Prep Sport

Winners of the 'Sporting Achievement' category in this year's Independent Schools of the Year Awards!

Winners 2024 | Independent Schools of the Year

King's Ely Prep

Prep Sport 

We firmly believe that there is a sport for everyone and we aim to expose our pupils to as many sporting experiences as possible.

Watercolor of Kings Ely prep Rugby team

Kings Ely prep Rugby team

We offer a valuable experience and myriad opportunities for all to enjoy.

“Our children love sport and have been very well served by the set-up at King's. The addition of an Athletics Coach to the Sports Department has upped the ante with extra-curricular strengthening and conditioning programmes, plus more cross country and athletics competitions on offer; in which all three of our children have enjoyed participating. "
Mr & Mrs Birkwood
King's Ely Prep student playing Hockey
King's Ely Prep students playing football
King's Ely Prep students playing netball
King's Ely Prep students playing rugby
King's Ely Prep student paying tennis
Head Injury & Concussion Cover

To ensure that we are providing gold-standard care to our pupils, the school has decided to partner with Return2Play, the UK’s leading sports medicine partners for schools. Feedback from other schools and parents utilising their expertise has been overwhelmingly positive.

What do Return2Play provide?

Return2Play provide Head Injury & Concussion cover for pupils. This covers your child(ren) for12 months whether their injuries happen at school, home or elsewhere.
Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries and can affect a child’s physical, mental and emotional health as well as their academic and sporting performance. Return2Play’s cover provides benefits such as:

 

  • Unlimited access to the UK’s leading concussion doctors and experts in the event of an injury.
  • Unlimited online appointments at convenient times in midweek, evenings and weekends, so that you don’t have to miss any work, nor your child miss any school.
  • Peace of mind that your children are receiving gold-standard care.
  • No delays in returning your children to sport.

For more details on how the service works and the benefits, please see attached or visit
www.return2play.org.uk/r2pforparents
King's Ely, a private school in Cambridgeshire, winner of the 2024 Independent Schools Award for Sporting Achievement

Sports is an integral element of the curriculum at King’s Ely, where all pupils are encouraged to find try a range of different sports.

The Sports programme is developed with an inclusive approach to learning, encouraging all pupils to participate and find their match. Our team of highly qualified and enthusiastic staff ensure that every pupil receives expert tuition in a safe and caring environment, developing their skills and knowledge of a range of sports while delivering lessons which engage and challenge pupils. Pupils progress from learning to train within years 3 and 4 to training to compete from year 5 onwards.

All pupils in the Prep School have one PE lesson a week where they participate in a rotation of activities including Swimming and Athletic Development. Games is an important element of the Prep School Sports curriculum giving pupils the opportunities to work in teams developing co-operation, teamwork and communication skills.

All pupils participate in Games sessions each week, with pupils in years 5 onwards having the opportunity to be selected to represent King’s Ely in fixtures, there are also opportunities for internal sports leagues and House matches. External fixtures are played primarily on a Wednesday afternoon.

The focus of the Games activity changes each term, with different opportunities available as pupils progress through the Prep School.

Michaelmas Term

Boys: Rugby (3-8), Rowing (Year 8)

Girls: Hockey (3-8), Rowing (Year 8)
Lent Term

Boys: Football (Year 3-8), Hockey (Year 5-8), Rowing (Year 8)

Girls: Netball (Year 3-8), Football (Year 5-8), Rowing (Year 8)
Summer Term

Boys: Cricket (Year 3-8), Tennis (Year 7-8), Rowing (Year 8), Athletics (Year 7-8)

Girls: Cricket (Year 3-8), Tennis (Year 7-8), Rowing (Year 8), Athletics (Year 7-8) 

These sports are supplemented by our wide ranging PE programme, which offers athletics, basketball, cross-country, dance, gymnastics, keep fit, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

Our first-class facilities include a full-sized Astroturf with floodlights, a Sports Hall, a heated swimming pool, six Netball courts, seven Tennis courts and over 50 acres of well-maintained grass pitches.

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