Sports College
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Great Baddow Sports College is currently one of the country's most successful co-educational secondary schools in sporting achievement. The physical education faculty offers expert support to the very highest level, training students to represent England. School teams regularly appear in national finals. |
What is a Specialist College?
- A centre of excellence in the region, providing excellent facilities and opportunities for the pupils and staff that best suit their needs.
- It raises the standard of teaching and learning and sets high, challenging targets for it’s staff and pupils to achieve.
- The college builds on the school’s strengths and achieves a distinctive identity through its chosen specialism.
- The Sports College benefits other schools in the area by sharing the expertise and facilities at its disposal.
- A Sports College is part of the Government Specialist Schools Programme which develops specialist schools in areas such as sport, technology, arts and modern foreign languages. These subjects are growing all the time and now include mathematics and music.
Why did Great Baddow High School want to become a Specialist College?
Great Baddow is constantly seeking ways to improve – Sports College status represents a fantastic opportunity to improve and excel.
We want the best for our pupils within the school – this is an opportunity to provide the best facilities and opportunities for those pupils.
Sports College status provides Great Baddow with the opportunity to improve links with other schools and clubs in the area/region.
How does it benefit children at the school?
The funding available enables the college to provide significantly more resources and opportunities in a range of different areas that otherwise we may not be able to provide:
- Encourage all students to take GCSE in sport and PE
- A wide range of increased facilities to experiment with different sports
- More expertise in different/specialist areas/sports
- More staff available to coach
- Increased connection with the community and clubs
- Greater opportunities (Junior Sports Leadership courses, BTEC Sport, etc.
Partner Schools
The Sports College has many links with sports clubs and other schools within the Chelmsford community. These links have been developed over a number of years, and have been especially important to the school since achieving Sports College Status.
Follow the Sports Links entry on the Sports College menu to find a number of links and contact details to many of these highly valued connections:
Sponsors
The following companies provided invaluable funding towards our SPORTS COLLEGE bid:
Fargo Coachlines
Essex Direct Services
Manor Fencing
D J Alderton and Associates
M.I.T Corperation
U-Solutions Limited
Helix Garage Limited
Thank you.
