§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of PE teaching in primary schools. [73936]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) is responsible for monitoring, reporting and advising the Secretary of State on the quality of teaching and learning in schools, including Physical Education (PE).Ofsted published-in February 2002—a primary subject report on PE for the academic year 2000–01. This reported that in one in four primary schools there had been a significant improvement in the quality of PE since their previous inspections. Ofsted also reported that teaching was good or better in about half of schools; this maintains recent trends. The report has been placed in both libraries.