There is a growing trend of schools using a range of check-in apps to ‘support young people’s mental wellbeing’. This may be well-meaning but is it a good thing? Is it effective? Is there evidence that it works and perhaps, more importantly, is there evidence that it may  inadvertently make matters worse in some cases?

Today is the 13th annual National Fitness Day (NFD) in the UK. Fitness and Health continue to be high on the public agenda in the UK and around the world. The new Labour government prioritised preventative measures as one of the three pillars to reform the NHS. Whilst only yesterday the IPPR published the final section of its report on the nation's health, aptly named Our Greatest Asset. The title rings true for an individual as much as a nation.

The content of this blog might be read by some as being controversial. That is not my intention. Rather I want to explore some ideas that suggest educators might be making things worse when it comes to young people and mental wellbeing, and then apply these ideas in a productive way to physical education.