1. CYP Active Lives Survey
Academic Year 17-18
Report
Published December 2018

2. Survey Responses
National total of 2,000 schools and 130,000 responses
GM total of 55 schools and 2,990 responses
Rochdale – 4 schools and 225 responses

6. What the Survey Measures

7. CYP Activity Levels Across GM
35.8 %
24.3 %
23.4 %
16.5 %
35.8% OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (137.8k) DO LESS THAN AN AVERAGE OF 30 MINUTES A DAY vs 32.9% NATIONALLY
24.3% (96.7k) ARE FAIRLY ACTIVE BUT DON’T REACH AN AVERAGE OF 60 MIUNTES A DAY vs 23.9% NATIONALLY
23.4% (90k) DO AN AVERAGE OF 60 MINUTES OR MORE A DAY BUT DON’T DO 60 MINUTES EVERY DAY vs 25.7% NATIONALLY
16.5% (63.3k) DO 60 MINUTES OR MORE EVERY DAY vs 17.5% NATIONALLY

8. Across the localities

9. Achieving 30 Mins At School

10. Achieving 30 mins Outside of School

11. Indoors and Outdoors

12. National Demographic Breakdown
Years 5 -8 most likely to be active every day
Boys 6% more likely to be active every day than girls
Where family affluence is high, more likely to be active every day
Black/ Asian/ other most likely to be less active (especially girls)
Similar levels of active every day among those with/ without a disability but those with a disability more likely to be less active.

13. Swimming Proficiency 77% of Year 7 Children can swim 25m unaided
86% can tread water
81% can self rescue
81% of Year 11 Children can swim 25m unaided
Overall 65% of Years 1-11 can swim 25m unaided
86% Most affluent families and 42% least affluent
66% Boys and 63% girls

14. Mental Wellbeing
Boys have higher average levels of mental wellbeing than girls
Higher for those who are active everyday, then active across a week, then fairly active and finally less active.
Also positive association with volunteering and mental wellbeing.

15. Individual Development
Fairly high but then drops in years 9-11
Boys are higher than girls
Positive association between activity levels and volunteering.

16. Community Development
Social Trust
Years 3-4 girls higher than boys
Years 9-11 boys higher than girls
Limited positive association between social trust and activity levels
Clear positive association between social trust and volunteering.

17. Volunteering

18. Survey Responses this year so far
GM total of 14 schools and 795 responses
Schools selected this term:
Norden Community Primary School
Marland Hill Primary School
Middleton Parish
St Joseph’s RC Primary School
Matthew Moss
Wardle Academy
Hollingworth Academy
Hollin Primary School
Hopwood Primary School
Cardinal Langley
St Anne’s CE High School
Need responses per borough!

19. Further Information and Contacts
Sport England Report Link:
academic-year pdf
If you would like to opt into the survey or if your school have been selected and you require further advice/ support please contact:
EMMA GOOCH
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER RESEARCH & INSIGHT