SPORT

The breadth of sporting opportunities and the scale of facilities at Repton Prep allows all pupils to participate in a wide-range of experiences through curriculum lessons, activities, training sessions and competitive play.

The skills learnt through sporting endeavours such as teamwork, perseverance, resilience and communication, are vital in all aspects of school life and beyond.

Central to our approach is inclusivity – enabling opportunities for all, across a wide range of sporting disciplines. Pupils can then refine and develop their interests and skills as they move to the inspirational sporting facilities at Repton School.

There is a careful balance between participation for all through PE, Games, and Swimming lessons in curriculum time, and specific skilled coaching for those showing talent, commitment and passion.

Objectives

To consolidate Repton Prep’s position as one of the most successful co-educational prep schools in sport.

To encourage broad and total participation via the number of sports on offer and the number of teams in each sport, and ensure that the ability to develop and progress underpins our approach.

To promote pride in representing Repton, an enjoyment of participation, and the benefits of physical exercise in relation to mental health.

To provide not only plentiful inter-school fixtures but also interhouse competition, which helps cement the sense of belonging to the House system (Alexander, Mountbatten, Tedder and Wavell).

To focus on a co-educational approach to sport which means that staff collaborate effectively to discuss individual schedules for pupils with commitments across a range of disciplines.

To upgrade, via closer links with the senior school, coaching and facilities for the core sports, thereby maintaining the reputation locally and nationally for being amongst the leaders in Under 13 sport.

Plans To Deliver On Objectives

The addition of a second (half) Hockey Astro or an extension to the existing newly resurfaced Astro.

Phase 2 completion of the Swimming Pool changing rooms.

Increased engagement with parents through talks from external speakers and panel discussions with Sports department staff.

Review development of the Sports Hall facility both aesthetically and practically.