One of the UK’s biggest surveys of young people, the 2022 School Sport Survey by Sport Wales, has shown that Neath Port Talbot is number one in Wales in three key areas.
These are the number of children who take part in sport three or more times per week (46%); those participating in community club sport outside of school (71.6%); and those participating in community sport at least once a week (62.3%).
Cllr Jeremy Hurley, Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Wellbeing said: “This is a credit to our Physical Activity and Sports Team (PASS) team, our community clubs and our schools.
“This is something we can all be very proud of as it is testimony to our commitment to the development of our young people and providing them with the best start in life we can give them.”
This State of the Nation Report explores the findings from the Sport Wales 2022 School Sport Survey. The School Sport Survey is one of the largest, per capita opportunities in the world for young people to have their say on sport. This year more than 116,000 pupils responded, from 1,000 schools.
The survey took place from 28th March 2022 to 22nd July 2022.
The School Sport Survey is a national survey of pupils from years 3 to 11, looking into attitudes, behaviours and opportunities for young people in sport. The survey is key to understanding who, where, and how often young people participate in, and have a demand for, different types of sport.
Teachers are also offered the opportunity to share their views on school sport provision and the support they need to deliver it. The results of the survey allow Sport Wales, schools, local authorities, sports and the wider sector to shape the future of sport, in line with the voices of young people.
Some of the headline figures for Wales as a whole from the survey show:
- 40% of pupils enjoyed extracurricular sport ‘a lot’, compared to 57% enjoying PE ‘a lot’ and 47% enjoyed community club sport ‘a lot’.
- 69% of pupils stated they were ‘very confident’ or ‘confident’ in trying new sports, while 8% of pupils said they were ‘not confident at all’.
- 93% (292,000) of pupils in Wales had a demand to do more sport.
