The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London were billed as the “Legacy Games”. The euphoria in the lead-up was palpable. London was poised to host a global event that, through the power of sport, ...

Children are not playing competitive sport to a high level and physical education lessons in school are failing to improve fitness, a new report has claimed. Inspectors for Ofsted raised concerns that ...

Improving children's physical education (PE) lessons at school might increase their academic prowess, a new study suggests. Enhancing the quality of PE classes can result in small increases in a ...

Tyrone West, principal of Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit, is running his second TCS London Marathon as part of Team TCS Teachers which offers marathon places to teachers who are acting as ...

Research reveals how the legacy of the 2012 Olympics turned into the “deskilling” of a generation of teachers. By Vicky Randall and Gerald Griggs The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London were ...

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