Games & Co-Curricular Activities

Our pupils want to be rounded, experienced and world-ready. We want to help them. That’s why each day, once lessons are over, all our pupils take part in our award-winning co-curricular programme and benefit from our outstanding sport provision.

Our sportspeople and team have won numerous national titles in the past few years, and our co-curricular programme has received national recognition, being named ‘best of the best’ by The Week.

There are over 150 clubs, societies and activities to choose from, helping students find like minds, new experiences and fresh challenges. And, as members of our Sixth Form, there are multiple leadership opportunities.

Sport

Our aim is to remove every barrier to taking part, so pupils develop a passion for sport regardless of ability. Across 22+ sports, our coaching staff consists of former Olympians and internationals. They take as much satisfaction from a pupil’s personal victory (taking their first wicket, jumping a hurdle) as from an A-team’s national title.

Games lessons are delivered on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Fixtures may take place on Wednesday afternoons and on Saturday mornings. The major games are:

Michaelmas Term

Rugby for boys
Hockey for girls

Lent Term

Football for boys
Netball for girls

Summer Term

Cricket, Tennis & Athletics for boys
Tennis, Athletics & Cricket for girls

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Breadth of Opportunity

Activities are timetabled Monday-Friday, 4.10-5pm. For Lower School pupils this is split between ‘activities’ (which the pupils choose freely) and ‘carousel’ (activities selected by the College, that pupils engage with on rotation). The aim is to encourage pupils to be more open-minded in their approach to new experiences.

The choice is huge, with over 150 clubs, activities and societies to choose from. To give you an idea, below we show you what was on offer in the most recent Summer Term for our Year 7 pupils. Your child will be given a range of options to choose from at the start of each term.

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Activities, Clubs & Societies

To give you an idea of the range of activities on offer, here’s what Year 7 pupils could choose from during the most recent Summer Term.

Sport and physical activities

American Flag Football
Athletics
Cheerleading – stunts and jumps
Cricket for beginners
Fencing
Football – girls
Football – boys
Golf
Golf – beginners
Hockey
Hockey – intro to goalkeeping
Hockey – boys
Lacrosse
Muay Thai
Netball
Rugby – boys
Squash
Strength & Conditioning (for sports scholars)
Swimming
Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Yoga

Academics & cultural activities

Active Historians
Advanced Spanish
Art Club
Chemistry Extension
Computer Science – competition-level coding
Computer Science extension
IT Tech
Classics Society
History Society
Touch Typing and Keyboard Skills
Lower School Newspaper
Maths Extension
Mindfulness Creativity
Reading for pleasure
Pilgrim: exploring Christianity
Pottery

Music, Drama & Dance Activities

Singing (Vocal Group)
Brass Ensemble
Costume for Theatre
Dance Choreography
Ballet
Contemporary Dance
Flute Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble
Junior Blues
Drama Tech
Lower School Band and Music Tech
Lower School Chapel Choir
Lower School Concert Band
Lower School Drama Production
Saxophone Ensemble
LAMDA

Carousel

Pupils will experience each of these activities on a rotation throughout the year

African Drumming
Amateur Photography
Athletics
Creative Arts
Creative Writing
Cricket
Design a Language
Cyber Security
Music Technology
Sport for Life – Speed Clinic
STEM – Junior Science Club
Lego Robotics
Street Dance
Table Tennis
Table Top Games: Mahjong & Chess
Tri-Golf
Water Polo
Yoga

Games & Co-Curricular