Research into assessing physical literacy in Northern Ireland

This article outlines the findings of a research project and a follow-up study commissioned by Sport Northern Ireland relating to the development of an assessment tool for physical literacy. A parallel development, namely the creation of physical literacy co-ordinators, is discussed in a later paper in the Bulletin within the section Physical Literacy Across the World. The discussion concludes with a summary of the recommendations of a cross-sectoral Physical Literacy Task and Finish Group which highlight how considerably more resources are required to develop assessment indicators for PL and to further advocate the importance of PL.