Active Lives Children and Young People survey data released by Sport England

‘We need a new national plan for children’s physical activity,’ calls children’s charity as activity levels continue to stagnate

47.8% of children are meeting the UK Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity every day
Of particular concern is the low activity levels of young people in school years 3-4 (ages 7-9) which again sit at just 41% ‘active’ in 23/24 (40% active in 22/23) in comparison to 53% in years 1-2
Significant inequalities in activity levels remain, with Black (42%) and Asian (43%) children and young people, and those from the least affluent families (45%) still less likely to play sport or be more physically active than the average across all ethnicities and affluence groups, and girls (45%) less likely to be active than boys (51%)