Issue 81

 

In the January/February 2021 edition

 

Top 200 sports schools of 2020 revealed

 

Covid fall-out continues to fell sports events

 

Teachers who love coaching the D team - why inclusive competitive sport is important in schools?

 

Crossing the code – how rugby union and rugby league can live side by side

 

We taught…Heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson

 

Team GB boxer Lauren Price’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...Matthew Campbell, head of PE at Wade Deacon High School in Cheshire

 

My Sporting Life…Glenn Short, a PE teacher and the Premier League Primary Stars coordinator for Leicester City in the Community

 

Pupil Diaries…Elizabeth Wareing is a talented runner and swimmer at Lancaster Girls Grammar School/Reece Munro is a talented athlete and footballer and a pupil at Abbey Gate College in Chester

 

Sporting round-up – Football, athletics, rugby union, netball, cricket, rounders and table tennis

 

Give us back the headaches by Robin Thomas, head of PE at Davenies School in Beaconsfield

 

Looking back on a uniquely unusual term by Neil Rollings

 

Helping children navigate their return to sport by Gordon MacLelland

 

Coaching the non-negotiables…Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Is strength and conditioning just for the athlete…let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

Issue 80

 

In the September/October 2020 edition

 

Emerging from lockdown – special reports

 

Lockdown learning stars – teachers going the extra mile

 

Tearing up the sporting playbook

 

Engaging pupils with sport remotely by Richard Mahony, director of sport at Trent College in Nottingham

 

Athlete Laura Muir’s sporting schooldays

 

Island life – give sport a chance by Tom Eisenhuth, head of PE at Elizabeth College in Guernsey

 

The secrets of our basketball success…London’s St Aloysius College

 

There’s no dodging dodgeball…special report

 

Invincibles – celebrating success

 

A Life In The Week Of...Leanne Bennett, PE teacher and head of hockey at RGS Worcester

 

A Life In The Week Of...Dan King, director of sport at Woodhouse Grove School in Yorkshire

 

My Sporting Life…Jack Rolfe is a hockey and games coach at St Lawrence College in Ramsgate

 

We taught…England rugby star George Ford

 

A sports teacher abroad - Mark Holmes is head of PE at DoverCourt International School in Singapore

 

Pupil Diaries…Emily Calder is a pupil at Dover College and a talented taekwondoin/Jacob Brown is a pupil at Ashville College in Harrogate and a promising biathlete)

 

Sporting round-up – Cricket, football, rugby union, rugby league

 

Don’t expect to pick up where you finished off…Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Returning to training and competitive sport…let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Grounded sports tours ready to fly again

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

Issue 79

 

In the April/May 2020

 

Coronavirus hits school sport hard – special report

 

England cricket star Eoin Morgan’s sporting schooldays

 

Living on the sporting edge – how to run a competitive sports programme on the outskirts

 

Power to the primary PE premium

 

The secrets of our athletics success

 

Anyone for cricket in 2020 – who knows

 

Free teacher tennis training

 

A Life In The Week Of... Sophie Appleby, head of academic PE and netball coach at St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon

 

My Sporting Life…Louise Lindon, head of PE at Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth

 

My Sporting View…The challenge facing rugby in schools by Neil Rollings

 

My Sporting View…Sorting out sporting injuries at their source by Ady Sweeney, a full-time physiotherapist at Langley School in Norfolk

 

We taught…England cricketer Jos Buttler

 

Pupil diaries…Megan Hardiman is a pupil at Edgbaston High School for Girls and a competitive sailor/Ellen Weir is a pupil at Wimbledon High School and a talented athlete

 

Super spring sports round-up – Football, netball, rugby union, hockey, table tennis and lacrosse

 

Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Top 100 independent sports schools revealed – full list

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

Issue 78

 

In the January/February/March 2020 edition

 

Top independent sports schools of 2019 revealed

 

Getting a kick out of the girls’ football revolution

 

Is handball Britain’s fastest-growing school sport?

