Oundle School
"Sports activities help pupils to develop teamwork, self-confidence, resilience and perseverance, as well as a variety of sport-specific skills."
Independent Schools Inspectorate, May 2025

Our approach

Sport is an essential part of our curriculum. We pride ourselves on ensuring that all children have the opportunity to achieve their best in a variety of competitive sports as well as to become physically confident in a way that supports a healthy and active lifestyle. Through a variety of sports we ensure each opportunity:

Builds Confidence, Resilience and Character

Develops Teamwork, Leadership, Decision Making and Tactical Understanding

Promotes Physical and Mental Wellbeing

Encourages lifelong fitness habits and participation in sport

We aim for all our children to:

Develop a lasting love of sport.

Have the opportunity to learn play and complete in all sports.

Receive the right challenge and support in lesson, clubs and fixtures.

Are well-prepared for the sport offered at their senior school.

Are competitive at the highest level.

We have our own talented teaching staff of sports specialists who work with all our children from all year groups. We are also fortunate in being part of Oundle School and therefore having access to numerous sports professionals and coaches who take a keen interest in the sporting development of our pupils.
Claire Henderson, Assistant Head Co-Curricular

Opportunities

Curriculum PE

  • All children (from Reception to Year 6)  have weekly PE lessons which focus on skills progression in fundamental movement, dance, gymnastics and athletics
  • All children (from Reception to Year 6)  have weekly swimming lessons in Oundle School’s flagship pool, where they work through key swimming stages

Games lessons

  • From Year 3 to Year 6, children have weekly Games lessons, learning the tactical, physical and technical skills of a specific sport
  • Michaelmas Term – Boys play rugby, Girls play hockey
  • Lent Term – Boys play hockey, Girls play netball
  • Summer Term – Boys and Girls play cricket and do athletics

Competitive Sport

  • From Year 4 to Year 6, children compete against other schools in weekly fixtures.
  • Matches are either at home (either at Laxton Junior School or Oundle School) or we travel by minibus away to other local schools.
  • Our most able players in the school are selected for IAPS competitions across Football, Swimming, Cricket, Netball, Rugby and Hockey
  • Each term, children will compete for their House in the sport of the term.

Clubs

  • Children have the opportunity to attend after school sports clubs or whole day holiday clubs which provide opportunities in the following sports:
Basketball Multisports Cross Country Climbing Cheerleading
Gymnastics Football Karate Tennis Canoeing
Yoga Rugby Cricket Netball Hockey
Rounders Dancing Archery Waterpolo Athletics
Mini Runners Swimming

Oundle School Sports Centre

We also have access to Oundle’s extensive sporting facilities at the heart of which is a brand-new Sports Centre housing a fifty-metre divisible swimming pool with a moveable floor, an eight-court hall offering adaptable playing space for a range of sports, a separate fitness suite with seventy stations, a dedicated dance studio, three further multipurpose studios.

During term time, our pupils have allocated exclusive access to the Sports Centre and all associated courts and pitches. In addition, every pupil receives free annual membership to the Sports Centre for as long as they are part of LJS or Oundle School.

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