Sport at Scarisbrick Hall School

Sport plays a large part of everyday life at Scarisbrick Hall School. Within the curriculum time the girls play netball, hockey, rounders, badminton and volleyball, plus they also have regular swimming lessons, take part in cross country running and athletics and sail on the lake in the summer months. Our lessons are fully mixed ability with the more able children helping those who find sport difficult, re-enforcing their own learning through guiding others.

Boys play football, rugby, cricket, tennis and basketball.  Athletics and cross-country also take place in the spring and summer terms.  We travel to make use of local facilities such as Burscough Sports Centre, Halsall Memorial Playing Fields for cricket and Park Pool for swimming lessons.

Extra curricular time allows us to play competitive sport against other local schools and periodically we also compete within the ISA group, travelling within Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire for tournaments and matches.

Our ethos is for all children to develop an enjoyment of sport and to appreciate the value of a healthy active lifestyle. Beyond this we like all children to have the chance to play competitive sport and to that end we aim to allow everyone to be part of the school teams at some stage. Beyond this we do try to allow those with sporting prowess to develop their skills and reap the rewards of their hard work. We recognise those with outstanding ability and talent through the presentation of school awards and certificates. We also direct our most able students to outside clubs and organisations who can further develop their talent.