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This report summarises responses to the Girls Active Physical Activity Questionnaire that girls data collected between December 2020 and May 2021. Overall, 1953 responses were received from female pupils across 49 schools. No responses from male pupils are included in this report.
Jul 1, 2021 · Girls were most likely to enjoy taking part in physical activity (76%), followed by taking part in PE (70%) and learning at school (57%). Pupils were asked how often they took part in physical activity at school, excluding PE lessons.
Attitudes towards an active lifestyle are more positive for white children than those from ethnically diverse backgrounds. 71% of children from a white background agree physical activity is an important part of their life, compared to 56% of children from an ethnically diverse background.
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New data on children and young people’s physical activity in 2020 to 2021 has been added to the Physical Activity tool on the Fingertips platform. The percentage of physically active children and young peopleindicator has been updated and is available at local authority level as well as for England, the regions, and various inequality groups. This ...
Activity levels remain down compared to pre-pandemic but haven’t fallen further. In 2020 to 2021, 44.6% of children and young people in school years 1-11 (aged 5-16) in England met the Chief Medical Officers’ (CMOs) guidelines of taking part in sport and physical activity for an average of 60 minutes or more every day. This was similar to the figur...
This release presents data from Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2020 to 2021. Covering September 2020 to July 2021, the data were collected throughout the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer term 2020, when school sites were first closed to most pupils, the Active Lives Chil...
This statistical commentary summarises a new data point for the indicator on children and young people’s physical activity available in the Physical Activity tool. The data can be used to monitor the CMOs’ recommendation that children and young people (5 to 18 years) are physically active for an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the wee...
The Physical Activity toolbrings together data on physical activity at a local level for England. It includes physical activity data, including walking and cycling, as well as information on related risk factors and conditions such as obesity and diabetes. The aim of the tool is to help local areas monitor the health of their local population, supp...
Girls Active supports schools to understand what motivates girls to take part in physical activity, PE and sport, enabling teachers to work with girls – through consultation and leadership – to make the necessary changes to their PE, sport and physical activity provision.
Sep 20, 2022 · The aims were to profile child physical activity data from the Health Survey for England from 2012 (1,732 respondents) and 2015 (5,346 respondents). Reported physical activity episodes were converted to metabolic equivalents with reference to child-specific compendiums.
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Who is the Report Card for? knowledge, insight, and understanding of the state of child and youth physical activity in England. It aims to influence thinking and action among stakeholders to help them build better.