 

The secrets of our netball success

 

Rucking back – the rise of state school rugby

 

Closing the schools’ rugby divide by Nick Freds, head of PE at Ravens Wood School in Kent

 

A Life In The Week Of...Lee Dickson, head of rugby at Barnard Castle School in Durham

 

My Sporting Life…Claire Faram is a 27-year-old PE teacher at Putney High School in London

 

Pupil Diaries - Jake Reynolds is a keen swimmer and pupil at Canon Slade School in Bolton/Neave McGhee, talented athlete and pupil at St Julie’s Catholic High School, Liverpool)

 

We taught…England rugby star Sam Underhill

 

Modern pentathlete Samantha Murray’s sporting schooldays

 

Aspiration versus expectation – managing this sporting conundrum by Gordon MacLelland

 

Why playing sport during exam time doesn’t have a detrimental effect on results

 

Winter sports round-up – Football, rugby union, cross country, swimming and tennis

 

Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

Issue 77

 

In the November/December 2019 edition

 

Taekwondo star Bianca Walkden’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...James Kaminski, director of sport at Salisbury Cathedral School

 

My Sporting Life – Evan Stewart is director of sport at Portsmouth Grammar School

 

Top state sports schools of 2019 revealed

 

Changing behaviour with sports technology

 

Why schools should provide sport for all not just the elite

 

What’s the future for Britain’s most traditional of games?

 

The secrets of our rugby league success…Wade Deacon High School

 

Why we must coach the mind not just the body says coaching matters’ Paul Westgate

 

How to get physically set for the school ski trip…let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

We taught…England football star Harry Maguire

 

Autumn sports round-up – Football, rugby union, cricket and equestrian

 

Pupil Diary… Jojo Loxton, hockey and rugby player at Notting Hill & Ealing High School/Archie Hunt, footballer and pupil at Sherborne School in Dorset

 

Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

Issue 76

 

In the Sep/Oct 2019 edition

 

England netball star Eboni Usoro-Brown’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of... Sophie Windle. director of sport at Wycombe Abbey School

 

My Sporting Life – Edward Buck is a PE teacher at Giggleswick School in Yorkshire

 

Fighting back against the schools’ hockey divide

 

How good do you want the opposition to be?

 

Winning in the long term is the best way forward

 

How American football is crossing the Atlantic

 

Friday night lights out?

 

We taught…England rugby star Henry Slade

 

Summer sports round-up – athletics, cricket, tennis, basketball, handball, rugby league golf and rounders

 

Pupil Diary…Hitchin Boys School

 

Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

Issue 75

 

In the June/July 2019 edition

 

England football star Izzy Christiansen’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...Carla Rudd, PE teacher and head of girls’ cricket at Felsted School in Essex

 

My Sporting Life – Sports teacher Paul Mobberley

 

Schools cricket in the spotlight

 

Future of the summer term sports programme

 

Whose game is it anyway – parents’ role in sport

 

Developing mental toughness on the sports field

 

The secrets of our tennis success…Exmouth Community College

 

We taught…England cricket star Sam Curran

 

Let the children play…the importance of school sport by David English, Bunbury founder and vice president of ESCA

 

National schools’ badminton, cricket, football, hockey, equestrian and table tennis round-ups

 

Pupil diaries…Grace Connelly, keen golfer and pupil at Cowbridge Comprehensive School in south Wales

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

Issue 74

 

In the April/May 2019 edition

 

England cricket star Tammy Beaumont’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of... Noel Smith, director of sport at Alleyn Court School in Southend

 

My Sporting Life – Raj Chaudhuri is the head of cricket at Worth School in Sussex

 

Who said competitive sport in schools was on the wane?

 

Transgender students and PE…Kirsty Lawie, senior lecturer at the University of Chichester

 

The secrets of our cross country success…Coopers Company & Coborn School

 

Standing up for sports scholarships…Chris Morgan, director of sport at Tonbridge School in Kent

 

Don’t coach the sport coach the person…Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

A sports teacher abroad…Tom Butt, director of sport at Dover College

 

Celebrating primary school success…King’s Priory School in North Shields

 

National schools’ cricket, football, hockey, lacrosse, netball, rounders, rugby union and table tennis round-ups

 

Pupil diaries…Toby Leung, badminton player and pupil at Devonport High School for Boys/Lucia Kendall, cricketer and pupil at St Swithun’s School, Winchester

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

Issue 73

 

