Michael Gove’s controversial decision to cut £162m of funding has left sport at the whim of headteachers and secondary schools receive no money to pay for it
• Jowell attacks ‘wicked’ coalition government over school sport failure
• Jowell attacks ‘wicked’ coalition government over school sport failure
“I love that my school is sporty,” says 11-year-old Lily on a sunny morning at St Katharine’s Primary in Bournemouth. “I ran a 5k last week which I never thought I could do. I will keep being sporty now as I grow up.”
Lily could be a poster girl for school sport policy, were the reality in most of the UK not so different. Her school is an exception: unified vision and strategy have been largely absent where physical education and school sport are concerned.
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