School Healthy Living Survey statistics: 2020
Information from an annual survey carried out in February each year of all publicly funded schools in Scotland on registration for free school meals, uptake of school meals (both free and paid for) and PE.
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Chapter 2: Physical Education
Background
Increasing the amount of Physical Education (PE) pupils receive in school has been a government priority for a number of years. Increased physical activity can have a positive impact on a pupil's health, educational attainment and life chances. In 2011, the Scottish Government made a commitment to ensure that by 2014, every pupil will benefit from at least two hours of Physical Education in primary school and two periods (100 minutes) in S1 to S4 per week.
In order to monitor progress in meeting this commitment, questions on Physical Education provision in schools have been included in the Healthy Living Survey since 2012. The survey reported on here was conducted in the week beginning 17 February 2020.
Key Findings
In 2020,
- 99 per cent of all primary and secondary schools combined (2,331 of 2,360) were meeting the target level of PE provision, the same as in 2019.
- Almost 100 per cent of primary schools (1,995 of 2,003) were providing at least 120 minutes of PE to all pupils, the same as in 2019.
- 94 per cent of secondary schools (336 of 357) were providing at least 100 minutes of PE to all pupils in S1 to S4, the same as in 2019.
- The data shows that provision is lowest at S4 (94 per cent). Focusing on S1 to S3, 98 per cent of secondary schools (351 of 357) were meeting the target, one percentage point down from 2019.
For schools which are not meeting the required amount of PE, the main reasons given are lack of facilities and problems with timetabling.
PE data by Urban Rural classification, size of school and local authority are available in the supplementary tables, which also contain school level PE data.
| Percentage | |||||
| Local Authority | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 99.3 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 99.3 | 100.0 |
| Angus | 98.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 93.9 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 98.8 |
| City of Edinburgh | 92.0 | 96.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.7 |
| Clackmannanshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dundee City | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 100.0 | 97.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Lothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Falkirk | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 100.0 |
| Fife | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.2 |
| Glasgow City | 99.3 | 97.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Highland | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 100.0 | 98.8 |
| Inverclyde | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Midlothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Moray | 100.0 | 91.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.8 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| North Ayrshire | 96.0 | 96.0 | 95.9 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Orkney Islands | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 94.5 | 100.0 | 97.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Renfrewshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Scottish Borders | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Shetland Islands | 96.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| South Ayrshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Stirling | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.4 | 100.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| West Lothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Scotland2 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 99.6 |
1. Target provision of Physical Education refers to at least 120 minutes per week in primary.
2. The Scotland total excludes Jordanhill For more information see background note 3.3.
| Percentage | |||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 94.1 | 94.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 94.1 |
| Angus | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 100.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 90.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 |
| City of Edinburgh | 95.7 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.7 | 95.7 | 95.7 |
| Clackmannanshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dundee City | 100.0 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Ayrshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Lothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Falkirk | 75.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 |
| Fife | 88.9 | 77.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 88.9 | 88.9 |
| Glasgow City | 96.7 | 96.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Highland | 93.1 | 96.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 89.7 | 89.7 |
| Inverclyde | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Midlothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Moray | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 100.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| North Ayrshire | 77.8 | 88.9 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 88.9 | 77.8 |
| North Lanarkshire | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Orkney Islands | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 60.0 | 90.0 | 81.8 | 81.8 | 80.0 | 70.0 | 72.7 |
| Renfrewshire | 90.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Scottish Borders | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Shetland Islands | 85.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| South Ayrshire | 100.0 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 87.5 | 87.5 |
| South Lanarkshire | 88.2 | 88.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 94.1 |
| Stirling | 85.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 60.0 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
| West Lothian | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Scotland2 | 93.9 | 93.8 | 98.3 | 98.3 | 98.3 | 94.4 | 94.1 |
1. Target provision of Physical Education refers to at least 100 minutes per week in secondary timetabled periods.
2. The Scotland total excludes Jordanhill. For more information see background note 3.3.
Contact
Email: school.stats@gov.scot
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