Let’s Get Moving for National School Sports Week 2025!
National School Sports Week 2025 is just around the corner from 16th to 22nd June 2025. Led by the Youth Sport Trust (YST), this annual campaign invites schools, families, and communities nationwide to come together and celebrate the importance of PE, sport and play.
Whether you're a PE leader planning your school's week of activity or a parent looking for fun ways to get your child moving at home, National Sports Week 2025 is your perfect opportunity to join the action. From creative sports week activities in the classroom to energetic games in the garden, there are endless ways to get involved and make a difference. And at The PE Hub, we have got you covered!
In this blog, we’ll explore how to plan a memorable week, where to find ready-to-go resources, and how to inspire children to move more, both in school and at home. Let’s make this National School Sports Week one to remember!
Why National School Sports Week Matters
The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that children participate in at least 60 minutes of vigorous activity each day, or roughly 20 minutes for children with a disability or SEND. National School Sports Week is a great way to highlight the importance of this target through the week and inspire children to get involved. It allows schools and parents to try out new ideas to help increase pupils’ participation in physical activity and sport.
Link your National School Sports Week activities to wider PE objectives or wellbeing targets
PE Leaders, planning your sports week
As a PE leader, National School Sports Week 2025 is the perfect opportunity to highlight the value of physical activity across your school. Start by registering your school with the Youth Sport Trust to access their free planning tools, resources, and activity ideas tailored to this year’s theme, ‘Always Active’. Whether you’re organising a timetable of inclusive sports, inter-house competitions, or daily movement challenges, the key is to make it fun, accessible, and engaging for every pupil. You might also consider linking your sports week activities to wider PE objectives or wellbeing targets, helping to demonstrate implementation and impact in your Primary PE and Sport Premium reporting. This week is a great way to involve your sports or playground leaders in supporting activity.
National School Sports Week Activity Ideas for Schools
YST have some great tools and resources, but here are a few more ideas to try:
- Daily Active Challenges – Set fun movement goals each day, e.g. move/walk/play for 25 minutes to celebrate 2025!
- House/Team Competitions – Organise mini-Olympics, relay races or skill-based challenges with mixed abilities.
- Classroom activities – Increase your activity with classroom movement breaks.
- Pupil-led Warm Ups – Let older pupils or playground leaders help with activities or games for younger year groups.
- Family Involvement – Invite parents for a morning mile or help keep score on an activity to help build the home-to-school connection.
- Cross-Curricular Links – Tie in PE with numeracy (score-keeping), Literacy (sports journalism), or art (design team logos or flags), science (recovery heart rate).
Discover the Family Zone: Simple, Active Fun at Home
Our new Family Zone is an online inspiration resource for parents who want to get their families active. We've initially launched Family Zone with 16 home PE games across 3 categories; Simple PE games, Problem-Solving Exercises and Fun Family Fitness Sessions. No game requires any equipment, and where a downloadable / printable resource is provided usage is optional. We've taken care to make sure they can be played in any type of home, by any type of family.
It’s a fantastic way to extend the energy of national sports week 2025 beyond school gates, and make physical activity something the whole family can enjoy together.
Our new Family Zone is an online inspiration resource for parents who want to get their families active
Useful Resources and Links
To help you get the most out of National School Sports Week 2025, here are some go-to resources for both schools and families:
- Youth Sport Trust – National School Sports Week 2025 - Register your school, access free toolkits, and get involved in this year’s theme with ready-made planning support.
- The PE Hub – Family Zone - A treasure trove of free, family-friendly activity ideas to keep kids moving at home during national sports week 2025 and beyond.
- YST School Support Resources - Search for games, targeted interventions and open access programmes
- The PE Hub – Movement Breaks - Getting active in the classroom is a great way of working towards this year’s theme of ‘Always Active’.
- Primary PE and Sport Premium Guidance
Make the most of your funding by aligning Sports Week with the wider intent for your PE, physical activity and school sport.
Let’s make this National School Sports Week 2025 one to remember!
This sports week, Always be Active!
National School Sports Week 2025 is more than just a celebration; it's a chance to grow every child's love of movement and physical activity and build a stronger school community. Whether you organise a whole week of sports week activities, just an afternoon, or help parents get everyone active at home, your efforts can have a lasting impact on children’s health, confidence, and happiness.
So, register your school to participate in this year’s National School Sports Week, and don’t forget to check out the Family Zone on the PE Hub for even more inspiration. Let’s make this National School Sports Week one to remember for every pupil, parent and teacher!