Table 3

Percentage of lesson time spent in physical activity (PA) domains, and the percentage of pupils achieving PA thresholds, by activity group

Activity group
(ordered by VPA)
% of lesson% of pupils meeting/hour
VPAMVPASPA>5 min
VPA
>30 min MVPA<20 min SPA
Fitness10.227.942.155.90.422.0
Invasion games9.228.437.048.42.140.6
Track athletics7.922.147.040.40.410.6
Adventure games6.719.151.337.50.016.1
Fielding/striking games6.522.345.826.90.313.8
Net/wall/racket games5.826.239.521.11.833.5
Field athletics4.516.356.814.40.03.5
  • MPA, moderate PA; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous PA; PA, physical activity; SPA, sedentary PA; VPA, vigorous PA.