Collecting Play-Related Impact Data

This guide is for play providers, play funders and toy providers that need a practical way to collect evidence about what children experience through play and what changes may be associated with that experience. It helps organisations decide which information is useful, who is best placed to provide it, when it should be collected, and which methods are appropriate for different forms of play provision.

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The guide includes guidance on selecting data-collection methods for different types of play provision, together with sample parent/carer questionnaires, practitioner observation tools, end-of-session feedback forms, play-experience records and routine monitoring tools. It also explains how these tools link back to the Play Outcomes Framework and includes guidance on GDPR, consent and evaluation ethics.