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Six boys in purple strips pose with shinty camans, and four in shinty helmets.

We believe every young person should have the chance to be active. Through Active Schools, a national sportscotland programme, we work with schools, community clubs, and volunteers to provide fun, inclusive opportunities across Highland in sports and physical activity.

Browse the links below to see what’s happening near you and how you can get involved.

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Highland Active Schools

Find out how we work with schools, clubs, and volunteers to create more opportunities for sport and physical activity.

Find a Coordinator

Connect with your local coordinator and discover opportunities for children and young people to get involved in sport and activity.

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Volunteering

Apply for a Coach Education Grant to help fund your training, travel, and accommodation as a volunteer coach.

Active Schools locations

Alness Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Alness. View the latest timetable.

A group of secondary boys in rugby strips holding a cup final title sign.

Ardnamurchan Active Schools

Explore sports and activity opportunities for children and young people in Ardnamurchan. See the timetable.

A group of children holding racquets, standing in a row in a sports hall.

Charleston Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Charleston. Check the latest timetable.

Three girls on ropes near the top of a climbing wall, smiling whilst gripping hand holds.

Culloden Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Culloden. Check the latest timetable.

Children playing badminton across all courts of a large gym hall.

Dingwall Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Dingwall. View the latest timetable.

A dozen Primary school aged girls and boys standing on edge of a pitch smiling after a cross country race.

Dornoch Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Dornoch. Check the latest timetable.

A group of smiling primary school children in a gym hall giving piggybacks.

Farr Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Farr. View the latest timetable.

A group of primary children on an outdoor basketball court practicing chest passes with basketballs.

Fortrose Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Fortrose. View the latest timetable.

A group of smiling children standing on podium outside after Lochaber Swimming Gala 2025.

Fort William Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Fort William. Check the latest timetable.

A large group of children sitting and standing on gym mats in a gym hall at gymnastics session.

Gairloch Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Gairloch. View the latest timetable.

Young children engaged in simple gymnastics on mats and beam in a large gym hall in Grantown.

Grantown Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Grantown. Check the latest timetable.

A happy group of young people in red and black rugby strips posing at the side of an outdoor pitch.

Great Glen Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Great Glen. Check the latest timetable.

Man casting fly fishing rod in a field, with volunteer and three participants observing.

Golspie Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Gospie. Check the latest timetable.

A group of young primary girls looking very happy after a FIFA Disney Playmakers football session.

Invergordon Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Invergordon. Check the latest timetable.

A group of secondary Young Leaders standing around two blue wheelie bins on a pitch, and one putting a pair of secondhand football boots into one of the bins.

Inverness High Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Inverness High. Check the latest timetable.

A group of primary school children holding a sportscotland School Sport Award Gold flag.

Inverness Royal Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Inverness Royal. Check the latest timetable.

Kingussie Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Kingussie. View the latest timetable.

Young children in a gym hall in Kinlochbervie engaged in ball throwing activity.

Kinlochbervie Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Kinlochbervie. View the latest timetable.

Children scattered across a pitch in Lochaber playing shinty with mountains in the background.

Kinlochleven Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Kinlochleven. View the latest timetable.

A group of children with kayak paddles standing on a misty beach looking very happy in waterproofs and some holding their paddles in the air.

Mallaig Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Mallaig. View the latest timetable.

Children playing shinty on a pitch under a blue sky.

Millburn Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Millburn. View the latest timetable.

A group of children on Cawdor Primary pitch. Some waving cheer pom poms, and others forming a human pyramid.

Nairn Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Nairn. View the latest timetable.

Smiling children gripping a colourful parachute in circular formation, waving it to bounce objects.

Plockton Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Plockton. Check the latest timetable.

A group of young children sitting and standing at the edge of a gym hall wearing different colours bibs.

Portree Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Portree. View the latest timetable.

Child in a wheelchair playing basketball indoors, moving towards a ball on the court with cones marking the area, while other children and adults watch in the background.

Tain Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Tain. View the latest timetable.

Young kids running around football pitch.

Thurso Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Thurso. View the latest timetable.

A large group of children posing on the edge of an outdoor pitch. Some have medals around their necks.

Ullapool Active Schools

Find sports and activity sessions for children and young people in Ullapool. View the latest timetable.

Four young boys running in a gym hall and smiling.

Wick Active Schools

Discover fun sports and activities for children and young people in Charleston. Check the latest timetable.

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