SPORT & COMPETITIONS

READY TO BE ACTIVE

We know how important it is for all our pupils to “Be Well, Live Well, Learn Well.”

Situated in the centre of Colchester, we can offer a wide range of sports using state-of-the-art facilities available in the local area. That includes football, cricket, hockey, rugby, squash, badminton, swimming and rescue skills, water polo, cross country and athletics. Netball, basketball and PE lessons, including dance, gymnastics and yoga are provided on-site.

competitions

READY TO COMPETE

To reinforce our sporting culture, we are members of various sports associations (North East Essex School Sports Association, Colchester & Blackwater Schools Sports Association and the Independent School Association) which provides our pupils with the opportunity to compete at local, county and national level.

Whether your child enjoys swimming, athletics, football, squash or trampoling - to name just a few – there is an opportunity for them to represent the school.

SPORTS AWARDS

READY TO ASPIRE HIGHER

A range of awards and trophies are presented to those who have demonstrated sporting excellence throughout the year at our annual Prize Giving. Pupils are also presented with the opportunity to apply to be their House Sports Captain in Year 6 or 11.

Sports Scholarships are offered to pupils for Year 7 entry who demonstrate outstanding achievement, talent or potential in a certain sport and commitment to representing the School in their given area.

DEPARTMENT AWARDS

Colchester Prep & High School are proud to have been awarded the ISA Award for Outstanding Sport Provision in 2019 and have received a ‘Highly Commended’ in both the Active Education Award and the Most Inventive Sports Programme category of the Muddy Stilettos Best Schools Awards in 2022.

We strive to provide a programme that encompasses our ethos of ‘sport for all’.

– Adam Dowson, Head of PE at Colchester Prep & High School

PE CURRICULUM

READY TO LET OFF STEAM

At Colchester Prep & High School, all pupils from Nursery to Year 11 receive timetabled PE and Games lessons from our specialist PE staff, to encourage all our pupils to make physical activity an important part of their lives. Through sport, we also teach our pupils about the importance of individual hard work and commitment, but also about collaboration and team work.

If your child does not consider themselves ‘sporty’ they are not forgotten. Our understanding staff and wide range of sports on offer enable the pupils to find a pursuit that they enjoy or can help to challenge long held views that they may have about certain sports. The House system at Colchester Prep and High School also enables every child to compete in inter house matches in many sports whatever their ability level.

Sports Clubs

We organise a full programme of fun extra-curricular sports clubs for all pupils in the school from Reception to Year 11 to keep them active after the school day, extend their class learning or encourage them to try a new sport. With such a wide variety of clubs throughout the year there is something for every child from Prep multi-sports to Irish dancing, football to cricket, netball to yoga. Pupils in Key Stage 4 are encouraged to follow the Duke of Edinburgh awards alongside their GCSE’s.
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
SUMMER TERM
Pre-Prep MultisportPrep-Prep MultisportPre-Prep Multisport
Pre-Prep Yoga/Just DancePrep-Prep Yoga/Just DancePre-Prep Yoga/Just Dance
Prep RugbyPrep FootballPrep Athletics
Prep NetballPrep NetballPrep Multi-Sports
Senior FootballSenior RugbySenior Athletics
Senior NetballSenior Netball Senior Cricket
Senior BasketballSenior BasketballSenior Just Dance
Senior Irish DancingSenior Irish DancingSenior Irish Dancing
Senior BalletSenior BalletSenior Ballet

DEVELOPING THE PHYSICAL SKILLS OF EVERY PUPIL THROUGH A VARIETY OF SPORTS

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