Tag: School Sports Funding
PE curriculum gap stifles softball growth across schools
Thousands of secondary school pupils are missing out on softball because the sport is absent from the national PE curriculum, a new survey reveals....
Softball struggles to gain ground in UK schools
Softball remains a rare sight in UK schools years after the sport’s governing body, the British Softball Federation, launched an initiative in 2018 to...
Schools favour football over hockey, leaving it sidelined
Schools across England and Wales have quietly sidelined field hockey, with only 35% of secondary schools offering it in PE curriculums—down from 48% five...
PE curriculum fails to train next generation of handball players
England’s PE curriculum is failing to produce the next generation of handball players, with just 12% of secondary schools offering the sport regularly, according...
Basketball fails to keep female players, research shows
A landmark study by UK Sport and Women in Sport reveals basketball loses more than a third of its female players by age 16,...
Government Urges Schools to Tackle PE Access Issues Now
The UK government has called on schools to immediately address disparities in physical education access, with new data revealing that nearly one in five...