More Lewes children are getting enough exercise in

Children at St. George's C of E Primary School in Stockport, skip and play hop scotch during playtime.

More children in Lewes met the recommended level of activity last year than they did before the pandemic, new figures show.

Sport England said the results of its Active Lives survey show a positive increase in children and young people in England taking up sports but added there is still "more to do".

Figures from Sport England's annual survey in schools across the country reveal 53% of children in Lewes were classed as active – defined as doing an hour or more of activity per day – in the 2021-22 academic year.

It was up from 45% in the pre-pandemic 2017-18 academic year.

Of the 182 children who responded to last year's survey, 25% were classed as fairly active meaning they did between 30 minutes to an hour of activity per day – while 22% did less than half an hour.

Nationally, 3.4 million children (47%) were classed as active, meaning levels of activity overall had recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The survey found 219,000 more children were now classified as active compared to the 2020-21 academic year (45%).