Sport
Our aim is to ensure that Sport at Ibstock is accessible to all pupils through outstanding curriculum lessons, extensive co-curricular opportunities, fixtures, and House Sport events.
Regardless of each individual’s pathway, the essential skills Sport builds enhance all aspects of pupils’ development from their ability to learn to their health, relationships and overall wellbeing, reaching far beyond their school life with us.
Sporting activities take place within our spacious on-site sports facilities or in our additional partner facilities a short walk away.
PE and Games Vision
Our vision is for all pupils to feel Inspired to Progress for Success within their individual pathways.
Ibstock pupils feel inspired to flourish in sport, providing ambition to pursue enjoyment in lifelong sports participation. Pupils feel motivated to excel within individual pathways to achieve future success.
We are committed to:
- Providing inclusive opportunities - through a broad curriculum, supportive learning environment and a diverse range of sports.
- Building on confidence and resilience, without the fear of failure.
- Clear transition and equal ambition from Prep through to Sixth Form Developing an understanding of the impact of sports participation on overall health and wellbeing.
- Access to elite pathways and partnerships
- Opportunities to pursue sporting academics to aid performance and understanding
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| Senior 7 - 9: |
1x 50 min PE lesson pw - Compulsory 1x 100 min Games lesson pw - Compulsory |
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Senior 10+: |
1x 100 min Games lesson pw - Compulsory 3x 50 min GCSE theory lessons pw- Optional |
The purpose of PE lessons is to provide pupils with the opportunity to experience a broad range of sports that will enable them to continue to develop their health, fitness and fundamental understanding of sport at a foundational level. Pupils may continue their experience of these sports through co curricular offerings. Physical Education serves to support pupils in the pursuit of life long sport. Pupils will spend a minimum of 3 weeks on every listed sport.
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Major Sports Offered - Games
| Football |
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There are a number of inspirational opportunities in Football at Ibstock. By working with community partners including Chelsea FC, offering high performance coaching and international tours, we aim to offer pupils different pathways to help them achieve above and beyond their potential and instil a lifelong involvement in the game. There are extensive opportunities to play competitive football, with more than 30 football teams and all pupils able to participate in at least six competitive fixtures during the term. Ibstock tournaments are held at Barn Elms Sports Trust or local facilities including Rossyln Park and Bank of England. Our extensive fixture list includes schools such as Hampton, Bradfield, Brentwood, and Alleyns. We play in the prestigious Elgin League and enter the ISFA and ESFA Cup, enjoying tremendous success in both. We also have a number of pupils attached to professional clubs, notably Brentford and a range of players have represented the county. We put our success down to, in large part, a comprehensive football programme that provides pupils, alongside their games lessons, with the environment to practice and develop their individual and team skills. Tournaments with alumni, staff and our ‘Friday Night Lights’ Fixtures create strong bonds with pupils and provide additional opportunities for the entire school to come together and support each other. Recent tours to Barcelona, Madrid, Manchester and Rotterdam have been overwhelming successes and have contributed to driving Ibstock football to the next level. For further information please contact Head of Football, Ben Lawson. |
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Ibstock Netball aims to provide club opportunities for all to participate and engage with the sport. We hope that this encourages many pupils to gain a passion for the sport and take it into their future after school. The fixture list is varied and extensive, which enables pupils from all abilities to represent the School at netball. Our entry into National Cup competitions for U12-U18 netball, allows for those high ability pupils to be pushed beyond their comfort zone, and compete in very high standard games. Those pupils who demonstrate a high level of potential in the sport will be encouraged to join a club outside of school to further their ability, and some will be nominated for Surrey County Trials, allowing them the access to the England Netball Pathway. |
| Hockey |
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Hockey runs through the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms, with the focus building as we progress through the school year. The calendar starts in August with the pre-season training camp and culminates with key events in the Spring term, such as the incredibly popular Staff vs U18, the Stocks vs U18 and the Friday Night Lights’ U18’s fixture against Emanuel School. Once the official fixture calendar finishes, we begin the Summer Hockey League where both boys and girls can play in matches over the Summer term. Other exciting events throughout the season include the Independent Schools Hockey Cup and the County Tournaments. We are proud to have several players at Ibstock who play Hockey at County level, in the Surrey and Middlesex teams. We run a High Performance Centre at lunch times on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday where we provide specialist coaching for the most talented players. We also regularly invite top coaches, who have competed at international level, to run sessions and we have been lucky enough to learn from Laura Unsworth and Crista Cullen - both Gold Medallists in the 2016 Olympic Games. A wide variety of clubs provide specialist training for those looking to work on a particular position or skill and as well as providing top coaching, we organise international tours where players are trained by, and play against, top opposition. In addition to tours, pupils enjoy trips to watch international hockey throughout the year. We are particularly proud of our brand new, long term, project with Spencer Lynx Hockey Club and two local primary schools. This new Hockey club is open to pupils who have little opportunity to play sport or engage in physical activity. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Bennett. |
