The School Games is a programme which aims to keep competitive sport at the heart of schools, and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best.
The School Games outcomes:
The five School Games outcomes ensure there is a clear direction and a collective ask to the School Games network to work towards the same priorities for young people in years 3-13 across all education settings:
- Maintain and grow school engagement in the School Games and their delivery of 60 active minutes
- Create positive experiences by ensuring physical activity and competition provision is designed to reflect the motivation, competence, and confidence of young people and has clear intent
- Have a clear focus on secondary schools and transition points (Year 3 and Years 6/7)
- Create positive experiences that support the character development of targeted young people
- Advocate to key stakeholders how the School Games makes a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people, including supporting schools to engage and educate parents
The team delivering the School Games:
School Games Organisers (SGOs): There are more than 450 SGOs who work across the country to support schools in their local area. SGOs have several key roles: To coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train, and deploy a suitable workforce, and to support the development of club opportunities for all young people.
Schools: Our schools are integral to the successful delivery of the School Games and we currently have more than 18,700 registered schools across the country taking part in the School Games
Active Partnerships: These are groups of partners from across the county who help consider the county's strategic approach to the School Games and provide ongoing check and challenge.
Benefits for young people:
Being a part of the School Games can be a hugely beneficial and rewarding experience. Through taking part in School Games events and competitions, young people will:
- Have fun and enjoy themselves
- Develop friendships and meet new people
- Become more determined and demonstrate resilience
- Understand and demonstrate the importance of respect for others
- Learn to develop self-control and manage emotions
- Experience being part of a team and understand their contribution to it
- Win with pride and lose with grace
- Learn the importance of practice and preparation
- Learn how to set realistic goals and work towards achieving them
- Aspire to improve and challenge themselves
Benefits for teachers and schools:
By registering to take part in School Games events and competitions in your local area, teachers and schools can:
- Access exclusive content, including a range of tools, resources, videos, and case studies which support the delivery of the School Games
- Get in contact with your local SGO, who will be able to offer you an annual calendar of competition for your school to access
- Apply for the School Games Mark, the award scheme which rewards schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school
- Publicise sporting events at your school via your own school profile page; share this profile with students, parents, and others in the local community
- Learn how to use sport as a catalyst across the curriculum using School Games resources for wider impact across the curriculum
- Utilise Change4Life clubs to help ensure young people get active for at least 60 minutes every day, tackling childhood obesity
Want to find out more?
For more information about the School Games programme and to find your local SGO, please visit: yourschoolgames.com