Active Schools

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Welcome to Active Schools Edinburgh

The Active Schools Edinburgh programme is a joint initiative between City of Edinburgh Council and sportscotland as part of 'Healthier Scotland'.

The programme was identified as a key element of the Scottish Government’s drive to get more people in Scotland active; a commitment outlined in the National Physical Activity Strategy.

The Scottish Government has been developing a range of partnerships and establishing actions to take this work forward under the banner of 'Healthier Scotland'. The programme is being developed in partnership with Scottish Government’s Health Promoting Schools Unit.

What is an Active School?

Active Schools is a term given to all schools in Scotland that provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to get active to the extent that it makes a positive contribution to their health.

An Active School provides and promotes fun and safe physical activities for all children.

Active Schools Outcomes & Key Focus Areas

Our key outcomes:

The Active Schools Network is working towards two key aims:

• To continue to increase opportunities for all children and young people to be engaged in physical activity and sport.

• To strengthen pathways to participation and performance through sustainable school to community links.

Our key areas of focus will be delivered by:

• building a sustainable volunteer network and providing an appropriate  volunteering infrastructure for Active Schools within the school and wider community
• providing opportunities for all children and young people to participate in physical activity & sport and enabling the creation of pathways from the school to the wider community
• increasing participation amongst “hard to reach groups” by adopting a targeted approach towards:
  • girls and young women
  • children and young people with a disability
  • children and young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds
  • children and young people in areas of socio-economic disadvantage (regeneration/SIMD areas)
  • children and young people not currently involved in physical activity and sport
• embedding the effective integration, planning, management and delivery of Active Schools within local authorities

About Active Schools Edinburgh

The Active Schools Edinburgh team consists of 1 manager and 30 Active Schools Co-ordinators, who work across all of Edinburgh's primary & secondary schools, including a number of special schools.

All primary and secondary schools in Edinburgh have a qualified Co-ordinator assigned to their school. These Co-ordinators are responsible for working with the schools and other organisations to increase the range of quality opportunities for pupils to become more physically active.

Browse the list of school co-ordinators by cluster.