CYP Now - Lionesses’ victory highlights gaps in girls’ PE

England’s historic victory in the Women’s Euros has prompted calls for girls to be given equal access to sports like football at school as studies show less than half of English secondary schools offer equal training to both girls and boys.

Girlguiding is among organisations supporting girls' access to football. Picture: Girlguiding

A study by Football England, which is part of the Football Association (FA), published in The i newspaper, reveals that 72 per cent of primary schools offered equal football coaching to boys and girls last year but this fell to just 44 per cent in secondary schools.

Just over a third of secondary schools offered girls equal access to football coaching through extracurricular clubs outside school hours, the report adds.

Meanwhile, a study by Childwise shows that more than a third of girls aged seven to 17 would like more opportunities to play football.

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