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School sport funding: government 'misleading' public
Labour's Andy Burnham has written to the UK statistics authority detailing two disputed claimsLabour has accused David Cameron and senior ministers of misleading MPs and the public over the...
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Michael Gove backtracks over school sport funding
Key elements of School Sport Partnerships network will be retained despite education secretary's previous insistence they were not deliveringMichael Gove has been forced to backtrack on his plan to...
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Should we collect vouchers to fund equipment for schools?
Supermarkets claim voucher schemes are helping cash-strapped schools; cynics believe the chains are simply boosting their profileMost parents have done it at one time or another – assiduously collected...
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The School I'd Like: here is what you wanted
What makes the ideal school? After entries from all over the country, Dea Birkett reveals the Children's Manifesto of ideas, from comfy beanbags to soothing music and petsIn January we launched the...
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The Children's Manifesto
From milk cows to after-school clubs, ideas flooded in from children all over the country about the kind of school they would like. Here is their manifesto★ Active – with lots of different sports,...
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The School I'd Like: the panel
Who drew up the Children's Manifesto? Meet our panel of 10 children who oversaw and edited all the submissionsMarkus Heinonen, 6, CambridgeChildren should be listened to because they sometimes have...
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Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity
Modern life is 'producing a generation of weaklings', claims research as physical strength declines in 10-year-oldsChildren are becoming weaker, less muscular and unable to do physical tasks that...
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London 2012 sports legacy unlikely to be long-term, research suggests
UK study into legacy of 2004 Athens Olympics finds only temporary impact on sports participation in GreeceThe London Olympics may fail to boost the number of people participating in sport in Britain,...
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Olympics 2012: Sport as important as maths and English, says Edwards
Triple jump gold medallist urges government to make sport as much of a part of the curriculum as traditional academic subjectsJonathan Edwards, the Olympic gold medallist triple jumper, has called on...
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Jobsworths misusing rules to ban fun at school, says health and safety chief
Agency vows to challenge 'daft and misguided decisions' that make playground games, sport and science lessons dullMisguided "jobsworths" are preventing children from enjoying traditional playground...
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Cribsheet 04.07.11
Misguided jobsworths must stop their over-zealous application of health and safety lawsWorld gone mad, says Health and safety execThree cheers for Judith Hackitt, head of the Health and Safety...
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A little competition | Rebecca Front
It's not a dangerous thing – school sports days can help nurture ambition in children. Not least mineSchool sports days are no longer competitive. That is what popular wisdom would have us believe. Of...
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How to get children cycling to school | Laura Laker
Schools open in a month so there's time to get your kids – and you – confident on your bikes, and to plan the best routesIt is easy to forget how much fun cycling is for kids. It is sociable, and one...
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School Olympics fiasco is new blow to 2012 legacy
Fewer than a third of England's state schools have signed up to government's 'spirit of 2012' competitionFewer than a third of state schools have signed up to the government's plan to use the "spirit...
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Don't blow Paralympics budget on opening ceremony
Disabled people are excited about the Paralympics in 2012. But they would rather have money to eat than watch a couple of ceremoniesThe results of a recent survey by disability charity Scope suggested...
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Baroness Campbell: Olympic legacy for youth sport needs proper funding
• Chair of Youth Sports Trust makes plea for long-term strategy• Campbell says School Games can be 'driver for change'A year after forcing a partial government U-turn on plans to scrap the dedicated...
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School sports cuts threaten the Olympic legacy, says Tessa Jowell
Former minister breaks cross-party consensus with attack on coalition just 200 days before Games startThe 2012 London Olympics will go down in history as a giant "missed opportunity" for young Britons...
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Is school sport in crisis?
The Olympics were supposed to give competitive sport in schools a huge boost. But government cuts mean that children are now doing less than beforeThe man and boy raise their weapons in salute, before...
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Swimming on the sidelines
A swimming teacher argues that peripatetic teachers should be seen as an integrated member of a school's support team instead of being completely invisibleDo you show children how to breathe? I do. I...
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