Children & Young People Insight

Children & Young People Insight

Updated December 2025

When planning a project or service delivery for children and young people, we can help you.

From understanding what motivates kids to be active, to planning your project delivery, the below insight will help you to understand the complex relationships young people have with sport and physical activity, and what factors of their lifestyles can impact this.

If you need help with understanding or finding more insight on children and young people, get in touch.

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Children’s Active Lives Survey

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Insight and Data reports

Active Lives Survey: Latest Children and Young People Report

The following Active Lives Survey report summarises the latest activity levels of 5 to 16-year olds.

For a breakdown of the following results and what they mean, check out our Active Lives Children’s Survey page. Alternatively, for more information on the Active Lives Survey from Sport England, click here.

Active Lives Children Survey (2025) (pdf, 4.38 MB)

The activity levels of 5 -16 year olds in England, published December 2025.

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Insight and Strategy

Young people have felt the impact of the pandemic. These reports aim to analyse the impact of the pandemic on children and young people, and also what we can do to help them back to a more normal way of life.

Schools Active Moment (2021) (pdf, 103.93 KB)

In April 2021, the Schools Active Movement (SAM) launched a national survey asking teachers about their pupils.

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