The Raising the Nation Play Commission and Motional share a vision of schools as emotionally supportive environments where play is not just recreation, but a foundation for emotional, social, and cognitive growth.
This report also reveals how, despite the immense benefits of breaktimes for children’s development and learning, play time has been squeezed out of the school day over a 25-year period. It analyses four national surveys, carried out in 1995, 2006, 2017, and 2021, shared with the Play Commission, which show a significant decline in the average total breaktime in minutes per day in England’s schools between 1995 and 2021.
It also makes recommendations to the National Government, and to schools.
