Girls’ Prep Sport

Physical Education & Games at the Girls’ Prep

Our vision for Physical Education at Surbiton High Girls’ Prep is to provide pupils with the foundations for lifelong engagement in physical activity, fostering positive and healthy lifestyle choices from an early age. We aim to inspire enthusiasm and motivation for movement, while ensuring that every pupil feels valued, included, and has a strong sense of belonging within Physical Education and school sport. Through a balanced range of participatory and competitive experiences, we seek to develop confidence, enjoyment, and a lasting connection to physical activity within the wider School community.

Games Sessions

For our Games sessions, the girls benefit from the outstanding facilities at Hinchley Wood Sports Ground and Surbiton Hockey Club, in addition to onsite lessons delivered in Runcie Hall. Our off-site swimming lessons are conducted at Hurst Pool.

Pupils in the Girls’ Prep begin playing competitive fixtures in Year 3, which allows the girls to develop fundamental skills under pressure and game sense in the core sports (cricket, football, hockey and netball). We participate in a range of competitions, including the Kingston Borough competitions and IAPS, which encompass a wide range of sports, and opportunities to work alongside pupils from the Boys’ Prep in mixed events.

We play regular hockey fixtures in the Autumn Term, netball and hockey fixtures in the Spring Term and cricket fixtures in the Summer Term. More information below.

Game Awareness in Invasion Games

Pupils are introduced to the concepts of attacking and defending from Year 2 through themed lessons that support strategic, tactical and skill development across cricket, football, hockey and netball. Pupils learn to identify and understand the similarities and differences between how to play and compete in sports.

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Girls' Prep Physical Education Programme

Key Stage 1

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Reception	Fundamentals	Skipping & Agility	Athletics
	Gymnastics	Dance	Striking and fielding
	Catching and throwing	Dribbling (football and hockey)	Throwing and catching
	Catching and throwing	Winning and losing	Throwing and catching
Year 1	Fundamentals	Skipping & Agility	Athletics
	Gymnastics	Dance	Athletics
	Catching and throwing	Dribbling (football and hockey)	Striking and fielding
	Swimming	Attacking and defending	Throwing and catching
	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming
Year 2	Football	Netball	Dance
Year 2	Hockey	Gymnastics	Cricket

Key Stage 2

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 3	Team Building	Dance	Cricket
Year 3	Health and Fitness	Gymnastics	Game Awareness
Year 4	Team Building	Dance	Cricket
Year 4	Game awareness	Dance	Gymnastics
Year 5	Gymnastics	Sports Leaders	Dance
Year 6	Health	Gymnastics	Dance

Year 2 Games Programme

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 2 Games	Football and Hockey	Netball and Tennis	Athletics and Cricket

Key Stage 2 Games Programme

Pupils represent the School in Games afternoon fixtures in Hockey, Netball, Football and Cricket.
We enter Borough competitions, tournaments, festivals and events, as well as competing in IAPS events.
Our pupils can compete for the School in Cross Country events throughout the year.
The curriculum hockey and netball programmes run for 8 to 9 weeks each, and the football runs over a 6-week period.
The athletics curriculum develops fundamental skills and prepares them for the annual sports day, and cricket runs over a course of 6 – 8 weeks.

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 3 Games	Hockey and Netball	Netball and Football	Athletics and Cricket
Year 4 Games
Year 5 Games
Year 6 Games

House Events

We host a sporting House event each term where the girls have an opportunity to play alongside their peers from within their Houses. In the Autumn Term, the girls participate in House Hockey, and in the Spring Term, they participate in the House Netball and Football competition. Parents are warmly encouraged to attend and support their daughters, who always rise to the challenge in these highly competitive events.

Sports Day

Every year, we host a Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Sports Day.

Key Stage 1 pupils take part in stationed activities on a carousel, comprising agility, bouncing, jumping, running and throwing. This event is held at Hinchley Wood with the Boys’ Preparatory School.

Key Stage 2 pupils are part of a more disciplined event, comprising track and field events. This culminates in the ever-popular sprint finals and house relays. The event is held at the impressive Weir Archer Athletics Stadium.

Co-Curricular Sports Clubs

We run a range of PE and Sports clubs across KS1 and KS2, from Strength n’ Stretch to Running Club and Shooting Stars. Pupils also have the opportunity to try New Age Kurling and Tag Rugby to compete in the Borough Competition annually.

Gymnastics, Football, Hockey, and Netball are well attended, giving our pupils the chance to try a range of sports, alongside offsite Skiing.

Achievements

U11 National finalists in Football and Hockey.
U11 Silver medallists in the Hockey National Finals.
U11 ISGA 2-Piece Premier National Champions (Gymnastics)
Winners of the Surrey Schools Ski Championships in the Upper and Overall Primary Mixed categories.
Silver medallists in the Gymnastics London Schools Novice Competition.
U11 Borough Cross Country winners and U10 silver medallists.

School Games Platinum Mark Award 2024/2025

We are delighted to announce that Surbiton High Boys’ Prep & Girls’ Prep have achieved the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2024/25 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 developing competition within their school and the community. We are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

Our Sports Scholarship programme offers clear, structured support from Year 5 to Year 6, with guidance starting in Year 4.

Year 4: Early guidance for families through our Sports Scholarship Information Evening.
Year 5: Summer strength and conditioning sessions, plus individual meetings for pupils considering or recommended for application. Parents’ Evening provides an additional checkpoint.
Year 6: Focused preparation through small‑group mentoring in PE, early‑morning S&C, and access to selected Year 7 co‑curricular sessions ahead of assessment.

Throughout the process, pupils benefit from specialist coaching within Games lessons and co‑curricular sport to ensure they are fully prepared for scholarship assessment.

For our Games sessions, the girls benefit from the outstanding facilities at Hinchley Wood Sports Ground, in addition to onsite lessons delivered in Runcie Hall. Our offsite swimming lessons are conducted at Hurst Pool.