Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 17
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Commission research to test the link between sports-based interventions and improved school attendance.
Recommendation
We recommend the Department commission research to test the link between sports- based interventions and improved attendance. As part of this, the Department should look to the third sector for effective practice examples.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government responded by outlining its existing 'Working together to improve school attendance' guidance from May 2022, rather than committing to commissioning research on sports-based interventions and attendance.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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49. The Government welcomes the Committee’s recognition of the benefits of sport to pupil wellbeing and engagement. As part of the Government’s School Sport and Activity Action Plan published in July 2023, it was announced that the Department will be publishing best practice guidance to support schools with effective delivery of sport and PE provision, including how to achieve equal opportunity with sport and two hours of PE each week for all pupils. With support from schools, national governing bodies, and other sporting organisations the Department will identify and include in the guidance schools that have increased their PE and school sport offer and as a result have seen improvements to pupil outcomes such as increasing attendance.
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