Was the NAS involved in reforms to the school PE curriculum?

However I think we need more information on this. I suspect NAS may not have been consulted, simply because the Government hasn't seen any issue.

The current proposed policy initiated in 2010 is largely a reaction to the previous Labour policy in 2002 that was lumbering schools with way too much administration. Every pupil had to have a fitness plan, and had to be able to demonstrate originally 2 hours per week of fitness activity, later commuted to 5 hours.

The other problem with the now disbanded labour policy is that it addressed individual needs, so inclined to solo activities, and therefor undermined competitive sport.

This knee-jerk/backlash response intend to push schools to engage in competitive team games. But the proponents including the Youth Sport Association, see this as a return to the jolly old empire, public school, team work and competition makes us Brits tough etc etc.

I seriously doubt whether it has entered the heads of these advocates of competitive sport that anyone will suffer. Come on boy....get a move on...a little pain a lot of gain...  We are going back to the Dark Ages.

Also where are these team games going to be played? Most school playing fields have been sold off as housing land to help pay for school rebuilds - someting I think initiated by a previous Conservative Government. They are probably thinking of a few jolly old public schools of fond memory that still have their football and rugby pitches. But the capacity for all schools to reintroduce competive games on centralised common pitches just isn't there.

It isn't just about those diagnosed with autism or dyspraxia, but a lot of children who fail to meet the criteria for these diagnoses will still have difficulty meeting the challenge of a return to competive sport.

What is the Government going to do .....introduce a sport version of the Work Capability Assessment?   You, boy....you don't have gaze aversion, so we don't accept your autism as an excuse...10 hours a week extra team sports!

Public school..................................................................................

However I think we need more information on this. I suspect NAS may not have been consulted, simply because the Government hasn't seen any issue.

The current proposed policy initiated in 2010 is largely a reaction to the previous Labour policy in 2002 that was lumbering schools with way too much administration. Every pupil had to have a fitness plan, and had to be able to demonstrate originally 2 hours per week of fitness activity, later commuted to 5 hours.

The other problem with the now disbanded labour policy is that it addressed individual needs, so inclined to solo activities, and therefor undermined competitive sport.

This knee-jerk/backlash response intend to push schools to engage in competitive team games. But the proponents including the Youth Sport Association, see this as a return to the jolly old empire, public school, team work and competition makes us Brits tough etc etc.

I seriously doubt whether it has entered the heads of these advocates of competitive sport that anyone will suffer. Come on boy....get a move on...a little pain a lot of gain...  We are going back to the Dark Ages.

Also where are these team games going to be played? Most school playing fields have been sold off as housing land to help pay for school rebuilds - someting I think initiated by a previous Conservative Government. They are probably thinking of a few jolly old public schools of fond memory that still have their football and rugby pitches. But the capacity for all schools to reintroduce competive games on centralised common pitches just isn't there.

It isn't just about those diagnosed with autism or dyspraxia, but a lot of children who fail to meet the criteria for these diagnoses will still have difficulty meeting the challenge of a return to competive sport.

What is the Government going to do .....introduce a sport version of the Work Capability Assessment?   You, boy....you don't have gaze aversion, so we don't accept your autism as an excuse...10 hours a week extra team sports!

Public school..................................................................................