Improving children's physical education (PE) lessons at school might increase their academic prowess, a new study suggests. Enhancing the quality of PE classes can result in small increases in a ...

Despite a direct investment of more than £2.2bn into primary PE since 2012 – making it the highest-funded subject at primary age – most PE lessons in the primary sector are outsourced to ...

One in eight primary school teachers believe their own PE lessons are so dire they would only rate them as a grade D or below, according to new research.

The team found that children, mainly primary school pupils, who had better quality PE lessons, performed better in other classes. Results indicated that school children did better in their maths ...

School PE lessons don't reflect kids' activity levels Contribution of timetabled physical education to total physical activity in primary school children: cross sectional study BMJ Volume 327, pp ...

COVID-19 had challenged physical education teachers in designing meaningful activities for students. It has also exposed and helped clear up public misperceptions of what PE entails, says NIE’s ...

They found that boosting the quality of PE lessons increased brainpower, mainly among primary school pupils. They also increased academic prowess, principally in maths skills.