Active Lives Children & Young People Survey 

Academic Year 2022/23

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This update relates to Sport England's sixth annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey report, summarising the activity levels of 5 to 16-year-olds in England during the academic year 2022-23.

Covering September 2022 to July 2023, this year's report highlights some positive changes at a national level. However, the picture is mixed at a local level here in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.

  

• Nationally there has been no change in the number of active children (47%) and the number of less active children has remained stable (30%)
• Lower affluence groups are less active (44% vs 55% compared to higher affluence groups) although lower affluence groups have seen the biggest increase in activity since pre-pandemic times (44% vs 38%)

• Shropshire has seen a significant increase in the number of active children (up 7.7% to 53.4%)

•  Activity levels have increased less among primary age children compared to secondary age children which are showing an upward trend in activity levels

• • Telford and Wrekin have seen a significant decrease in the number of active children (down 4.8% to 39.6%) and a significant decrease in the number of less active children (down 4.1% to 39.3%)

• • Years 3 and 4 have the lowest activity levels of all school age groups (40%) and are the only group below the national average

• Girls continue to have lower activity levels than boys (44% vs 51%)

• Asian and black children are the ethnic group least likely to be active (40%)

Here is the link to the full Sport England Report