In the January/February/March 2019 edition

 

England rugby star Elliot Daly’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...Martin Baillie, school games organiser and primary school PE teacher

 

My Sporting Life – Claire Johnson is assistant director of sport at Cheltenham Ladies’ College

 

Top independent sports schools of 2018 revealed

 

Sports scholarships – a force for good for merely player poaching

 

Head games – sporting excellence and mental health in schools

 

Calling time on a sport teacher’s career…Trevor Barker, until recently head of sport and master in charge of rugby at QEGS Wakefield

 

Is poaching players spoiling the party by Mike McDarby, the 1st XV rugby coach at Campion School in Essex

 

What’s the difference between a tough coach and a bully – Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Why is football in some schools still discriminating against girls?

 

National schools’ cricket, cross-country, football, rounders, rugby union, swimming and tennis round-ups

 

Pupil diaries…Caroline Lewitt and Sophie Griffith are talented sporting pupils at Godolphin & Latymer School in London

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Whitchurch High School’s sporting success

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 72

 

In the November/December 2018 edition

 

England netball star Helen Housby’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of... Ali Rust, teacher of PE at Aylesbury High School

 

My Sporting Life – Niall Doherty, director of sport at Bancroft’s School in Essex

 

Top state sports schools of 2018 revealed

 

Driving teachers mad – the great school minibus debate

 

The pros and cons of early specialisation

 

The secret of our sporting success…Judd School, from Essex

 

Is crounders the answer to the cricket v rounders debate?

 

In at the deep end - a sport with a difference (water polo)

 

Pupil diaries…Swimmer Stefano Mitchell and pentahlete Annabel Denton, both from Plymouth College

 

National schools’ football, cricket and equestrian

 

Coaching matters – Paul Westgate asks if coaches need to start thinking differently

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

Issue 71

 

In the September/October 2018 edition

 

Triathlon star Alistair Brownlee’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of... Stewart Orton, head of PE at Blessed George Napier School in Banbury, Oxfordshire

 

My Sporting Life – Glenn Tyreman is director of sport at Samuel Cody School in Farnborough, Hampshire

 

Taking on the big guns – the secrets of our netball success

 

Sports science that matters – the benefits of performance monitoring and analysis

 

The importance of school games in 2018

 

From the worst to the best…one primary school’s sporting journey

 

Breaking down rugby league barriers in school

 

Why winning is not everything

 

Maths of the day - active maths classes

 

Win £500 worth of sports balls

 

Pupil diaries… Tamera and Tasmin Cookman, from St Teresa’s School in Surrey/Nathan Symons, from Bristol Metropolitan Academy

 

National schools’ cricket, athletics, tennis, golf, rounders, equestrian and table-tennis – special reports

 

Do you reflect like an expert coach - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 70

 

In the June/July 2018 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England hockey star Nicola White’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...Richard Kaufman is a PE teacher and head of cricket at the Leys School in Cambridge

 

My Sporting Life – Wendy Reynolds is director of sport at Heathfield School in Ascot

 

Rounders versus cricket…the great girls’ summer sport debate

 

The rise (and rise) of girls’ sport

 

Revealed…the sporting secrets of Britain’s most successful girls school

 

The rise of state school cricket…despite the odds

 

Why rounders is still relevant is 2018…Vic Alexander, head of PE at St Catherine’s School in Surrey

 

Pupil diaries…Lilly Mould, from Priory School, Edgbaston/Rosie Bartlett, from Truro School

 

National schools’ football, badminton, basketball, hockey and table tennis finals – special reports

 

Are you a push or pull coach - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 69

 

In the April/May 2018 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England cricket star Anya Shrubsole’s sporting schooldays

 

A Life In The Week Of...Sarah Knightbridge, director of girls’ sport at New Hall School in Essex

 

My Sporting Life – Dave Smith is a PE teacher at Hitchin Boys School

 

Win a sportskit for your school

 

Meeting the needs of sport in schools for 130 years…the Sheffield Federation for School Sport

 

Meet the primary school with six PE teachers…Fulbridge Academy in Peterborough

 

Is the PE and sport premium making sufficient impact in primary schools by retired headteacher Howard Todd

 

