Primary school news

Places Leisure has opened Epping Leisure Centre. Undertaken in partnership with Epping Forest District Council and Pellikaan Construction, this is part of a wider regeneration ... More

The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new animated series of five minute workouts for kids. Wicks – ... More

The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious targets to create a new way of delivering health. Although ... More

The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets departmental budgets until 2028-9. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the SR ... More

Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and explores the critical barriers preventing many from meeting physical activity ... More

Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has found that one of the biggest determinants of physical activity ... More

The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has published a report calling for the British government to fix the broken food system and turn the tide ... More

Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new programme for children. The funding has come from the Buckinghamshire, ... More

Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September) at the invitation of Kim Leadbeater MP, to discuss how ... More

Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a new report from UK member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater, who ... More

The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports in schools, and is asking schools to dedicate at least ... More

Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in its annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey 2021-2022. ... More

Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have agreed to go their separate ways after a long-standing 20-year ... More

The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night (30 June) as the winners of the ukactive Awards 2022 ... More

The London 2012 Olympic legacy investment designed to improve physical education at primary schools has failed, according to a study. Academics at the University of ... More

A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to help girls embrace activity during puberty and reduce the rising ... More

Children at UK schools which have adopted Active Recovery Curriculums feel fitter and stronger than their peers – both physically and mentally – and also ... More

Up to £30m will be invested in refurbishing thousands of public tennis courts in the most deprived parts of the UK. The package, which will ... More

The UK government has confirmed that the PE and Sport Premium will continue to run during the academic year 2021-22, resulting in around £320m being ... More

3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help schools with their PE provision. As its fitness instructors, aren't ... More

Gyms are right near the bottom of the list in terms of places people have visited before a positive COVID-19 test, according to UK government ... More

The government has confirmed that the £320m Physical Education and Sport Premium will be made available for the next school year (2020-21), starting this September. ... More

Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in some areas. Speaking earlier this afternoon during a visit to ... More

The UK government has given the go-ahead for one-to-one personal training outdoors, as part of the first stage of plans to ease COVID-19 lockdown measures. ... More

VAT rebates and an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are among the list of policies the government needs to adopt, in order for ... More