Active Lives

What is Active Lives?

The Active Lives Children and Young People survey from Sport England provides a world-leading approach to gathering data on how children engage in sport and physical activity. The survey measures participation and attitudes towards sport, physical activity and wellbeing among children in school years 1 to 11. 

Data gathered in the survey relates to peoples’ sporting and physical activity habits, swimming ability, well-being, volunteering, and even sports spectating. For younger children, the questions are appropriately worded and complemented by images to help identify different types of activity, including playground games and active travel.

The Herts Sport & Physical Activity Partnership has been tasked with administering the Active Lives Children and Young People survey within Hertfordshire and is issued with the list of schools and specific year groups we are required to work with each term.

Schools selected for Autumn Term 2023 – last updated 31/08/23

Primary	Secondary	Other
Brookland Junior	Robert Barclay Academy	Abbot's Hill School
St Joseph's Catholic (WX)	The John Warner School	St Edmund's College
The Cranbourne Primary	Ashlyns School	York House School
Bridgewater	Longdean School
St Bartholomew's CofE VA	The Adeyfield Academy
St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Junior	The Astley Cooper School
Avanti Meadows Primary	Tring School
St Michael's CofE Primary	Freman College
Windhill21	Leventhorpe
Ashfield Junior School	Richard Hale School
Little Reddings Primary	The Chauncy School
Oakmere	The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Ashwell	Dame Alice Owen's School
Icknield Walk First School	Fearnhill School
St Andrew's CofE VA	Hitchin Boys' School
Crabtree Infants	Hitchin Girls' School
Oakwood	King James Academy Royston
Prae Wood	The Highfield School
Fairlands Primary	Samuel Ryder Academy
Giles Junior School	St Albans Girls' School
Woolenwick Junior	St Albans School
Oxhey Wood	The Marlborough Science Academy
Shepherd Primary	The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
The Russell School	Croxley Danes
Cassiobury Junior	Saint Joan of Arc Catholic
Field Junior	St Clement Danes School
Knutsford Primary Academy	Watford Grammer School for Boys
Countess Anne CofE	Westfield Academy
Howe Dell	Ridgeway Academy
St John's CofE	Stanborough School

Frequently asked questions

How often will schools be randomly selected to take part in the survey?
It is a randomly selected sample so they could be selected at any time during the academic year.

What are the incentives for schools?
Schools will be rewarded for completing the survey in the form of credits for equipment. These credits will enable schools to purchase equipment from the ESPO brochure. Sport England will also provide each school with a bespoke report outlining their results, which may also contribute to use of the PE Primary Premium and Ofsted inspection data as well as the Healthy Schools Rating Scheme that recognises and encourages a school's contribution to supporting pupils’ health and wellbeing.

View the ESPO brochure 22/23 range

View the Year 1 to Year 6 School Guide 22/23

View the Year 7 to Year 11 School Guide 22/23

View the School Report Requirements 22/23

How else can schools benefit from taking part?
The intention is that the data will provide national, local authority and school-level reports on measures of physical activity and health and wellbeing. This will only be possible if enough survey responses are submitted. If your school is selected to take part, it is vital that the surveys are thoroughly completed in order to achieve this.

Can my school take part if we are not on the current list? 
Schools, outside those who are randomly selected, can take part in the survey, but the school should understand that they may be randomly selected at any time and must provide their assurance that, if they take part on an opt-in basis, they will still take part when randomly selected in a subsequent academic year.