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Sports participation in Aberdeen schools doubles in five years

Andy Paxton of Sport Aberdeen's Active Schools Team at Kincorth Sports Centre
Andy Paxton of Sport Aberdeen's Active Schools Team at Kincorth Sports Centre

The number of Aberdeen school pupils participating in extracurricular sport has doubled in just five years, new figures have reported.

Figures for term one (August to December 2017) showed that participant sessions have risen by over 100% when compared to the same term five years ago, according to the report by Sport Aberdeen’s Active Schools team.

The number of volunteers helping deliver the sessions rose by eight per cent also.

Sport Aberdeen, which delivers the Active Schools programme in partnership with sportscotland across Aberdeen, has been delivering opportunities for school pupils to get involved in sport and physical activity for more than a decade.

Graeme Dale, Sport Aberdeen Senior Development Manager (young people), said: “These are brilliant results and it’s great to see we are continuing the trend of increasing participation levels year on year.

“To have an increase of over 100 per cent in five years is testament to a real team approach in the city and shows what can be achieved through partnership working.”

Stewart Harris, Chief Executive, sportscotland said: “Investment from the Scottish Government and National Lottery continues to allow us to develop a world-class sporting system and this collaboration is helping to ensure that young people in Scotland have the best sporting opportunities and experiences available and can continue to develop and progress throughout adulthood.”