Dealing with disappointed pupils by Mark Burley, director of sport at Canford School in Dorset

 

Biathlon bananza – how schools can unearth next Brownlee brother

 

Pupil diaries…Charlotte Bardsley, from Heathfield Knoll School in Kidderminster/Helena Purves, from Wimbledon High School

 

National schools’ netball, rugby, biathlon, tennis, squash, lacrosse and table tennis finals – special reports

 

Functional movement screening – is it a useful tool in the school environment - let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Coaching philosophy - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 68

 

In the January/February 2018 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Paralympic star Jonnie Peacock

 

Top independent sport schools of 2017 revealed

 

A Life In The Week Of...Seth Simmons, PE teacher at St Lawrence College in Ramsgate, Kent

 

My Sporting Life – Mark Duncan is an assistant headteacher at Coopers’ Company & Coborn School in Upminster, Essex

 

How sport and PE really does boost education standards

 

How futsal is giving the curriculum a real kick

 

What exactly does outstanding primary school PE look like?

 

Are sports scholarships a form of cheating…Graham Chesterman, director of sport at Newcastle-under-Lyme School

 

The benefits of school sport beyond the game… Marc-Antony Eysele, director of sport at King Edward’s School, Witley

 

Sport Relief 2018 – how schools can get involved

 

Pupil diaries…Sophie Thompson and Thomas Goodchild, from Danes Hill School in Surrey

 

National schools’ cross country, swimming and tennis finals

 

Schools cricket, hockey, rugby

 

Fitness assessments - let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Stay calm and be mentored - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Win a luxury Champneys spa break for two

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 67

 

In the November/December 2017 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Olympic canoe star Liam Heath

 

Top state sport schools of 2017 revealed

 

National cricket champions thrown out in disgrace after playing pupils from other schools

 

We won’t drop our charges maintain England Hockey in great schools’ charging for success row

 

A Life In The Week Of…Victoria Clemens, director of PE at Bromley High School

 

My Sporting Life – Susan Wessels is a senior deputy head in Framlingham College in Suffolk

 

How schools are benefitting from the cycling revolution

 

Why we must make athletics accessible to all schools

 

I teach and play hockey for Scotland…Nikki Lloyd, from Tormead School in Surrey

 

Tales from the touchline – sporting do’s and don’ts

 

The true cost of running a PE department in 2017

 

The changing face of girls’ sport in schools

 

How badminton is making a racket in primary schools

 

Pupil diaries… Yasmin Austridge is a pupil at Hayes School in Bromley and an England U19 steeplechase athlete/Sienna Rushton, from Oundle School, plays for England U19 netball team

 

Win a luxury Champneys spa break for two

 

Schools cricket, football, rugby league and equestrian competition round-ups

 

Safeguarding against supplements - let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

The importance of building a positive culture in a sporting environment - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 66

 

In the Sep/Oct 2017 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England rugby star Billy Vunipola

 

A Life In The Week Of…James Leck, head of cricket at Reigate Grammar School in Surrey

 

My Sporting Life – Hayley Mortimer is director of sport at Taunton School in Somerset

 

Are school-club links the elixir of sporting success?

 

Schools cricket, athletics, rounders, tennis and golf finals – special reports

 

The secrets of our netball success...Parrenthorn High School in Manchester

 

Is water polo the ultimate water sport?

 

We teach Paralympic star Ellie Robinson…Northampton High School

 

Preparing pupils for life after sport – Allen Boyd, director of sport at Rydal Penrhos School in Colwyn Bay, north Wales

 

ESFA council member Mark Hignett sings the praises of grassroots schools’ football

 

Pupil diaries…Ben Nicol is a pupil at Fallibroome Academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire and a promising tennis player/Hester Poole is a year 5 pupil at the Paragon School in Bath

 

Win a spa break for two at Ragdale Hall in Leicestershire

 

Lacrosse fitness - let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

What makes an effective coaching session - Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 65

 

In the June/July 2017 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft

 

A Life In The Week Of…Sam Stoop, director of sport at Winchester House School in Northamptonshire

 

My Sporting Life – Graham Jump, head of rowing at the Grange School in Hartford, Cheshire

 

The great schools’ hockey rip-off

 

State school cricket – in crisis or credit?

