New data from the Youth Sport Trust’s annual Girls Active Survey has found that girls with multiple characteristics of inequality are being left behind in PE and school sport. The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality, such as being from a low-income family, a non-majority ethnicity, or having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)1, are significantly more likely to not be active every day, not feel confident doing physical activity and less likely to like PE than those without.
This year the report has taken a closer look at the experiences of girls with additional characteristics of inequality to see how their lived experience differs from girls without these characteristics.
Girls Active is led by the Youth Sport Trust, supported by Sport England National Lottery Funding and delivered in partnership with Women in Sport.
For more information on YST Girls Active Programme click here and / or contact girlsactive@youthsporttrust.org
Youth Sport Trust Girls Active Report 2025: https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-listings/news/new-charity-report-reveals-impact-of-inequality-on-girls-sport
