APs were directed to a Sport England-maintained webpage from which they could download and send schools information relevant to the schools. This included:
- abrief guide for teachers about the survey including a simple list of what is required
- a letter to parents (year group specific) which provided parents with the ability to opt out their child from participating in the research
- an information sheet for students (year group specific) which explained what would be involved in participating in the research
- information sheets for both teachers of the classes chosen to take part (administering teachers) and those coordinating the schools’ participation (lead teachers), outlining what would be involved and providing guidance on how to manage the completion of the survey
- information on class selection including examples for different scenarios
- information on school reports including the requirements needed to receive one and examples of school report templates (school type specific)
- information on incentives including a flowchart of the process and a copy of the latest ESPO incentive brochure
- privacy policies produced in light of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) that came into force in May 2018, covering the data collected, teacher email addresses and a statement from ESPO about their use of the data provided to them
- practice links to the online questionnaires which do not collect data to allow teachers to review the content in advance
- questionnaire summaries of each questionnaire (pupil, parent and teacher) to allow teachers or parents to view the content of the survey before completion
- advice sheets were provided, both for pupils and parents. These were for support and advice if completing the survey without teachers present to offer support
- additional information sheets were also provided for schools if their pupils were completing from home, with instructions and advice on how to complete the survey from home. These were provided for pupils in school years 3-11 and parents of children in school years 1-2
- a text message template which schools could use to send links to the questionnaire to parents or pupils at home if this is their chosen method of communication
- an email message template which schools could use to send survey invitations and reminders to parents if this is their chosen method of communication
- a guide for schools about encouraging parents to take part in the survey. This was provided to schools with a school year 1-2 class selected to take part
- a postcard for schools to send to parents of school year 1-2 pupils to encourage them to take part
- a poster that schools could use to encourage parents of school year 1-2 pupils to take part.