We are delighted to announce that we, Belmont Community Primary School, have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

Our physical activity and school sport achievements this year include:

• 106 children attended a sport extra-curricular club
• 60 children represented the school in sport
• We offered 13 different sporting extra-curricular clubs
• Attended 11 different inter-school competitions and festivals
• Organised 12 different intra-school competitions and sports day
• Playground leaders helped to increase physical activity at lunchtimes
• Young Ambassadors were amazing role models and raised the profile of PE and sport
• Children had the opportunity to try new sports
• Advertising active opportunities to parents, including new sports teams and clubs
• 2 hours of PE a week

We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible. We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community. We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer.

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfill criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.

A special thanks to: Inspire+, Terry Plumb, the GetSet4PE team.

We look forward to applying once again in 2023!

Mr Togher