Active Lives

A tool for measuring the activity levels of children and young people across the country.

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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 last updated 23/01/24

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Secondary

Other

Abbots Langley School

Barclay Academy

Beechwood Park School

Andrews Lane Primary School

Beaumont School

Sherrardswood School

Ashtree Primary School and Nursery

Birchwood High School

 

Beechfield School

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

 

Belswains Primary School

Bishop's Stortford College

 

Broxbourne CofE Primary School

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School

 

Central Primary School

Haberdashers' Girls' School

 

Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School

Haileybury Turnford

 

Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

Hertswood Academy

 

Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

Immanuel College

 

Cowley Hill School

Marriotts School

 

Cuffley School

Merchant Taylors' School

 

Flamstead End School

Monk's Walk School

 

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Mount Grace School

 

Four Swannes Primary School

Queens' School

 

Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery

Rickmansworth School

 

Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

Roundwood Park School

 

Green Lanes Primary School

Saint Michael's Catholic High School

 

Hatfield Community Free School

St Mary's Catholic School

 

Hertsmere Jewish Primary School

St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)

 

Highbury Infant School and Nursery

The Aldenham Foundation

 

Hillmead Primary School

The Thomas Alleyne Academy

 

Holwell Primary School

Verulam School

 

Kingsway Junior School

Watford Grammar School for Girls

 

Layston Church of England First School

 

 

Leavesden JMI School

 

 

Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School

 

 

Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School

 

 

Little Green Junior School

 

 

Lordship Farm Primary School

 

 

Mandeville Primary School (St Albans)

 

 

Millfield First and Nursery School

 

 

Purwell Primary School

 

 

Roebuck Academy

 

 

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

 

 

Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School

 

 

St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School

 

 

St Catherine's Church of England Primary School

 

 

St John Catholic Primary School

 

 

St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School

 

 

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch

 

 

Summerswood Primary School

 

 

The Leys Primary and Nursery School

 

 

The Orchard Primary School

 

 

Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School

 

 

Whitehill Junior School

 

 

Wilbury Junior School

 

 

Woodlands Primary School

 

 

Wormley CofE Primary School

 

 

Yorke Mead Primary 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 23/24 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.