1. What is The Active Lives Children and Young People Survey?
The Active Lives Survey: Children and Young People provides a world-leading approach to gathering data on how children engage with sport and physical activity.
Designed by Sport England, the Department for Education (DfE), the Department for Health (DfH), and the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), its purpose is to gain a detailed insight into the current physical activity habits of the nation's children and young people (5 to 16).
The survey is school-based and covers measures of children's:
- Activity levels
- Physical literacy
- Swimming proficiency
- Well-being
- Self-efficacy
- Levels of social trust.
2. What are the benefits of my school completing the survey?
All randomly selected schools will receive the following:
• A bespoke school report from Sport England about their pupils
• Credits to exchange for sports equipment
• A Healthy Schools Rating from the Department of Education.
One survey takes 15 minutes to answer on-line, the results of which will influence local decision-making and inform government policy.
Non-selected schools can also 'opt in' to participate in the survey. For details on how to opt in to the survey, pease contact Annie Hargreaves.
3. How do I complete the survey?
Schools are randomly selected and invited to participate by Sport England, you can see the latest list of selected Dorset schools below. Typically, a school will be invited to survey three individual classes in the school, and one teacher. Schools have an option to 'top up' their classes, to include all young people in their school, if desired.
We have created a 4-step guide to help schools complete the survey. You can download the guide below.
The Active Lives Children & Young People Survey Guide (PDF, 1.7 Mb)
A guide to assist Dorset schools to complete the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.
Selected Dorset Schools 2020/2021 (PDF, 142 Kb)
A list of the selected Dorset schools for Autumn 2020 - Summer 2021
Enquiries & Support
If you have any enquires or need any additional support, please contact Annie Hargreaves:
Annie Hargreaves
Active Dorset
- Telephone
- 01202 539380
- Mobile
- 07769 555076
- ahargreaves@activedorset.org