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England policy and frameworks update – June 2026
Are you ready for the wave of new government guidance hitting schools this year? To save you time, we’ve put together a comprehensive, easy-to-digest guide breaking down everything teachers, leaders, and PE departments need to know about the latest educational reforms and policy updates. Inside this guide, you’ll find: Don’t spend hours trawling through policy…
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Think like an AQA examiner – GCSE PE word lesson
This slide deck will help you to prepare students for AQA 6 mark GCSE PE exam questions.
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OAA – exploring our environment and forest survival cards
Spending time outdoors has been shown to positively influence children’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being and supports the aims of outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) in Key Stages One and Two. In PE, OAA provides pupils with the opportunity to be physically active for sustained periods, to overcome challenges individually and in teams, and to…
Research
Academic articles and policy documents all in one place, helping you to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making it easier to advocate the value of physical activity and physical education.
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Integrating Physical Literacy Into Blue Physical Activity Promotion, Drowning Prevention and Aquatic Education
ABSTRACT Physical literacy (PL) is a foundational concept in physical education, physical activity, and long-term sports development. It is a human capability nurtured through learning processes and interactions with varied environments through movement and physical activity. Blue spaces can support the development of PL, health, quality of life, and environmental sustainability. However, PL research has…
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Achieve and thrive: A research-based guide to pupil motivation and engagement
About this publication Pupil engagement with school is a growing priority for school leaders. This comes in the context of a decline in school attendance since the Covid pandemic, and UK pupils reporting lower scores than most of their OECD counterparts on measures related to wellbeing. The Labour government has called achieving and thriving the…
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Playing social justice: How do early childhood teachers enact the right to play through resistance and subversion?Â
Jo Albin-Clark,1 and Nathan Archer,2 Abstract In this paper we narrate how playful pedagogies can resist the single story of formalised learning discourses in early childhood education and care. According to Wood (2015), play is fundamental to learning and established in international literature. In addition, through international treaties, children have the right to play (OHCHR,…
Insight
Stay up to date and informed with the latest insight and announcements from across physical education, physical literacy, sport, education, health and wellbeing.
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Beyond 25m: rethinking school swimming and water safety for every child
Trigger Warning: This blog contains some content that may be triggering around the important subject and statistics around drowning, please read on with care. Why school swimming and water safety matters Imagine a classroom with 33 empty chairs, each one representing a child in England who loses their life to drowning each year (Royal Life…
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What LGBTQ Students Taught Me About Physical Education: Reflections from My Research.
Author Information: Mrs Lauren Perkins, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of East Anglia As educators, we often strive to create inclusive learning environments where all students feel valued and able to succeed. However, my recent research which focused on exploring the experiences of LGBTQ students in Physical Education (PE) encouraged me to think more critically…
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PE Insights Podcast: Episode 84 – Ian Shrubsole – Visible and Invisible Fundamentals and a focus on Movement
Introduction In Episode 85 of the PE Insights podcast, host Nathan Walker sits down with Ian Shrubsole. Ian is a highly experienced physical education teacher who is nearing retirement at the end of the term, having started his teaching career in 1992. He has spent the vast majority of his career at Kingswood School, an…
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