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All pupils are encouraged to play Rugby, regardless of ability, with everyone having the opportunity to play in competitive fixtures. We deliver an inspirational and skill-based Rugby program, which is consistently focused on developing every pupil as an individual. Pupils enjoy coaching every week from Rosslyn Park and Harlequins. With a clear progression plan from the Lower School to the 1st XV, pupils take part in a range of team practices, strength and conditioning sessions and skills clinics from these external coaches. The fixture card challenges pupils to face local and national teams and we have A, B and C teams across all age groups. Pupils play Rugby from January-April as part of their games lessons with weekly fixtures on offer which can be found on our SOCs website. The Senior team also play fixtures in the winter term. Pupils are encouraged to attend their weekly club session as this is another opportunity to sharpen their rugby skills and improve performance. We aim to install a playing philosophy where pupils work hard for each other and build leadership and personal skills they can take forward in their future lives. Coaching is focused on creating a team environment where players can hone their skills, have confidence in their decision making, recognise the importance of working toward a team goal and, most importantly, enjoy the game. If you have any enquiries, please contact Mr Sam Tiffin. |
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Cricket is the major game at Ibstock throughout the summer. It is offered – in age and ability appropriate forms - to all our pupils and played by boys and girls of all abilities from Prep 3 to Upper Sixth Form. ClubsThriving clubs run from January, with our pre-season and co-curricular clubs begin during the Spring Term. Our summer programme includes a busy schedule of clubs which run alongside lessons, and a packed fixtures calendar where A team players are expected to make themselves available on Saturday’s. SuccessWe have a number of aspiring players representing local adult teams across the Surrey leagues and are proud to offer scholarships to some of our elite performers. We have several pupils who are often put forward for county trials at both Surrey CCC and Middlesex CCC, representing boys’ and girls’ teams across different age groups. |
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Athletics forms a key part of the PE curriculum during the Summer term. Pupils participate in all athletic events and those that wish to further their athletic performance can also train in after school clubs. Our extensive fields convert into a 200m track with additional track space for hurdles and sprints, along with all throwing and jumping events. Pupils compete in many intra-school competitions and we also host our own annual athletics competition as well as our Inter House Track and Field Championships on the all-weather track at Barn Elms. At Borough level both our boys’ and girls’ teams always finish within the top three schools and each year large numbers of our competing athletes secure medals in individual events. We regularly have pupils competing in the London schools Championships and often have London Schools County Champions in a variety of events. Cross Country takes place during the Autumn and Spring Terms. All pupils take part in our Inter House Cross Country where we take full advantage of our proximity to Richmond Park. It also provides the perfect location for Cross Country Club. Pupils compete in Wandsworth Borough Cross Country Championships and those that excel represent Wandsworth at the London Schools Cross Country Championships. Our elite performers go on to compete for London in the English Schools Cross Country Championships. In addition, we compete in the ESAA Cross Country Cup competition. |
Additional Sports
The following sports are also offered through Curricular and Co-Curricular opportunities.
Sports on offer differ by Year group.
| Football | American Football | Badminton | Tennis |
| Basketball | Gaelic Football | Table Tennis | Swimming |
| Handball | Tchoukball | Rock Clumbing / OAA | Boxing |
| Lacrosse | Rounders | Dance | Fitness |
| Rowing | Archery | Canoeing | Judo |
| Ultimate Frisbee | Volleyball | Gymnastics |
Water Polo |
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Aquatics - Swimming and Waterpolo |
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Swimming Water Polo |
| Girls Football |
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Girls’ football is going from strength to strength. Miss Graham passion and commitment is instrumental in the development and success of girls’ football. All year groups heavily populate training sessions once a week with Chelsea FC and participate in competitive fixtures in the autumn and spring term. Winning the ISFA U15 shield last year was a fantastic achievement and only the second national football title. We look forward to the development of football throughout the course of the year and beyond.
