Teachers report a decline in sports diversity and specialist coaching after government funding cuts
Britain's success in the Olympics has cast an unflattering light on the state of school sport; after years in which the variety and scale of sport in school has boomed, it is looking increasingly patchy.
The seeds of the decay were planted two years ago, when education secretary Michael Gove slashed funding for school sports partnerships, which had helped to increase the quality and range of sport available in schools. At the same time, he lifted the need to collect information for an annual survey of sport participation and the requirement to deliver a minimum amount of sport and PE a week.
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