What are the Achieve Well Challenges?
The Achieve Well Challenges are based on the minute logging online app which helps schools track, recognise and celebrate the active minutes pupils are building into everyday school life, easily supporting whole-school health and wellbeing. It gives schools a simple way to record active minutes across the school day, including brain breaks, the Daily Mile, PE, clubs, dance and other staff-led physical activities.
Scoring is based on the average active minutes per pupil divided by the total number of pupil in school, helping to ensure every school is recognised fairly regardless of size. In the future, schools will be able take part in mini challenges linked to local organisations, awareness themes and PSHE, with all logged activity contributing to their school’s overall progress.
Get involved!
We are currently running the Achieve Well Challenges Robin Walks Notts, using our online app and story presentations for Primary schools. Register your interest here.
How to guides
How to sign up to the Achieve Well Challenges
How to navigate the Achieve Well Challenges
How to view all activity as admin
Frequently Asked Questions
The Achieve Well Challenges are a Nottingham citywide initiative designed to increase daily physical activity in schools. They focus on inclusivity, whole-school participation, and making movement part of everyday routines.
Complete this form to express your interest in getting involved.
Schools nominate a lead contact such as a PE, PSHE, or PD lead to be the named coordinator. They upload numbers of children in each class, year group, or tutor group into the app. Once set up, staff within the school can begin logging active minutes through the Achieve Well app.
Staff record minutes directly in the Achieve Well web app. It takes under 20 seconds to log a session. Schools can log by class, year group, tutor group, or whole school depending on what works best.
This is flexible, depending on the needs of your school. Any staff member can log activity. For example, classroom teachers might log active lessons or brain breaks; Playground supervisors could log breaktime activity; PE staff may log lessons and clubs. Alternatively all logging could be coordinated by the nominated lead.
Minutes should be logged as regularly as possible to keep totals accurate and visible for pupils. Many schools choose to log daily, but weekly entries can also work.
You will find a range of resources on our website and challenge padlets to support you.
Schools receive recognition for their achievements, including certificates and citywide celebration opportunities. Feedback is collected to refine future challenges, ensuring the process remains simple and supportive.
Only supervised, adult-led activities can be logged. This includes PE lessons, Daily Mile, active lessons, brain breaks, playground-led activities, after-school clubs, lunchtime clubs, dance, and sports. Unsupervised play does not count, but all supervised movement does.
Schools log the total number of supervised active minutes. This total is divided by the number of pupils in the school to give an average minutes per pupil score. This ensures fairness between large and small schools and rewards schools that engage more of their pupils.