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PE and Sport Survey, 2009/10
% of pupils (5-18 yrs) who take part in 3+ hours of high quality PE and out of hours school sport
in a typical week, by gender and year group
Girls
Boys
66%
58% 58% 63% 65% 67% 71% 73% 61% 57% 53% 51% 46%
29% 28%
50%
52% 55% 60% 61% 64% 67% 68% 56% 50% 44% 39% 33%
17% 15%
62%
41%
All pupils
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Source: Department for Education, PE and Sport Survey, 2009/10. England only. See note 3
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Primary
Secondary
School provision of physical activity
• Almost three in five boy take part in 3+ hours of high quality PE and out of schools sports in a week,
compared with just over half of girls
• The smallest differences by gender are in years 1 to 7. The gap between the sexes widens as pupils get
older, until by Year 13 the difference is 13 percentage points
• Overall 78% of girls in years 1-13 participate in at least 120 minutes of curriculum PE, compared with
80% of boys. It looks like there is very little difference overall, and this is true for every year group in
primary school However, on entry to secondary school a difference in participation levels by gender
starts, rising to a 4 or 5 percentage point differential in years 10 to 13
% of all pupils taking part in 120 minutes of PE in a a typical week by gender and age
80%
Girls
Boys
94%
66%
78%
92% 93% 95% 95% 95% 95%
91% 90%
83%
53% 50%
11% 11%
89% 87%
81%
49%
45%
94%
62%
7% 7%
All pupils
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Source: Department for Education, PE and Sport Survey, 2009/10. England only. Where information given. See note 3
Year 12
Year 13
Primary
Secondary
Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation Young women and girls’ physical activity: December 2010