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| Strenght and Conditioning |
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Much thought has been given to ensuring effective use of the S&C Suite since it opened its doors in September 2024. It has enhanced the quality of our S&C module in core PE where all pupils in Senior 7 – 9 will access the S&C Suite and develop their fundamental movement patterns. |
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Basketball has just completed its inaugural year at Ibstock with much success. As basketball evolves through its infancy, we look forward to providing more competitive opportunities this year. Basketball at Ibstock is supported by coaches from Richmond Knights Basketball, thus enabling us to facilitate four clubs across the week throughout the Autumn and Spring Term. At a competitive level, all pupils have the opportunity to represent the School in a number of friendly fixtures and, this year, we have entered a cup in each age group for the first time. |
Games
All games sessions also allow pupils to be able to experience sports specific Strength and Conditioning at some point throughout the course of the academic year. See strength and conditioning page for more details.
All pupils will also experience Rowing within their games lessons.
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| Girls | Netball | Hockey | Cricket |
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Boys |
Football | Rugby |
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From senior 10 pupils are provided with termly choice options for games. All options are available for both boys and girls. Sports include:
PE Option (rotation of a variety of sports every 3 weeks, example sports include: Skateboarding, Fencing, Rock Climbing, Yoga and Strength & Conditioning) Cricket, Athletics & Aquatics are offered in the summer term. |
GCSE Physical Education
In Senior 10, pupils can opt to take GCSE PE. Pupils follow the AQA syllabus.
GCSE PE is divided into two sections:
60% Theory and 40% Non Examined Assessment (practical performance).
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The theory paper is divided into two papers: Paper 1 covers topics such as Anatomy and Physiology( skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems), Movement Analysis, Physical Training (types of training and fitness testing) Paper 2 covers topics such as Sports Psychology, Socio-Cultural influences, Commercialisation, Ethical Issues (drugs in sport, hooliganism), Health and Fitness Each paper is examined in two separate 1 hour 15minute examinations. |
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Pupils are assessed in 3 activities; 1 x must be an individual sport, 1 x must be a team sport and the 3rd activity can be either another team or another individual sport. The range of sports are as follows: Football, *Badminton, Basketball, Cricket,* Dance, Hockey, Lacrosse, Netball, *Rowing, Rugby League/ Rugby Union, sailing, *Squash,* Table Tennis, *Tennis, Volleyball, water polo Boxing, Athletics, *Badminton, *Tennis, *Table Tennis, Canoeing, Cycling, Dance, Platform Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Equestrian, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, *Sculling, *sailing, *Skiing, *Snowboarding, *Squash, Swimming, Trampolining In addition, pupils must complete a written Analysis and Evaluation task where pupils analyse their own performance identifying their strengths and weaknesses of both skills and fitness components. They then need to evaluate and planning on how to improve their weakness’s using topics they have covered within the theory part of the course. |
Our Five Values
Co-Curricular & Fixtures
In addition to the Curriculum programme, a wealth of opportunity exists for pupils to participate in co-curricular activities and inter-house sports.
With a regularly updated co-curricular timetable and an ever-increasing range of different and unusual sports to participate in, it provides yet another way to make Sport accessible to pupils of all abilities. We also play competitively with Schools across the borough and beyond, with a range of weekday and weekend fixtures.
Facilities
Alongside our onsite facilities, Ibstock also uses the following as additional spaces for games: The Bank of England, Rosslyn Park, Barn Elms Sports Trust, Richmond Park and Barn Elms Community.
Partnerships
We are proud to be official partners with Harlequins and Chelsea FC.
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Sporting Excellence Programme
At Ibstock we set high standards and expectations for pupils who demonstrate talent within one or more sports.
We offer a limited number of scholarship places for our most elite performers who will play at a minimum of county standard within one of our respective sports.
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Award holders will benefit from the following provision over the course of their time at the School:
Scholars are entitled to an allocated percentage of fee remittances. In addition, our Sporting Excellence Programme is open to those without a scholarship who demonstrate real excellence across a variety of sports. Our Sporting Excellence Programme has an unlimited number of positions and those enrolled are entitled to all the above scholar perks with the exception of fee remission. |
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