 

To compete or not to compete – that is the question

 

Are we failing our pupils with primary PE provision?

 

Kicking football into the classroom

 

Coping with parental pressure to succeed…My Sporting View

 

Cricket’s battle for young working class heroes…My Sporting View

 

I teach and play lacrosse for England

 

Pupil diaries…Joshua Edwards is a year 13 pupil at Hayes School and a promising basketball player/Emily Appleton is a pupil at Guildford High School and Britain’s top ranked junior tennis player

 

A new kind of ball game - let’s get physical with Mark Spivey

 

Helping young athletes develop mental resilience - find out in Paul Westgate’s coaching matters column

 

Four great schools rugby tours

 

National schools football, badminton and basketball finals

 

Cricket, hockey and equestrian competition round-up

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 64

 

In the April/May 2017 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England cricketer Moeen Ali

 

A Life In The Week Of…Tim Caldwell, head of boys’ games at The Elms Junior School, Nottingham

 

My Sporting Life – Nicky Head is head of girls’ games at Rydal Penrhos School in North Wales

 

Meet the competition where no-one wins

 

How schools’ gymnastics is grabbing the Olympic effect

 

The secret of our squash success…Gosforth Academy

 

A sports teacher abroad… Daniel Thomson is the director of sport at Harrow International School in Hong Kong

 

Enjoying the craic – Gaelic football in schools

 

James Culnane, head of hockey at Surbiton High School discusses the paradox of school conformity in sport education

 

John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School’s final regular column

 

Pupil Diaries…Matthew Lyons and Mia Brocklehurst, from South Hunsley School in Yorkshire

 

Let’s get physical - strength and conditioning for schools by Mark Spivey, director of sport at Sherborne Girls School

 

Winning v development – what is more important? Find out in Paul Westgate’s coaching matters

 

National schools competitions – cricket, netball, rugby union, hockey, table tennis, rounders, squash and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 63

 

In the January/February 2017 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty

 

A Life In The Week Of… Elliot Foweraker, director of hockey at Taunton School

 

My Sporting Life – Mark Sawtell is a PE teacher at Focus School in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk

 

Top independent sport schools of 2016 revealed

 

The great girls football initiative – fabulous or folly?

 

Thomas Telford – the Barcelona of British schools’ football

 

Does your school determine your chance of Olympic success?

 

Can mind over matter become your twelfth man?

 

Paul Westgate’s seven commandments of coaching

 

Top tips and best tour operators for planning your next school ski trip

 

Pupil Diary…Gemma Townsend from Surbiton High School

 

Let’s get physical - strength and conditioning for schools by Mark Spivey, director of sport at Sherborne Girls School

 

National schools competitions – cross-country, netball, rugby union, swimming and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 62

 

In the November/December 2016 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Olympic hockey star Maddie Hinch

 

A Life In The Week Of… Tom Smith, head of PE at Christ’s School, Richmond

 

My Sporting Life – Robyn Jones is director of rugby at Wymondham College in Norfolk

 

Top state sport schools of 2016 revealed

 

State school medalists increase Olympic gap over independent rivals  

 

A sporting education – how to combine study with the best sports coaching in the state sector

 

Is the quest for academic success marginalizing sport and PE?

 

We competed at the Olympics…now we are back at school

 

Schools defy RFU ban on knockout tournaments

 

The secrets of our basketball success…London’s St Bonaventure’s School

 

Pupil Diaries…Amy Carter is a year 10 pupil at Laurence Jackson School and a member of the Cleveland Schools Athletic Team/Hannah Larkin is a year 13 pupil at Hereford Cathedral School, a 1st XI hockey player and regional netball player

 

Why sports tours are so much more than just a jolly - John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Let’s get physical - strength and conditioning for schools by Mark Spivey, director of sport at Sherborne Girls School in Dorset

 

Coaching matters by Paul Westgate, director of sport at Uppingham School

 

Britain’s obesity bombshell – a PE teacher’s view by Grant Huddleston is head of PE and sport science at Bishop Walsh Catholic School in Sutton Coldfield

 

National schools competitions – cricket, equestrian, netball, rounders, rugby league, rugby union, table tennis and

