Whilst future legislation around social media bans for children and young people has been announced, the new PE and School report, now available from Youth Sport Trust, touches on the impact of screen time on activity levels for CYP.
In addition to the stats shown in the image above, and many other findings, the report headlines include:
- Just 46% of young people are active for 30 minutes during the school day
- 77% of parents believe screen use is reducing the amount of time children spend being physically active
- 69% of teachers agree pupils are less physically active when they have access to mobile phones during break and lunchtime
- One in six parents say their child has stopped taking part in exercise or sport because they are too busy on a screen