Sports
Sport at Horris Hill puts the child first and aims to educate children to be willing, capable, knowledgeable and long-lasting participants through experiencing a broad range of sports and prioritising development over winning.
‘Ages 3-13 are the sampling years where they need to sample a wide range of activities’
‘Competition plays a vital role in the development of young performers, but it must be managed properly within a well structured training programme’
‘Children first, winning second’
Sports Coach UK
Despite putting great emphasis on inclusion and development we often manage to win more matches than we lose with regular unbeaten seasons. We are known to ‘punch above our weight’ on our circuit despite often playing schools at least double our size, so we provide the rare combination of a big prep school sports provision with all the benefits of attending a small prep school. We individually target and extend the more able sportsman and regularly produce boys who go on to representative teams and further honours.
In addition to the timetabled PE lessons in the mornings every boy participates in Games every day in the afternoon – with many Wednesdays and Saturdays (as well as other days) taken up by school matches.
To extend the more able and include the less able the boys work in carefully chosen groups based on age, interest and ability and are coached by enthusiastic, qualified and regularly trained members of staff or visiting specialists. These sessions all take place within our 70 acres of private, secluded, beautifully maintained grounds that includes many pitches, a 9-hole golf course, sports hall, gymnasium, squash courts, heated outdoor swimming pool, all-weather pitch and artificial cricket nets.
The Games programme is as follows;
Autumn term: Football, Squash, Orienteering, Tennis, Swimming, Triathlon, Golf, Judo
Spring term: Rugby, Hockey, Squash, Cross-Country, Orienteering, Golf, Judo
Summer term: Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Athletics, Softball, Golf, Judo
School teams are run from the intake year (Under 8/9) right up to the top of the school 1st teams (Under 13/14) in nearly all of the above sports and being such a small school we ensure ALL BOYS have the opportunity to represent the school at least once each year.
In all our sports, but particularly in rugby, hockey and cricket, safety is paramount and we ensure all constantly work together to minimise risk.
Martyn Foss
Director of Sport
ISI Inspection comments on Horris Hill’s Sport
‘games is a strength’
‘the pupils attainment overall in PE and games is high’
‘they perform to a high standard in a variety of sports and activities’
‘the pupils make good progress in PE and games’
‘boys have equal opportunities to represent the school and participate in all sports and activities’
‘the highest standards of sportsmanship, hospitality and good manners were evident’
‘the school implements effectively a sport-for-all policy’
‘games and PE are well resourced’
‘The school grounds are spacious and beautifully maintained. They provide extensive facilities for team sports including rugby, cricket and association football. A swimming pool, several tennis courts and a golf course, as well as considerable space for activities, support the curriculum.’
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