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14/02/2013
Report Finds School PE 'Not Strenuous Enough'
A report from education inspectors Ofsted has said there is "not enough strenuous activity" in many of England's PE classes.
The report on primary and secondary PE adds that teachers tend to talk too much in sessions and often lack specialist training and highlights that only a minority of schools play competitive sport at high level.
120 primaries and 110 secondaries were visited by Ofsted inspectors over a four year period.
The government however says its draft PE curriculum will put competitive sport back at the heart of school life.
Overall the report said PE teaching was good or outstanding in two-thirds of the primary schools it visited, and three-quarters of the secondary schools it saw adding that this was an improvement on the results of its last survey in 2008.
(H/GK)
The report on primary and secondary PE adds that teachers tend to talk too much in sessions and often lack specialist training and highlights that only a minority of schools play competitive sport at high level.
120 primaries and 110 secondaries were visited by Ofsted inspectors over a four year period.
The government however says its draft PE curriculum will put competitive sport back at the heart of school life.
Overall the report said PE teaching was good or outstanding in two-thirds of the primary schools it visited, and three-quarters of the secondary schools it saw adding that this was an improvement on the results of its last survey in 2008.
(H/GK)
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