The North Wester Counties PE Association holds an annual award ceremony, and on Friday 18th September this ceremony also celebrated out 101st year of existence. The Gill Parry Award is for best practice in schools and the winners were: Primary School Woodfold Primary School - The opportunities for ALL children to engage in PE and extra-curricular clubs are excellent. The percentage … Read More
European School Sport Day 2026: 25th September.
Sign up for ESSD now! The focus theme of ESSD 2026 is active mobility — encouraging walking, cycling, and other sustainable ways of travelling as part of everyday school life. The project aims to: · showcase good practices related to active transport · encourage schools to integrate movement-based travel into daily routines · support the organisation of related educational programmes … Read More
CEREPS Summit 2026
CEREPS SUMMIT – Munster, Germany June 19th – July 1st, 2026 The CEREPS summit provided an opportunity for researchers to share developments related to children and youth sport and physical education, including presentations such as tandem teaching in primary physical education, active schools and inclusive PE teacher education. Nigel Green was invited to share how physical literacy was threaded through … Read More
NWCPEA Podcast launches
We are delighted to announce the launch of NWCPEA podcast on Spotify. Please check it out on the link below:
Join the EERA Seminar on 10.12.25
Join European Educational Research Association Physical Education Curriculum Learning Across European Boarders Seminar on Wednesday 10th December 1015 @ 16.00 (GMT) An opportunity to reflect, reconsider and explore new opportunities to help shape the future of PE. Find out more information on the flyer below. EERA-Seminar-2-Flyer
Apply now for the Gill Parry Award for Best Practice in PE 2026!
Do you work in Physical Education? Should your achievements be recognised and celebrated? If so, click The Gill Parry Award 2026 to nominate yourself or a colleague for The Gill Parry Award for Best Practice in Physical Education 2026. The Award is open to individuals or teams working in Physical Education. We have three Best Practice awards available to: (1) Primary … Read More
European School Sports Day 2025 (Register Now!)
EUROPEAN SCHOOL SPORT DAY – FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2025 Register here: ESSD What if every child could #BeActive in school with sport and play? What if every school took one day to celebrate sport in Europe? Could it help students to kick-off a lifetime of health? We say YES. Join us. WHY? THE FACTS Plenty of research shows that #Being … Read More
World Teacher Games – Nigel Green
World Teacher Games – Nigel Green Introduction The World Teacher Games was initiated and run by the International Sports Federation (ISF), who invited PE teachers from all over the world to attend the inaugural teacher games. 250 teachers from 25 countries such as Brazil, Oman, India, Angola, took part in a two-day workshop followed by two days of sport competition … Read More
NWCPEA Award Winners 2024!
Many congratulations to the winners of the Gill Parry Award for Best Practice in Physical Education and the Eric Ward Prize for best student research! Below are the photographs of the recipients receiving their awards at the annual NWCPEA Celebratory Dinner. Below are the photographs of Gareth Williams (NWCPEA) presenting the different awards to the following recipients: Elle Griffiths (Edge … Read More
UNESCO calls on countries to invest far more in physical education
Paris 2024: UNESCO calls on countries to invest far more in physical education A new UNESCO report shows that the majority of the world’s schoolchildren still do not have access to the minimum required physical education. On Wednesday, Audrey Azoulay invited sports ministers, athletes and educators to UNESCO’s headquarters to work towards increasing investment in this area. The outcome of … Read More