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Absolute Performance was established in 2008 by Tony and Sian Buchanan and has a wealth of experience in designing and installing world-class gyms for commercial, educational, elite sports, military, blue light and private clients. It has become one of the UK market’s best-known companies with a reputation for high quality products and excellent service.
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Experts have recommended that PE should be give the same status as maths,
English, science, and Welsh in schools to help tackle the obesity problem in Wales.
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25 Jun 2013
A group of politicians has criticised “failing” PE teachers and published a wide-ranging
report with radical recommendations designed to improve physical education for school
children.
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19 Oct 2016
The London 2012 Olympic legacy investment designed to improve physical education at primary
schools has failed, according to a study.
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23 Jun 2022
Researchers examined the impact of £2.2bn of school sports funding following London 2012 and find the majority has gone to private contractors, with little upskilling happening in schools
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Primary schools across the country will see PE and sport funding doubled this month in a
bid to change the lives of a generation.
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18 Oct 2017
Far from setting people up to be physically active for life, school PE lessons
can put people off sport forever, according to research carried out by the
University of Birmingham. Of the 1,800 people surveyed for The Big PE
Conversation, half said school PE didn’t help them to become more physically active.
One quarter of males and one third of females said they never, or rarely enjoyed, PE.
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05 Jan 2015
A new report published by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) has
revealed that school PE lessons are "putting off" girls from participating in
physical activity.
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02 May 2012
Sport England has launched its own on-demand fitness platform, with the hope of inspiring
teenage
girls to get active through digital physical education (PE) lessons.
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30 Sep 2021
A report released by Ofsted recommends the government develop a new national
strategy on PE and sports in schools, with teaching in more than a quarter of
schools not improving pupils’ fitness.
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14 Feb 2013
Virgin Active is teaming up with the University of Bedfordshire and primary school
teachers across the country to explore pioneering teaching methods and new approaches
to getting children active.
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30 Jun 2015
The gym development project at Southfields Community College in Wandsworth, London, is almost complete.
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08 Nov 2006
Prime Minister David Cameron is today expected to confirm that funding for
Primary Physical Education and the government's Sport Premium scheme will be
continued throughout the course of the next parliament - securing the current
level of funding until 2020.
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06 Feb 2014
A new approach to physical education (PE) – based on physical literacy and “fun fitness” –
could transform school sport and help all children embrace physical activity.
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14 Nov 2016
Fitness sessions with Joe Wicks, that defined lockdown mornings for many families, have
finally come to an end.
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23 Jul 2020
The UK government has confirmed that the PE and Sport Premium will continue to run during the
academic year 2021-22, resulting in around £320m being invested in physical activity.
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28 Jun 2021
Structured fitness programmes have the potential to help children become more physically
active, stronger and more agile than conventional PE lessons, according to the results of a
new pilot study.
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08 Apr 2016
Officials at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) have strongly denied reports that swimming is to be dropped from the list of sports that pupils are expected to practice in PE lessons at secondary school.
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03 Jul 2006
The screens and handheld devices that today’s youngsters are ‘hostages’ to should be
harnessed as tools to modernise PE and increase physical activity, suggests a new report.
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26 Jun 2015
The Physical Education School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) strategy is having a positive impact on schools, a report from the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) has revealed.
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14 Jul 2005
Students at Landau Forte College in Derby are benefiting from the installation of a suite of Switching fitness equipment by On Site Fitness.
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04 Jul 2008
The government has pledged extra support and improved guidance for primary schools in England as
part of a drive to make sure all children are able to swim confidently.
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26 Oct 2018
A live workout streamed on YouTube, which looks to help keep families active during the coronavirus
outbreak, has gone global.
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23 Mar 2020
3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help schools with their PE provision.
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01 Mar 2021
The Youth Sport Trust has pledged to work with schools to develop their physical
education (PE) offer following the publication of a damning report about the health of
children in the UK.
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30 Jan 2017
Several physical activity organisations are among the nominees for the 2014
Body Confidence Awards – an event bidding to tackle the growing problem of
body image anxiety through education, health, media and advertising.
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08 Oct 2014
Sportspark, the University of East Anglia's (UEA) multi-million pound sports facility, has seen a 12 per cent increase in annual turnover to nearly £3m.
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14 Apr 2010
Wow! Workout is helping young people with autism get fit at its facility in Brunswick, New Jersey.
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24 Feb 2004
Girls are missing out on the benefits of physical activity due to mounting pressures, a study has
revealed.
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07 Nov 2017
The government is preparing to make a major announcement on sports in schools,
which could see £100m to £150m committed to the Department of Education.
news •
13 Mar 2013
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consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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