Step-by-Step Guide for Schools

We have put together the following 4-step guide to support you and your school in all stages of completing the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.

Step 1 - Example questionnaires

If you wish to view what a survey questionnaire looks like before running it in your school, the following practice links below which are live until 4 December 2020. No answers will be stored from these, but they will allow you to view the questions quite easily in advance. Simply click on the relevant links below:
Year 1-2
Year 3-6
Year 7-11
Parents Survey (only for parents of Year 1&2 children)
Teachers Survey (using Teacher Password 123123)

Survey Summaries:
Questionnaire summary years 1-2
Questionnaire summary years 3-6
Questionnaire summary years 7-11
Parent questionnaire summary
Teacher questionnaire summary

step 2 - checklist and document templates

Please download WASP's Active Lives Survey Checklist for Schools to ensure that you know what steps to take in the survey process. It will direct you to download the following letters and documents that your school will need to complete the survey:

For Teachers:
Guidance for teachers
Lead teacher information
Class teacher information
Class selection table examples
Guidance for schools about parents taking the survey

For Pupils:
Information for Pupils primary
Information for Pupils secondary
Parent Letters years 1-2
Parent letters years 3-11
E-mail to parent
Text message to parents
Poster for parents
A5 Postcard for parents

Privacy Statements:
Privacy policy
Privacy policy years 7-11
ESPO e-mail address policy
Teacher e-mail address privacy policy

step 3 - order your equipment

ESPO incentives brochure
Incentives Flowchart

step 4 - your school report

Who receives a report?
Example school report years 1-2
Example school report years 3-6
Example school report years 7-11