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The Impact of Competitive School Sport on Students

Posted Friday, 27 March 2015

June 2014 Prepared by the TOP Foundation for Ofsted 1.0 INTRODUCTION This literature review, produced by the TOP Foundation, is presented to Ofsted to provide an identification and synthesis of published evidence (both in the UK and internationally) on the impact of competitive school sport on students’ performance in the...

Parents: friends or enemies of school sport?

Posted Friday, 27 March 2015

What do parents want school sport to provide for their children? Opportunities to improve through coaching, play regularly and win? These are obvious success criteria for sport. Every day the newspapers and dedicated sports channels carry endless scores, results, league tables and stories based on the mechanisms of high performance...

What is the Future for the National Schools Sevens?

Posted Friday, 20 March 2015

Next week, thousands of children will again compete in the National Schools Sevens, the largest competition of its type in the world. For most it is still known as the Rosslyn Park Sevens, though very few of the participants will visit the RPFC ground: the few children who give it...

"How Did You Get On?"

Posted Friday, 13 March 2015

"How did you get on?" is a frequently asked question. It is routinely asked of pupils and staff returning from matches. The information that this innocuous enquiry requests reveals a lot about the culture of sport in a school, and the nature of what the organisation values. If the answer...

Easter Holiday Coaching Positions

Posted Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Run during the school holidays at outstanding facilities, Schools of Sport offers sports coaching in cutting-edge skills and strategies to children aged 7-16, direct from some of the country’s leading coaches. Schools of Sport are seeking coaches for our academies during the Easter holidays: 1)Cricket 2)Rugby AND 3)Junior Development Programme:...

RFU Under 18 Schools Champions Trophy

Posted Thursday, 5 March 2015

Please find details of the Under 18 Schools Cup Competition attached along with the dates for the completion of each round. FORMAT (32 team knockout) The competition will be open to Schools/Colleges in membership of the ERFSU, subject to the discretion of the Organising Committee. Any educational establishments participating in...