Our students enjoy success in the Independent Schools Association competitions, with some of our Advanced Performer Programme members going on to the highest levels in their sports. We foster and celebrate these achievements, while ensuring that every student can enjoy being active, competing and developing their skills. Keen athletes can keep themselves active and play sports every day of the week, from our early swim and cardio classes at 6.30am through to games training under the floodlights in the evening.
Our All Weather Pitch was resurfaced in February 2024 with a brand new carpet and state of the art LED lighting. These facilities complement our 25 meter indoor heated swimming pool, three full size football pitches, a beautiful cricket oval, 22 tennis courts, eight netball courts, a strength and conditioning suite and a cardiovascular fitness suite.
We play more than 30 sports at Leighton Park, with Football, Hockey and Netball being our focus sports.
Our elite athletes benefit from a programme of support run by our Head of Athletic Development. This includes bespoke strength and conditioning programmes in our state of the art strength and conditioning centre, as well as additional sports psychology, diet and nutrition support, trips to some of the top facilities in the country and inspirational talks from leading athletes and outside speakers. Sports Scholars benefit from our partnership with Go Perform, who give medical support physiotherapy and training on avoiding injuries.
We run fixtures with multiple teams at each age group. Teams and individuals compete in a wide range of county, regional and national fixtures every year. As a result, many of our top athletes are often selected for county, regional and national teams.
The most popular boys’ sports are Football, Rugby, Athletics and Cricket, while the most popular girls’ sports are Netball, Hockey, Tennis and Swimming. Our focus sports as a school are Football, Hockey and Netball.
Leighton Park School is the first senior school in the UK to partner with #HerGameToo with a shared dedication to the promoting girls in sport.
Like #HerGameToo, Leighton Park strives to encourage participation in girls’ football and sport more widely. Joining forces with Her Game Too cements the school’s focus on development of young female footballers and athletes in an environment free from bias.
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We offer about 30 different sports and active clubs each term. There is something for everyone at Leighton Park, whether that’s football skills training with Chelsea FC coaches, Judo with an Olympian, joining our Dance Company Loop, rock climbing, water sports, swimming or yoga to name a few.
In Physical Education, we place a lot of emphasis on students learning to move properly. This includes physical literacy and movement competency and overall fitness and health from both a physical and mental standpoint. Every student from Year 7 to Year 10 gets a data tracker to assess their progress in sport as well as giving them insights into the links with their mental health and happiness. The link between moving your body and how you feel is really important. Click the image to find out more about our GCSE programme.
It has been a busy week in sport for our students competing in a wide variety of competitive fixtures between Saturday 14th and Friday 20th March. Top cross-country athlete, Isla … Read More +
Congratulations to our U15 Girls’ Hockey Team and U16 Boys’ Hockey Team, who have both been crowned as the Berkshire County Champions. Both teams remained undefeated throughout the entire tournament, … Read More +
On March 5th, we welcomed four local primary schools, Redlands, Whitley Park, Katesgrove and The Palmer Academy, to take part in the KS2 Festival of Sport – Hockey Tournament on … Read More +
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