School Games news

This summer's Nike’s Open Doors programme saved many children from a summer on the sofa by providing inclusive opportunities during the summer holidays, according to ... 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

Sport England has teamed up with Youth Sport Trust to develop a new online resource designed to help more children become physically active. Called Active ... More

Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has said the DCMS is working closely with Sport England to promote health and fitness during the current lockdown – and ... More

An interactive toolkit has been launched to help schools in England reframe competition in school sports. Developed by children's charity Youth Sport Trust (YST), the ... More

Every good review must come to an end, and indeed two concluded this week. Sport England gave its backing to the continued work of the ... More

The effectiveness of the School Games has been backed by Sport England following a six-month review – although several recommendations have been made to “future-proof” ... More

Sport England has kicked off a review of the School Games following the publication of the government’s sports strategy, and has pledged funding for School ... More

Girls are being put off sport by PE lessons and must be offered more "imaginative" activities – such as dance and cycling – to make ... More

Sport England has awarded £180,000 of National Lottery funding for a project aiming to improve school sport in Somerset and Manchester. The Engage to Compete ... More

Sport England has earmarked £2m of National Lottery funding to bring the Sainsbury's School Games finals to the city of Sheffield in September 2013. The ... More

The 2012 International Sports Event Management Awards shortlist has now been announced. The ISEM Awards are the industry’s flagship Awards and honour sports event management ... More

Image: The legacy plans have now been made public The government is to invest £1bn in youth sport as part of a 10-point plan to ... More

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has used the government's first Disability Sport Summit to call on the UK sport sector to do more to boost participation ... More

More than 1,600 children were gripped by Olympic fever when they took part in the first ever South Yorkshire School Games. In an event based ... More

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has praised London 2012 for providing a "legacy blueprint" for future Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rogge made the ... More

Sport and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson has announced how the 2012 Games will provide a catalyst for a sporting "revolution" across all levels of UK ... More

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has announced a £10m funding package to support the new School Games over the next four years and contribute towards the 2012 ... More

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that young athletes will have the opportunity to compete at four Olympic Park venues next year as part of ... More