Active Schools programmes

ASLA – Active Schools Leadership Academy

For high school senior pupils
The Active Schools Leadership Academy is designed to help young people develop their experience, skills, knowledge, and confidence through delivering sport/activity sessions.
Training is provided to upskill and gain qualifications.
Coaching delivery placements in local primary schools or community venues support young people to become sports coaches.

The Young Ambassadors programme is funded by the National Lottery and is a key element of sportscotland’s contribution to developing young people as leaders in sport.
High school senior pupils are selected in every secondary school in Scotland.
The Young Ambassadors’ role is to promote sport, be a role model in advocating PE and school sport, and motivate and inspire other young people to get involved in sport in their schools, clubs, and local communities.

Funded by the National Lottery, the sportscotland School Sport Award is a national initiative designed to encourage schools to put young people at the heart of decision-making, planning, and implementation of extra-curricular school sport.
It encourages schools to self-reflect, continuously improve, as well as recognise and celebrate success in school sport.
The award also encourages sporting links between schools and the communities around them, providing pathways for young people to progress in sport.
In Midlothian, we strive to get our primary and secondary schools involved in the School Sport Awards.

Kit for All is about recycling pre-loved sports kit! The goal is to make sport and physical activity more environmentally friendly by getting further use out of pre-loved sports kit, and ensuring it is accessible to everyone by being free.
Anyone can set up a Kit for All project, even on a small scale like encouraging kit drives within clubs or schools.
sportscotland is keen to support, facilitate, and equip partners to set up their own Kit for All initiatives locally.