England Athletics and the English Schools' AA are pleased to be working in partnership as part of a four year deal that will ensure the continuation and development of the English Schools AA competition leading up to 2012. For details of the original announcement please click here.

Athletics in schools

England Athletics is working with two key partner organisations to pull together a single competition framework for athletics in schools that can also be used in our community clubs.  The programmes have seen over 60000 young people involved in short format athletic competition in 2009 alone. In 2010 there are plans for nearly 200 events nationwide in both formats involving schools in England.

Sportshall Athletics and QuadKids are two modified competition formats that offer youngsters the first taste of an athletic experience in their formative years. Both formats complement each other in that they can be deployed in the indoor, Autumn/Winter and early Spring period (Sportshall) and outdoor during late Spring and Summer (QuadKids) months.

Since 2008, England Athletics have been working in partnership with both organisations and  the formats have been embraced by schools and clubs who want to provide young children with an all embracing, dynamic, fun and skill based run, jump and throwing experience. The quality of experience a young person receives in both the school and club environment is crucial to retaining them in the sport. Therefore we must continue to encourage young children to retain the multi skill approach between Key Stages 1-4.

Sportshall and QuadKids offer both schools and clubs with this option of providing inter and intra club and school competition locally via festivals, leagues or cluster events. Both formats can be deployed by clubs and schools as part of extra curricular and community activity sessions, providing a competitive outlet through which skills can be deployed.

You can download "Athletics Competition for Young People" (download here) an information leaflet for teachers, leaders and coaches which covers all our programmes for school age children.

Schools' athletics framework

Our competition framework for schools athletics in England was endorsed by DCMS in Summer 2009.  To see the framework for athletics in schools, including which skills, activities and competition formats are relevant for each Key Stage please download the document England Athletics - Framework for Athletics in Schools here.  England Athletics presented its schools athletics competition framework to the National Competition Manager Network in December 2008 but you may find it useful to read through the slides from the presentation for further information. 

Schools' Super 8

 

 

 

 

 

A new 8 event bridging competition format called Super 8 was piloted in 2009 with great success. Delivered outdoors, the team-based run, jump, throw format is fast and furious and is considered a “bridging event” as it transcends both Quadkids (four events) and the more formal “traditional” longer athletics format.  Read more
 

 

 

 

 

Sportshall is an activity that can bring together young people across the globe in energetic competition and lasting friendship.

 

To go to the Sportshall website, click here!