The School Games

What is the school games?

The school games is a legacy programme from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, and sits at the core of the governments investment in school sport. It is made up of four levels of competition: intra-school, inter-school, county and national finals.

School games – Principles of competition

1. The young person’s motivation, competence and confidence are at the centre of the competition
2. The focus is on the process rather than the outcome (on the learning and values development of the young person rather than the results)
3. Volunteers, leaders and officials are appropriately trained and display behaviours reflective of the nature of the competition
4. The environment is safe and creates opportunities to learn and maximise social development
5. The facility and the environment that is created for the competition reflects the motivations, competence and confidence of the young people and format of the competition

School Games Competition 19/20

Competition Calendar 19/20

As well as delivering the school games contract for Southwark we run our own PESSN competitions and events. All our competitions and events are delivered to a high standard, making sure that all children attending have fun. We focus on the process rather than the outcome, making sure that all children have a certificate for taking part and further certificates for values such as respect and teamwork are given out to schools. We offer a range of sports, activity days, competitive and non-competitive to make our competition calendar inclusive for all.

Our aim is to increase school sport and physical activity participation in the borough every year.

In addition to the School Games competitions and PESSN competitions the Network also facilitates sport specific leagues in football, basketball, tag rugby, cricket & netball. These are split across the borough to ensure good geographical access for all participant schools and have remained hugely popular!