Sporting at Ark Castledown
We provide every pupil with the opportunity to take part in a broad range of sports and physical activities that often go beyond the standard curriculum. The PE department runs a rich after-school timetable, often with the chance for pupils to play competitively against other schools, including at Hastings football tournament. We welcome pupils of all levels and ability; team sports are about having fun, staying fit and being part of a community.
Gold School Games
We are delighted to announce that we, Ark Castledown Primary Academy, have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year and hope to maintain it for this academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
Our sporting achievements this year include:
- Offering a wide variety of extra-curricular and after school.
- Well over half of our children participating in at least 1 after school club.
- Our KS2 children participating in a large number of different sporting competitions
- Raising engagement of activities during break and lunchtimes.
- An increased number of children participating in Sports Clubs outside of school.
- Raising the profile of Sports and Exercise at Ark Castledown.
- Some of our children competing in Sussex County Finals!
With a over 80 young people competing in local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
We look forward to applying once again in 2025 to make it our 4th Year in a row achieving the Gold Award.