The school athletics season is all too brief sharing as it does an examination crowded term with cricket. The highlight is undoubtedly the School Sports Day, when House Teams from Years 7, 8, 9 & 10 battle it out in field and track events, most of which take place over a summer's evening in early June, an event enjoyed by many parents and friends who enter into the earnest but friendly inter-house rivalry!
The PE department cover basic techniques and skills for most events during PE lessons and Games afternoons. An afterschool athletics club is run for our better athletes who are entered into the few local schools and colleges meetings that can be squeezed into the tight summer term schedule. We generally advise those pupils who exhibit extra special potential to join a local athletics club (if they already have not done so) to obtain further specialist and dedicated coaching.