School Sport Survey 2022
One of the world's biggest surveys of young people, the 2022 School Sport Survey, gave young people a voice on sport and wellbeing in Wales. The survey gives us and the sector a rich insight into participation levels, behaviours and attitudes.
This year, the survey was more important than ever as it provided invaluable insight about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people's activity habits.
Thanks to the hard work of schools, local authorities, and others across the sport and education sector, we were able to listen to the voices of over 116,000 pupils, and almost 950 teachers.
The depth of evidence means that we – and our partners – can make more informed decisions about future investment resources. We can analyse emerging trends and develop sport in a format that motivates children and young people today.
Headline Results
Active Nation
(124,000) of pupils took part in organised sport outside of the curriculum three or more times a week – a 9-percentage-point decrease since 2018.
(111,000) of pupils reported 'no frequent participation' in organised sport outside of the curriculum – an 8-percentage-point increase since 2018.
(174,000) of pupils took part in sport in a community club setting at least once a week – a 9-percentage-point decrease since 2018.
Everyone
of schools state that they have the equipment which enables inclusion of disabled pupils / pupils with an impairment or Additional Learning Need (ALN).
difference in participation between the least and most deprived areas – an increase of an additional 2-percentage-points since 2018.
Lifelong
(292,000) of pupils in Wales had a demand to do more sport.
of pupils had unmet demand for sport, the equivalent of 175,000 pupils.
Enjoyment
of pupils enjoyed extracurricular sport 'a lot', compared to 57% enjoying PE 'a lot' and 47% enjoying community club sport 'a lot'.
of pupils stated that they were 'very confident' or 'confident' in trying new sports.
Footnote: Unmet demand refers to demand for any sport among pupils not participating in organised sport outside of the curriculum three or more times a week
Full Results
Introduction
The Vision for Sport
Active Nation
Everyone
Lifelong
Enjoyment
Appendices
School Reports
Schools who participated in the survey and qualified received an individualised report of their result during the school summer holidays. This report will have been sent via the following email address: SCHOOLSPORTSURVEY@SNAPSURVEYS.COM
The reports contain key data that can help your school improve their sporting offer, and will help you better understand the sporting landscape for young people in your school and across Wales, and aid you in enhancing the lives of your pupils.
The reports have been structured around the Vision for Sport in Wales – 'an active nation where everyone can have lifelong enjoyment of sport'. By using this as the basis for our report, you can see how your school contributes to the vision, and where there could be scope to do things differently.
Video explaining your report
If you expected to receive a report but have not, please contact schoolsportsurvey@snapsurveys.com
Action Plan Templates
To support schools to make best use of their survey results, we have created an 'action plan template'. This template can be used to help schools create plans for the future delivery of sport based on their 2022 results, as well as to inspire ideas of how to further engage pupils in understanding their behaviours and attitudes towards sport.
View the templateStatistics
Sport Wales is a producer of Official Statistics, responsible for collecting, compiling, processing, analysing, interpreting and disseminating statistics in line with the principles set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
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