An ACTIVE school

promotes physical activity for wellbeing, using a whole-school approach, anchored by student voice and student leadership

Our Aim

To incentivise, motivate and support schools to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community

An ACTIVE school

More schools, more active, more often.

Active School 2026-2027

Nearly There (Feb. 25/26)

Primary and Special Schools

This is an essential webinar for all primary and special schools hoping to apply for ASF during 2025. New applicants and renewal schools should attend.

Active School Week (2026)

Active School Week (#ASW) is the biggest event of the Active School calendar and a favourite of many students, staff and families. All schools, primary, post primary and special schools are encouraged to participate.

National Active School Week takes place April 27 – May 1, 2026 but if these dates don’t work for your school, you free to organise your #ASW programme at a different time.

We have lots of NEW and exciting ideas, resources and supports to offer to ensure your upcoming #ASW programme is the best one ever, including:

Skipping Skills videos
NEW Walkway resources
Olympians LIVE
Crazy Golf Take Over

Participation Initiatives

ALL Schools

Save the Dates

We have some exciting new initiatives planned for 2026/2027.

Please share these dates with colleagues and include in your annual school calendar.

Support Webinars

Primary and Special Schools

Active School support webinars are designed to support schools to find ways to:

Energise the school day
Integrate physical activity with teaching and learning
Capture student voice and empower student leadership

Webinar bookings HERE

Active Break Every Day Challenge (2026)

ALL Schools

The Active Break Every Day Challenge is a 4 week, annual, challenge designed to support teachers to build movement breaks in to the school day.

This year’s challenge is proudly supported by the GAA who, working with the Active School Flag team, have created a set of English and Irish movement break videos to help get more schools, more active, more often.

The movement breaks videos are filmed in different locations around Croke Park giving classes a behind-the-scenes look at where the team buses arrive, inside the players’ dressing rooms and the warm up areas where legends get game ready. In addition, they will learn interesting facts about Croke Park.

Run Around the EU Challenge

Primary and Special Schools

Run Around the EU’ is the first Active School physical activity initiative of 2026/27 year.

All classes, at all levels including special classes, are encouraged to participate. Working as a class, or as a school, your combined laps will allow you to visit lots of other European Union (EU) member states, learning lots of interesting facts and information along the way.

Challenge Dates

September 28th – October 16th.

Moving More, Learning Better – Together

Active School Flag Post Primary

A new Active School Flag Post Primary (ASFPP) accreditation process, tailor-made for post primary schools in Ireland, launched in 2026/2027.

The ASFPP process promotes physical activity, using a whole-of-school approach, anchored by student voice and student leadership. It aims to support schools to maximise the number of opportunities that students and staff have to be physically active, during the school day.

Recruitment for 2027/2028 will begin in November 2026.