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 61

 

In the September/October 2016 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England rugby star Jack Clifford

 

A Life In The Week Of…Hattie Dukes, head of PE at Ricards Lodge High School for Girls in London

 

My Sporting Life – Natalie Maclean is director of sport at Kingston Grammar School in Surrey

 

RFU ban knockout tournaments

 

Why Welsh school rugby is tackling above its weight

 

The secrets of our netball success...The Grammar School at Leeds

 

I teach…and play rugby for England (Izzy Noel-Smith)

 

Losing It…A Lifetime in Pursuit of Sporting Excellence by Simon Barnes

 

A sports teacher abroad…Andy Dean is director of sport at the British School of Guangzhou in China

 

Pupil diaries…Jessica Whiley is a talented athlete and netballer and Joshua Hallett a gifted athlete and rugby player at New Hall School in Essex

 

Top 100 sports schools – qualifying competitions revealed

 

Saddling up for success - equestrian sport for schools

 

My Sporting View - John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Let’s get physical - strength and conditioning for schools by Mark Spivey, director of fitness and sport at Radley College in Oxfordshire

 

Coaching matters by Paul Westgate, director of sport at Uppingham School

 

National schools competitions – athletics, cricket, golf, rounders, table tennis and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

Sports tours and travel

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 60

 

In the June July 2016 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Athletics star Morgan Lake

 

A Life In The Week Of... Immy Hillyard, PE teacher at Unsted Park School in Godalming, Surrey

 

My Sporting Life – Kevin Smith is head of PE and sport at Westbourne House School in Chichester

 

To compete or not to compete – that is the question

 

Disability sport in schools

 

Building national champions by Simon Bird, assistant deputy head at Cranleigh School in Surrey

 

The secret of our soccer success…St Margaret’s School in Liverpool

 

How tennis is targeting schools to net the next Andy Murray

 

Sports teachers abroad…Harrie Thomson is director of physical education and sport at the British International School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Nick Carter is a PE teacher at HeadStart International School, in Phuket, Thailand

 

Pupil diaries…Leah Goss is a year 12 A-level student at Leigh Academy in Kent who plays netball for the Surrey Storm NPL squad/Holly Munro is Kingston Grammar School’s 1st XI hockey captain

 

We taught…England cricket star James Taylor

 

Saddling up for success - equestrian sport for schools

 

Primary sport at a premium

 

My Sporting View - John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Let’s get physical - strength and conditioning for schools by Mark Spivey, director of fitness and sport at Radley College in Oxfordshire

 

Coaching matters by Paul Westgate, director of sport at Uppingham School

 

National schools competitions – badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey and table tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 59

 

In the April/May 2016 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England cricket star Sarah Taylor

 

A Life In The Week Of... Allen Boyd, director of sport at Rydal Penrhos School in North Wales

 

My Sporting Life – Kevin Hooper is a 40-year-old PE teacher at Tapton School in Sheffield and keen endurance runner

 

Is it time to ban contact rugby in schools?

 

Sport swap (Leigh Academy/Colfe’s School)

 

Sporting survivors – six years after the partnership cuts

 

How schools are embracing the high-tech sports revolution

 

NGBs rule out extra charge for schools’ sporting success

 

10 sporting questions we should ask our children – Chris Dossett, director of sport at Portsmouth Grammar School

 

A sports teacher abroad…Lee Jones is the athletics coordinator at the British School of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia

 

A lesson from schools’ rugby…John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Pupil Diaries (Isobel Webster is a year 11 sports scholar at Benenden School in Kent and a member of the national academy for England Lacrosse/Phoebe Bennie, a year 8 pupil at Benenden School in Kent, plays netball, lacrosse, tennis, athletics, squash and hockey

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

National school competitions – cricket, hockey, netball, rounders, rugby union, table tennis and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 58

 

In the January/February/March 2016 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Max Whitlock

 

A Life In The Week Of... David Byas, director of sport at Pockington School in York

 

My Sporting Life - James Emmitt is director of PE and sport at Sevenoaks School

 

Top independent sports schools of 2015 revealed

 

Sports scholarships – a blessing or a curse?

