Gibb: All primaries should join Daily Mile scheme

The schools minister has urged every primary school in England to join a scheme to get children running for 15 minutes per day.Nick Gibb's comments came as Sport England pledged £1.5 million of National Lottery funding to grow the Daily Mile initiative.The scheme, which was started by former headteacher Elaine Wyllie in Scotland six years ago, aims to get primary school pupils to run or jog for 15 minutes every day, and is currently used by more than 3,500 English schools.Mr Gibb welcomed the funding and urged every primary school in the country to introduce the programme.He said: “The Daily Mile is a hugely successful programme designed to ensure that every pupil in a primary school learns the habit of taking rigorous exercise every day. This very welcome funding from Sport England will enable more schools to sign up for the programme.”