Resources for Teaching Staff

You will find a variety of useful websites about physical activity / physical education which can be used in schools below:

• Department for Education Teacher Training - Practical training materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff to teach about physical health and fitness.
• What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity? A resource for head teachers, college principals, staff working in education settings, school nurses, directors of public health, Active Partnerships and wider partners.
• The Association for Physical Education (afPE) provide quality assured services and resources and valuable professional support for our members and the physical education, school sport and physical activity sector.
• The Youth Sport Trust - Have a range of resources to help with PE delivery including fun activities and numerous e-learning modules.

• What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity? A resource for head teachers, college principals, staff working in education settings, school nurses, directors of public health, Active Partnerships and wider partners.

• The Association for Physical Education (afPE) provide quality assured services and resources and valuable professional support for our members and the physical education, school sport and physical activity sector.

• The Youth Sport Trust have a range of resources to help with PE delivery including fun activities and numerous e-learning modules.
• Activity Alliance have resources which can help you to engage more children & young people with a disability in sport and activity.
• New activity cards deliver inclusion, challenging, and fun PE sessions.
• Choose How You Move have information and resources to promote travelling actively to school.

• Studio You - Free video-based PE lessons for girls aged 13-16. Studio You is funded by Sport England and powered by This Girl Can, and designed to engage less active teenage girls. Developed using insight from both PE teachers and girls within KS3 and KS4, its ambition is to reconnect young people with physical education, improve their confidence and make being active fun.

• UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines which emphasise the importance of regular activity for people of all ages.
• New guidelines to support to support disabled children to be more active.
• Active Lives Children and Young People Survey Academic year 2020-21 - see the report below.
• The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Physical Activity Policy. Please find the document below.