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Inclusive sports programme boosts daily exercise for children with SEND

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More than a third of schools which took part in the the first year of an inclusive sports programme saw an increase in the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) achieving an hour of daily exercise, according to the Youth Sport Trust.
Inclusion 2024 drives an increase in daily exercise levels of children with SEND. Picture: Youth Sport Trust
Inclusion 2024 drives an increase in daily exercise levels of children with SEND. Picture: Youth Sport Trust

Inclusion 2024, a three-year programme launched in 2021, aims to empower schools to help others around the country make PE and school sports offers more inclusive.

More than 70,000 young people have benefitted from the programme’s first year of delivery, according to recent data from the Youth Sports Trust.

Two thirds of participating schools said that pupils with SEND are achieving 30 minutes of activity per day, with more than a third reporting an increase in the proportion of children with SEND achieving 60 minutes of physical activity.

This is higher than the 20 minutes of daily activity that is recommended for children with SEND by the chief medical officer.

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