Active Lives Survey: Children & Young People


Introduction


Around 15 schools from all over Wiltshire and Swindon are randomly selected by Sport England each term and given the opportunity to complete the Active Lives Survey with their pupils. The online survey aims to understand the attitudes and behaviours of children aged 5-16 around sport and physical activity.


For the last 10 years Sport England have conducted a national survey of participation levels in sport and physical activity, the focus of which has been on those aged 16+. As part of the government’s ‘Sporting Future’ Strategy Sport England’s remit has been extended to cover children from 5 years old, hence the development of the Active Lives Survey for Children and Young People on behalf of the Department of Education, Department of Health and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


The survey results are Official Government Statistics and will shape and influence local decision-making as well as informing government policy on the Primary PE and Sports Premium, Childhood Obesity Plan and other cross- departmental programmes.


At a school level, the results will provide greater insight into pupils’ attitudes and behaviours towards the current PE provision which can help inform future spending and highlight areas for development.


What the survey involves


One class from 3 different year groups are asked to complete a 15-20-minute online questionnaire. A teacher from the school is also asked to complete a brief 10-minute survey to provide context for the pupil responses.


If a Year 1 or 2 class is selected, a parent of each child will also be asked to complete a questionnaire to provide more information about the child’s sporting behaviours.


What are the benefits for the school?


Providing each question has a minimum of 30 pupil responses, the school will receive a bespoke report detailing the survey results. As mentioned earlier, these results can be used to assess the impact of current PE


Example page from primary school report


provision and help to effectively target funding in the future.


Sport England will also give each school the opportunity to select from a range of sports equipment from ESPO, as a thank you for


completing the survey. If schools reach the minimum of 30 responses per question type (KS1 and KS2/3), they will receive 10 credits which can be used for one 10 credit item, or two 5 credit items (examples below).


Schools with a selected class in Year 1 or 2 can gain 5 extra credits for every 5 parental responses.


How can schools get involved?


Schools in the random sample will be contacted by WASP via email the term prior to survey completion. The deadline for completing the survey will not be until the end of the term which gives schools plenty of time to fill out the questionnaires.


There is also the opportunity for schools to opt into the survey. This can be done at any time by emailing WASP at rik@wiltssport.org. There are multiple benefits to opting in:


Examples of free equipment available upon survey completion


Providing 30 pupil responses are recorded, the school will receive the same quality of the bespoke report that sampled schools receive.Data from the report can be useful when needing to assess the impact of a new initiative e.g. Primary Sports Premium reporting, or as a baseline measureUpon completion, WASP are happy to offer support to schools in terms of advice on targeting funding to best address inequalities suggested in the report More information about the survey can be found here: https://www. sportengland.org/schoolresources/


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