 

Pedal power – how schools are adopting the cycling habit

 

A sports teacher abroad - Matt Bennett is director of sport at the British School in the Netherlands, based in and around The Hague

 

State school rugby is thriving…honestly – Simon Gaynor, head of rugby at Steyning GS

 

Heads up for school sport…the importance of a good headteacher - John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Pupil Diaries - Pierce Widdecombe, a talented tennis player and pupil at Plymouth College plus Will Tizzard, a 13-year-old pupil at Beechen Cliff School in Bath and a talented footballer

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

National school competitions – cricket, cross-country, hockey, netball, rounders, rugby league, rugby union, swimming and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 57

 

In the November/December 2015 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Cycling star Laura Trott

 

A Life In The Week Of...Gordon MacLelland, director of sport at Aysgarth School, Bedale in North Yorkshire

 

My Sporting Life - Emma Lawless is head of girls’ games at Kimbolton School in Huntingdon

 

Top sporting state schools of 2015 revealed

 

Is there life after teaching PE?

 

Can hockey appeal to all schools or is it the domain of the independent elite?

 

Partnering with the premiership – the ultimate school club link

 

How indoor rowing can help you stroke your way to success

 

School sport associations (saluting school sport’s unsung heroes) – part 2

 

A sports teacher abroad - Emma Doughty, director of sport at Wimbledon High School

 

Multi-sports participation or individual specialism - John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

The real benefits of school sport. Dan Abraham, director of football at King Edward’s School, Witley

 

Pupil Diary Special…Harrison Smith, Southend High School for Boys, on the World Schools Athletics Championships in China

 

Ultimate fun with Ultimate Frisbee

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

Disability sport in schools - looking ahead to the Rio Paralympics

 

National school competitions – cricket, netball, rugby league, rugby union and table tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 56

 

In the September/October 2015 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England rugby star George Ford

 

A Life In The Week Of...Richard Mahony, director of sport at King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

 

My Sporting Life - Martin Pepper is director of sport at Barnard Castle School in Durham

 

Sport swap - Lynn Thompson, head of PE at Wath Comprehensive School in Rotherham swaps jobs with Jackie Atkinson, director of sport at Newcastle High School for Girls

 

School sport associations (saluting school sport’s unsung heroes)

 

Are free schools making a sporting difference?

 

Giving students the edge - the importance of team sports

 

The secret of our table tennis success...London Academy

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

Pupil diary…Ellie Green, year 6 pupil at Royal High School Bath

 

Planning your next school sport trip? Check out our six page advertorial special

 

National school competitions – athletics, badminton, cricket, golf, rounders and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 55

 

In the June/July 2015 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England footballer Alex Scott

 

A Life In The Week Of...Stephen Brunger, PE teacher at King Charles I School in Kidderminster/

 

My Sporting Life - Jenny Canty is a PE teacher at Redden Court School in Romford, Essex

 

Lecture hall or sports hall – what’s the best way to PE teaching success

 

Why schools are going snooker loopy

 

Stroking to success (without getting on the water)

 

Why school rugby really matters

 

I teach and play lacrosse for England…Claire Faram, Benenden School

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

Win a seven-night holiday to Club La Santa Lanzarote

 

Sports travel for schools

 

National school competitions – badminton, basketball, cricket, football, gymnastics, rounders and table tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 54

 

In the Apr/May 2015 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – England cricket captain Charlotte Edwards

 

A Life In The Week Of...Tim Green, PE teacher at Leighton Park School, Reading

 

My Sporting Life – Joe Moss is a primary PE specialist at Tyntesfield Primary School in Sale

 

Pupil diary – Daisy-Mai Clements is a pupil at Bromsgrove School and a talented all-rounder

 

How schools are fighting back against the fitness timebomb

 

Competitive sport in schools – is it a level playing field?

 

Why confusion is muddling the debate over competitive sport in schools

 

State school cricket – sorry we don’t play

 

Is the primary sport premium providing value for money?

