We are delighted to have been ranked 4th girls’ school for sport in the country, and 26th overall, in the School Sport Magazine’s top 200 sporting schools of 2024. We are also the top school overall for sport in Oxfordshire and Abingdon.
This news follows our recent ranking as the top girls’ school in Oxfordshire by The Times Parent Power for the fourth consecutive year.
Director of PE and Sport Charlotte Barras commented: “It has been brilliant to be included in the top 200 sports schools consistently over the last few years and display the incredible talent, hard work and dedication of our students in a multitude of sports. The breadth and depth of activity is paramount to the success, from netball and lacrosse to football, cricket and tennis. We focus on movement through athletic development from Year 5 through to Sixth Form, underpinned by a plethora of clubs, activities and competitive events that enhance students’ experience of activity.
Increasing numbers of GCSE PE and A Level PE students undertaking this area of study and the provision of compulsory PE revolves around the choice of varying activity pathways. Strength and conditioning to alternative activities such as dance, yoga and bounce as well as team games and individual sports. Sixth Form continues to compete at the highest level in fixtures and during core PE have recreational choices such as golf, dance, yoga, spinning, climbing, and trampolining as well as traditional sports such as tennis, netball, basketball and badminton to prepare them for continuing healthy lifestyles when they leave school.”
Recent top sporting achievements for the HelKats have included our 1XI football team being runners-up in the ISFA trophy final, our U15s winning the county cup and several other age groups reaching the final, our tennis team reaching the regional knockouts in the U15 LTA school competition for the first time, and all three netball age groups moving through to the English schools regionals rounds.
We have also recently been included in The Cricketer Magazine Schools Guide’s top 20 girls’ schools for cricket in the UK for the second year running.