Schools: Sports
Education
Menzies Campbell (North East Fife, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of five to 16 year-olds (a) in each age group and (b) of each gender had participated in (i) intra-school competitive sport and (ii) inter-school competition in each year since 2009-10; and what proportion of such pupils had done so on a regular basis.
Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich, Conservative)
The 2009/10 PE and sport survey showed that the proportions of pupils aged 5-16 who participated in any intra-school competitive activities in 2009/10, broken down by age group and gender were as follows.
| Percentage | |||
| Total | Girls | Boys | |
| Year 1 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 |
| Year 2 | 74.0 | 74.0 | 75.0 |
| Year 3 | 82.0 | 81.0 | 82.0 |
| Year 4 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 85.0 |
| Year 5 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 87.0 |
| Year 6 | 88.0 | 87.0 | 88.0 |
| Year 7 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 87.0 |
| Year 8 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 85.0 |
| Year 9 | 81.0 | 80.0 | 83.0 |
| Year 10 | 69.0 | 67.0 | 72.0 |
| Year 11 | 57.0 | 53.0 | 60.0 |
The corresponding proportions of pupils aged 7-16 who participated in any inter-school competition in 2009/10, broken down by age group and gender are shown as follows.
| Percentage | |||
| Total | Girls | Boys | |
| Year 3 | 47.0 | 46.0 | 48.0 |
| Year 4 | 51.0 | 50.0 | 52.0 |
| Year 5 | 57.0 | 56.0 | 59.0 |
| Year 6 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 62.0 |
| Year 7 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 |
| Year 8 | 36.0 | 33.0 | 39.0 |
| Year 9 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 37.0 |
| Year 10 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 31.0 |
| Year 11 | 23.0 | 19.0 | 26.0 |