Policy paper

School sport and activity action plan

A cross-government action plan to provide more pupils with increased opportunities to play sport and take physical exercise during their time in school.

• From: Department for Education, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 15 July 2019
• Last updated: 23 March 2024 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

School sport and activity action plan

Ref: DfE-00147-2019

PDF, 393 KB, 31 pages

Details

The action plan was updated in July 2023.

The update:

• aims to improve the quality of PE and school sport provision
• encourages 2 hours of PE a week
• helps to ensure equality of access to sport for girls and boys
• helps to increase the number of children playing sport in school and meeting curriculum expectations, including for swimming and water safety

The action plan will be of interest to schools, teachers, parents and the sport sector.

The previous school sport and activity action plan, published in 2019, is available in The National Archives.

Information to help schools increase access to PE, physical activity and extra-curricular school sport is available.

Published 15 July 2019

Last updated 23 March 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 March 2024

   Added a link to the new guidance on enhancing PE provision and improving access to sport and physical activity in school.

2. 19 July 2023

   The school sport and activity action plan has been updated for 2023.

3. 15 July 2019

   First published.