2005/06 School Sport Survey

Original Document

2005/06 School Sport Survey. This 32-page survey by the DfES is the third annual survey of school sport in England covering the academic year 2005/06. In total, 16,882 schools within School Sport Partnerships took part in the survey between May 2006 and July 2006.

Keywords

School sport, obesity, active lifestyle, participation, sport provision

Summary

This year’s survey of more than 16,800 schools in school sport partnerships reveals that 80 per cent of pupils now take part in at least two hours high quality PE and sport a week, beating the 75 per cent target set for 2006. The figure represents an increase of 29 per cent since the first survey two years ago. The greatest improvement has taken place in primary schools, particularly for five to eight-year-olds, but secondary and specialist schools have also exceeded the 2006 target.

Improvements have not just been limited to the topline PSA target measure, but can be observed on all measures monitored by the survey. This implies that the partnerships are fully engaged in all areas of school sporting activities, and not just focused on the targets.

Key Findings:

Participation in PE and School Sport:

· Overall 80% of pupils in partnership schools participate in at least two hours of high quality PE and school sport in a typical week. This represents an increase of almost 16% on 2004/05 (when 69% of pupils participated) and 29% on 2003/04 (when 62% participated).

· This means that the 2006 school sport Public Service Agreement target – to ensure that at least 75% of 5 -16 year olds are spending at least two hours each week on PE and sport – shared by the DfES and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been exceeded by five percentage points.

· In all three types of school – primary (82%), secondary (78%) and special (82%) – the 2006 target has been exceeded.

· Since the 2004/05 survey the most marked improvements have been across the primary phase of schooling (particularly in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4).

· Across all year groups, pupils in all partnership schools spend an average of 111 minutes each week on curriculum PE. There has been a significant rise in the percentage of pupils receiving their two hours of high quality PE and school sport entirely within the curriculum. This has increased year on year from 44% in 2003/04, to 50% in 2004/05 and now 61% in 2005/06 – a rise of 39% (or 17 percentage points) on 2003/04.

Participation in Competitive Sport:

· Competitive sport – such as football and athletics – remains popular with almost all schools offering them. For example 98% of schools offer football, 92% athletics, 89% cricket, 81% netball, 77% hockey, 77% rugby and 76% tennis.

· In partnership schools during the 2005/06 academic year, 71% of pupils were involved in intra-school competitive activities.

· 97% of partnership schools reported that they had held at least one school sports day or equivalent during the academic year. In addition, 10,725 competitive festivals of sport were staged by the network of school sport partnerships in the last school year with the median being 26 per school sport partnership.

· A total of 37% of pupils from Years 4 – 11 were involved in inter-school competition during the academic year. This represents a 6% rise on 2004/05 (when 35% of pupils participated) and a 12% rise on 2003/04 (when 33% of pupils participated).

Sports Provision:

· Partnership schools provided an average of 16 different sports. This represents an increase on both 2004/05 (when the average was 14.9) and 2003/04 (when the average was 14.5).

Club Links:

· The 2005/06 survey found that each partnership school has club links for an average of just over six different sports, up from five sports recorded in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 surveys. The most common sports for which there were club links were football (78%), cricket (52%), rugby union (46%), dance (40%) and athletics (38%).

· Across Years 2 – 11, 27% of pupils in partnership schools participated in at least one sports club linked to their school (this includes dance and multi-skill clubs). This represents a 22% rise on 2004/05 (when 22% of pupils participated) and 42% on 2003/04 (when 19% of pupils participated).

Gifted and Talented Pupils:

· Across Years 5 -11, 189,000 pupils in partnership schools are registered as gifted and talented because of their ability in physical education or sport. This compared to 106,100 in 2004/05 and 44,000 in 2003/04.

Sports Volunteering and Leadership:

· Across Years 10 – 13, 13% of pupils in partnership schools have been actively involved in sports volunteering and leadership during the academic year. This represents an 18% rise on 2004/05 (when 11% of pupils were involved) and a 44% rise on 2003/04 (when 9% of pupils involved).

Action

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Author

Raspal Chima, Questions Publishing

Date Created

October 2006

Enquiries to:

rchima@qiis.co.uk

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