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For Active Partnerships

Skipping that reaches every child, and keeps them moving

Run a skip-hop training day for your schools, give every child a pathway they can follow at their own pace, and put your county into the free Virtual Skipping League.

  • “The least active are the hardest to reach.”Every child works on their own Award and competes against their own best, not just the school team.
  • “A one-day festival doesn’t change habits.”Trained staff, an Awards scheme and a new league round every half term keep children skipping all year.
  • “Teachers lack the confidence to deliver it.”skip-hop teaches the teachers, with a day for your schools’ PE leads and class teachers.

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A teacher jumps a long rope turned by a skip-hop coach at a staff skipping training day

What skip-hop gives you

Training daysskip-hop coaches train PE leads and teachers from your schools, organised by you, in your area.
A pathway for every childEight colour Skipping Awards, then Bronze, Silver and Gold, that every school in your area can share.
Lessons any teacher can runA scheme of work from Reception to Year 6, run from the board, with coaching for every skill.
A free county leagueEvery school in England is matched to its Active Partnership in the Virtual Skipping League.
Ropes at school pricesRegistered schools get 10% off, with purchase orders welcome.
A quarter of a century of experienceskip-hop taught skipping in UK schools from 1997, including special schools.
  • Free school registration
  • Pay by card or purchase order
  • 25 years of school workshops behind it

How skipping helps your Active Partnership

Getting children moving is only the start. Here’s what the benefits of skipping mean for you.

The evidence: the benefits of skipping for primary school children.

It tackles inequalityA rope costs little, needs little space and no venue, so the same offer reaches every school, whatever its budget.
It suits the children in the dipSkipping suits 7 to 11 year olds: it’s played in the playground, with a new skill to learn and a personal best to beat.
It builds a habit, not an eventSkipping is a skill children keep: at playtime, at home and on into adult fitness.
It’s good for body and mindJumping builds bone and muscle strength, and the Chief Medical Officers link being active with confidence, wellbeing and learning.

The children you’re trying to reach

Activity is rising overall, but the gaps start in primary school.

42%of children in Years 3 and 4 are active for 60 minutes a day, the lowest of any year group.
46%get 30 active minutes during the school day.
2.1mchildren and young people do less than 30 minutes of activity a day.

Source: Sport England, Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, academic year 2024–25 (December 2025).

What school sport partnerships said

The children absolutely loved it and the impact was massive. Higher enthusiasm within school, willingness to try more new things, better self esteem and confidence, and very importantly in my opinion, they are keeping active in playtime and after school by bringing in their skip-hop ropes!
Carol, Extended Services OfficerCarisbrooke Central Cluster, Isle of Wight
We have held several skipping workshops in primary and secondary schools run by skip-hop. They are fantastic and I have had nothing but brilliant feedback from them. They can take large groups, they relate the activity to health and the curriculum, it’s fun, interactive and educational. I can’t recommend it enough.
Mandy, Partnership Development ManagerHamble School Sport Partnership

The heart of skip-hop

The Skipping Awards

A pathway every child in your county can follow at their own pace, from White to Gold.

WhiteYellowOrangeGreenBluePurpleRedBlack
BronzeSilverGold

See the Skipping Awards

Training dayskip-hop teaches the teachersskip-hop teaches the teachers is usually organised by Active Partnerships: one day for PE leads and teachers from a group of your schools.Find out about training days → Free for every schoolThe Virtual Skipping LeagueThe free Virtual Skipping League gives you a county league, public tables and the numbers to show your reach.What the league does for Active Partnerships ↗

Questions Active Partnerships ask

How do we book a training day for our schools?

Email info@skip-hop.co.uk with the area, the rough number of schools and staff, and possible dates. We plan each day with you, around your venue.

Who leads the training?

skip-hop’s own coaches, who have taught skipping in UK schools for a quarter of a century and wrote the Skipping Awards and the scheme of work.

What does it cost schools afterwards?

Nothing has to cost anything. Schools can register free, use the free tasters and join the Virtual Skipping League. The All-Access Skip Pass is optional.

Get your schools skipping

Sign in with your Virtual Skipping League login for the School Games skipping guide and evidence pack. Your schools register free for school prices and the lesson tasters, then try the All-Access Skip Pass free for 30 days.

New to it? Start with our guide to skipping in schools, and see what schools say about skip-hop.

For your schools: skipping and the School Games, the PE and sport premium in its last year, and Playground Skipping Leaders.

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