Across each academic year, the Active Schools Network of managers and coordinators gather information on the activities which they have supported in schools. This data is used to support the planning and delivery of the Active Schools programme.
At the end of each academic year, this information is collated into a report, which summarises the activity across Scotland.
In the 2015/16 academic year 290, 000 distinct participants (43% of all school pupils) made over 6.5 million visits (participant sessions*) to Active Schools activities. On average, each pupil made 23 visits to sessions across the year.
Over 22,000 deliverers (87% of whom are voluntary/over 19,000 Volunteers), provided 350,000 Activity Sessions in range of over 100 different sports/activities. There were 23,000 links between schools and sports clubs, helping pupils to participate in sport outwith their school. See full report below for further details.
*Participant Sessions are the "visits" pupils have made to activities. These figures do not represent the number of pupils who actually take part, and should only be considered as indicative of participation in extra-curricular activities supported by Active Schools.
National report
Report for each local authority
If you are looking to find out more about a specific local authority’s figures we recommend contacting the local Active Schools manager directly.
There are no set comparator authorities for the Active Schools data. Education Scotland do have a list of suggested comparator areas for each local authority, which may be helpful as Active Schools is based in the school environment. Please note: the structure of Active Schools can vary between local authorities, which may make these comparators less useful.
If you would like more information on Active Schools data, please contact as.monitoring@sportscotland.org.uk
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll & Bute Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfires & Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Highland Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- Moray Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth & Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council