE) Conference – Register Today! » 31/01/17 The Annual Physical Education (PE) Initial Teacher Training and Education (ITTE) Network Conference will take p...
30 January 2017 Primary PE & Sport Premium Case Studies » 30/01/17 sports coach UK in conjunction with afPE and the national partners (CSPN, Sport England, UK Active Kids and YST...
30 January 2017 Tribute to Angela James » 30/01/17 Angela James lost her short battle with cancer on 10th January. Angela was afPE’s Health & Safety Officer...
27 January 2017 Sport England Reveal ‘Active Lives’ Figures » 27/01/17 New activities added as part of comprehensive national survey Sport England’s ‘Active Lives’ survey, which ru...
20 January 2017 Government Publish Updated Guidance – ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ » 20/01/17 The Government has published updated guidance on the childhood obesity plan. Click HERE to view the updated...
17 January 2017 Funeral Arrangements for Angela James » 17/01/17 As reported last week, we were deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Angela James. Angela was afPE’s Hea...
16 January 2017 Soft Drinks Industry Levy: Funding for Sport in Schools Debate Transcript » 16/01/17 A debate regarding the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) and the proposed funding for sport in schools took plac...
16 January 2017 Induction Day for Level 2 & 3 PE and School Sport Qualifications – 24th January 2017 » 16/01/17 Do you, or are you looking to, deliver any of the 1st4sport Physical Education and School Sport Suite of qua...
10 January 2017 Angela James – RIP » 10/01/17 afPE is extremely sad to report that Angela James passed away following a short battle with cancer, early this...
10 January 2017 Parkour/Freerunning officially recognised as a sport » 10/01/17 The UK has become the first country in the world to officially recognise Parkour/Freerunning as a sport, after t...
09 January 2017 Children helped into sport with new NHS prosthetic limbs » 09/01/17 Children who are missing an arm or leg are being helped to run, swim and play sport after getting new sports li...
06 January 2017 Change4Life is helping primary schools to be food smart! » 06/01/17 Change4Life has launched a new Be Food Smart campaign to help children and their families discover how much s...
06 January 2017 £500,000 to fund Welsh school holiday lunch and fun clubs » 06/01/17 Funding of £500,000 will go to summer holiday school lunch and fun clubs, the Welsh education secretary has sai...
06 January 2017 £500,000 to fund Welsh school holiday lunch and fun clubs » 06/01/17 Funding of £500,000 will go to summer holiday school lunch and fun clubs, the Welsh education secretary has sai...
06 January 2017 09/01/17 Children who are missing an arm or leg are being helped to run, swim and play sport after » 06/01/17 Funding of £500,000 will go to summer holiday school lunch and fun clubs, the Welsh education secretary has sai...
31 December 2016 afPE’s CEO receives MBE in Queen’s New Year Honours » 31/12/16 We are delighted to announce that afPE’s CEO, Sue Wilkinson has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Hon...
20 December 2016 Safeguarding Advice/Support » 20/12/16 In light of current issues regarding safeguarding of children and young people, don’t forget, afPE provides mem...
19 December 2016 Sport England: Major new funding to keep nation active » 19/12/16 New investment opportunities to build on the millions of people already doing sport and activity across the co...
19 December 2016 Wally Keay – RIP » 19/12/16 Wally Keay – for many years the driving force behind the expedition section of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Sc...
18 December 2016 afPE’s Chair discusses how membership to his professional association has benefited him » Mike Crichton , Chair of the Association for Physical Education talks about how he has benefited from being a member of hi...
13 December 2016 afPE’s Eileen Marchant speaks on BBC 5 Live on whether more schools should teach combat sports » 13/12/16 afPE’s Eileen Marchant has been interviewed on BBC 5 Live during a debate on whether ‘more schools should teach...
12 December 2016 afPE London Region – Professional Learning Opportunities » 12/12/16 The afPE London Region has announced three new courses for 2017. These are as follows: British Gymnastics P...
09 December 2016 Soft Drinks Industry Levy (Sugar Tax) and the Draft Finance Bill 2017 » 09/12/16 The Government has published its draft Finance Bill 2017. The Bill contains details of the proposed Soft Drink...
08 December 2016 Support Day for Level 2 & Level 3 PE and School Sport Qualifications – 24th January 2017 » 08/12/16 Do you, or are you looking to, deliver any of the 1st4sport Physical Education and School Sport Suite of qua...
01 December 2016 Ofsted’s Annual Report 2015/16 from Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw » 01/12/2016 Ofsted has released its Annual Report for 2015 to 2016. The state of the nation report into the quality of sc...
30 November 2016 Importance of Physical Education, School Sport & Physical Activity Resources » 30/11/16 The Association for Physical Education (afPE) has been commissioned by Sport England to produce resources com...
23 November 2016 Modern lifestyles ‘stripping physical activity’ from our kids » 23/11/16 British children are among the least active in the world, an international study has warned. Less than a fift...
23 November 2016 Safeguarding children and young people: memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE » 23/11/16 A new memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and Department for Education (DfE) has been unveiled today. It...
21 November 2016 CSP Network: Impact Report 2016 » 21/11/16 The CSP Network has unveiled its interactive 2016 Impact report highlighting some of the great work that has ta...
18 November 2016 afPE 2017 National Conference – Exhibition Opportunities (4th & 5th July) » The afPE 2017 National Conference will be held once again, at the iconic St George’s Park, home to the FA, a venue that is...
14 November 2016 Women’s Sport Trust #manonside – Register to download images » 14/11/16 Sport England fund the Women’s Sport Trust to develop as a role model organisation and to deliver their #manons...
04 November 2016 Child obesity rising again, NHS report reveals » 04/11/16 A growing number of children are becoming obese as young as four or five years old, NHS figures have shown, spar...
31 October 2016 New Code for Sports Governance launches for organisations seeking funding » 31/10/16 A new set of gold standards of governance which must be met by organisations seeking public funding for sport a...
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