 

Let’s get physical - how strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

Win a luxury Ragdale Hall spa break for two

 

Sports travel for schools

 

National school competitions – cricket, football, hockey, lacrosse, netball, rugby union, rounders, table tennis and tennis

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 53

 

In the Jan/Feb/March 2015 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – Athlete Jo Pavey

 

A Life In The Week Of...Gary Barrell, PE teacher and school games organiser at Nunnery Wood High School in Worcester

 

My Sporting Life – Gareth Jones is a PE teacher and a member of the GB teachers’ rugby league team

 

Pupil diary – Rebecca Earl is a pupil at Felsted School in Essex and a talented golfer

 

The country’s top sporting independent schools of 2014 revealed

 

How strength and conditioning can enhance sports performance

 

Working with primary schools outside of the sports partnership system

 

Ultimate fun with ultimate frisbee

 

Integrating disability sport into schools

 

I teach and canoe for my country (Samantha Rippington, PE teacher at Brigidine School in Windsor)

 

We taught…Olympic triathletes the Brownlee brothers (Bradford Grammar)

 

Win £600 worth of Bishop sports equipment

 

Celebrating state school sport success...Warden Park School in West Sussex

 

A sporting adventure at home or abroad – eight page special

 

National school competitions – badminton, cricket, cross country, football, hockey, netball, rugby union, rounders and swimming

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 52

 

In the Nov/Dec 2014 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays – British sprint star Adam Gemili

 

A Life In The Week Of...Matt Barnes, lead teacher of boys PE, Tudor Grange Academy.

 

My Sporting Life – Liam Dart is a PE teacher and community leisure manager at Budehaven School in Cornwall

 

Pupil diary – Katie Curtis, St Faith’s School, Cambridge

 

The country’s top sporting state schools of 2014 revealed

 

Meet the Kent school giving northern rugby league a run for its money

 

Is a specialist PE teacher in every primary school a reality or just a pipedream?

 

Combat rocks – contact sports for schools

 

Win £500 worth of sports balls

 

I teach…and weightlift for Britain (Sarah Davies is a supply PE teacher at Temple Moor High School in Leeds and an international weightlifter)

 

Teaching rugby union successfully by Mark Nasey, head of rugby at Warwick School

 

Celebrating state school sport success...Aylesbury High School

 

A sporting adventure at home or abroad – eight page special

 

National school competitions – badminton, cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey, netball, rugby union, rounders and table tennis

 

My Sporting View – John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 51

 

In the Sep/Oct 2014 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays - Olympic skeleton bob champion Lizzy Yarnold

 

A Life In The Week Of… Alice Smyth, head of girls PE at Lodge Park Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire

 

My Sporting Life – Ryan Garnsworthy, head of lacrosse at Sherborne Girls School

 

Pupil diary – Sophie Langman, a pupil at Royal High School, Bath

 

We taught … England rugby captain Chris Robshaw

 

Teaching netball successfully by Cath Johnson, head of netball at the Grammar School at Leeds

 

An alternative sporting education (without all the cost)

 

Is competition good for primary schools – or just a dirty word?

 

Celebrating state school sport success… Calday Grange Grammar School

 

A sporting adventure at home or abroad – eight page special

 

National school competitions – athletics, cricket, football, golf, gymnastics, rugby league, rounders and tennis

 

My Sporting View – John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue 50

 

In the June/July 2014 edition

 

My Sporting Schooldays - England cricketer Joe Root

 

A Life In The Week Of… Kate Groves, head of sport at Moreton Hall School in Oswestry, Shropshire

 

My Sporting Life – Ella Rice, head of PE at Badminton School

 

Pupil diary – Lottie Trevethan, a pupil at the Downs School, Malvern and a talented modern pentathlete

 

We taught … World squash champion Nick Matthew

 

Teaching cricket successfully by Andy Barnard, head of cricket at Shrewsbury School

 

Howzat! Is cricket calling time on our most traditional of school sports (and how rounders is hitting back)

 

Why Futsal is gaining a foothold in the curriculum

 

Mistress of all sports – feature

 

Win £1000 worth of Ram rugby balls

 

Celebrating state school sport success… Wilmslow High School

 

National school competitions – badminton, basketball, biathlon, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, squash, rounders, table tennis and tennis

 

My Sporting View – John Deadman, director of sport at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham

 

Sports trips and tours – six page special

 

Product news and services

 

School sport news, results, fixtures, events, associations, reviews and letters