All maintained schools in England were given additional government funding to improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer to pupils in their schools. Funding has now unfortunately ceased. However, at St Edmund's, we are delighted to report that some of this funding over the past years has been used to ensure school progress towards the Schools Games Mark.  

We are proud to let our pupils and parents know that we have now been awarded the School Games PLATINUM award!

The School Games Mark rewards schools for their commitment to and development of competition, school sport and physical education.   Schools are assessed at BRONZE, SILVER or GOLD levels and in order to achieve any level of the School Games Mark, schools must meet rigorous criteria set out within each standard.

If, after 5 years of continuous GOLD standard, schools can prove sustained high quality provision, they can apply for the PLATINUM standard. This shows continuous sustained excellence at the highest level possible.                                                                         We have proven this. 

Congratulations to all the children and staff for their hard work.  Please read our School PE Policy and Sports Premium Report to see how funding we received was spent.  

PE is a very important part of school life at St Edmund's School.  This year we have had some incredible successes!

Richmond Borough Sports

St Edmund’s achieved second place in the medium sized school category bringing home a host of silver medals and many personal bests!  We are extremely proud of the team.  As well as competing, the team got to see and hold Mo Farah’s Olympic gold medals from Rio and London.  Well done to everyone who took part in this event.

Girls Football

Our girls are incredible!  Their skills and talents got them through to local competition final and their win resulted in them being asked to represent Brentford against teams from ALL over the country. The quality of teams that represented the different premier league teams was phenomenal. All the finalists from around the country were invited to play at Brentford Stadium.  Our girls held their nerve and we reached the final!  The final of all the best girls school teams across the country!

The final was incredible but ultimately Everton pipped us to the post!  What a day – the children met at school at 7am and spent the day representing our school and Brentford with skill, determination and incredible team spirit!  Walking out of the tunnels to cheers from the crowd has helped to secure the girls dreams about the future!  They are officially the second-best team in the country and certainly the best team in London.  We are so PROUD of each and every one of them – they really are an amazing team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Role Models for our Children

We are proud to have Miss Morris as part of our teaching team. She plays lacrosse at national and international level.  Miss Morris, has represented Ireland since 2009 with her most recent participation prior to the World Championship being at the 2019 Women’s European Championship in Israel.  She returned to the squad of 18 athletes for the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship.  Miss Morris has 45 caps for Ireland and is the most capped athlete on the Irish team.

We are exceptionally proud of her accomplishments and the role model she provides for all our pupils – her grit, determination and professional approach to training and competition have ensured her sporting success. She is Ireland’s longest standing women’s lacrosse international team member.

Congratulations Miss Morris!