Physically active children

Percentage of schoolchildren who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum

Department for Education (DfE)

Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO)

http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=105001

England

Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National

2009/10

2007/08 to 2009/10

Annually

Survey data

The indicator is a direct measure of service provision within state schools. It is important to acknowledge that this indicator does not take into account physical activity provision within private schools or physical activity undertaken by children outside of school, and so cannot be used as a total measure of physical activity for children. Although efforts have been made to clearly define High quality PE?, the term is still open to individual interpretation and there is some potential for positive response bias as schools are self-reporting. It is important to make the distinction between physical activity and structured PE/sport. While PE/sport may be physical activity, physical activity is not necessarily PE/sport; and this data should only be considered as a part of this wider issue within an area. Confidence intervals apply

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