Back in January, we were proud to announce our involvement in the "Let's Get Bury Moving" project — a groundbreaking borough-wide initiative led by Greater Manchester Moving, in partnership with Bury Public Health, Bury Council, and Bury School Sport Partnership. Our role: to help embed physically active learning into schools right across the borough.
Five months on, the impact is coming into focus — and the numbers make for impressive reading.
The Impact So Far
Since the project launched in January 2026, here's what's been achieved across Bury's schools:
- 42 schools actively involved in the project
- 300+ teachers with an active Teach Active account
- 10,000+ pupils positively impacted by active Maths and English lessons
Behind every one of those figures is a classroom where children are moving more, engaging more, and learning more — and that's exactly what this project set out to achieve.
A Borough-Wide First
Let's Get Bury Moving is the first initiative of its kind in the UK — a truly whole-borough approach to embedding physical activity into everyday school life. Led by Greater Manchester Moving alongside its partners, the project ensures that every primary school in Bury has access to the same high-quality training and resources. No gaps, no schools left behind.
As Greater Manchester Moving have described it, the project supports their ambitions to create whole-school approaches to physical activity — complementing both Bury's own movement strategy and their wider vision for children and young people's health across the region.
What This Project Is Tackling
The challenges driving this initiative are ones every school in the country will recognise:
Inactivity — embedding movement into Maths and English lessons means children get more active time without anything being added to an already packed timetable.
Health inequalities — with every school in the borough involved, the benefits of active learning aren't reserved for the few.
Rising SEN needs — active learning approaches work for all learners, and teachers are seeing this play out in their classrooms every week.
Educational outcomes — the research is well established: physical activity improves concentration, memory, and attainment. Over 2,800 lesson plan downloads suggest teachers across Bury are putting it into practice.
Voices from the Project
"The size of this project is a first for Teach Active, a council area, and for us as the Active Partnership. It supports our ambitions to create whole-school approaches to physical activity, and it complements the health and physical activity ambitions of both Bury's strategy of moving, and our own strategy for children and young people." — Greater Manchester Moving
Looking Ahead
The foundations are firmly in place. With 42 schools actively engaged and hundreds of teachers incorporating active lessons into their weekly practice, the momentum behind Let's Get Bury Moving is only building.
We're proud to be playing our part in this nationally significant project, and we're looking forward to sharing more as the impact continues to grow into next academic year.
Inspired by what's happening in Bury?
If you're a local authority, public health team, sport partnership, or school looking to explore a similar approach in your area, we'd love to hear from you.
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