Girls to get equal access to school sport after Lionesses’ campaign: ‘This is the legacy we want’

The plans, unveiled on International Women’s Day, will ensure that all pupils are granted equal access to sports during PE lessons and after school

Girls and boys are to be offered the same school sports as the government seeks to create the next generation of Lionesses.

The plans, unveiled on International Women’s Day, will ensure that all pupils are granted equal access to sports during PE lessons and after school.

It comes after the England Women’s football team, known as the Lionesses, launched the Let Girls Play campaign last year following their success at the Euros. At the time Arsenal and England player Lotte Wubben-Moy said that the “inequality” of access that affects girls in school should be “illegal”.