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 mission:

Keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best.

School games vision:

The school games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people.

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