Gledhow Primary School

Physical Education and Sport are central to the ethos at Gledhow. A fit and healthy child playing sport learns to compete and challenge themselves against others and against their personal best. Team sport encourages children to play together and strive to be the best. If we do our job well, then they also learn to accept defeat as an inevitable outcome of trying to win. These are core life skills in our view. We also challenge those with talent to seek out clubs and teams in which they can further their skills. Many of our children enter local and national competitions and go on to play at a high level.

Although PE is a curricular subject in its own right and is a part of our programme of study, we also encourage physical activity in many areas of school life. In EYFS physical skills are practised and developed as part of outdoor learning through obstacle courses, climbing trees and moving and carrying. We encourage and develop sports leaders from KS2 to help facilitate team games and activities during playtimes and lunchtimes. Many KS2 classes take part in the daily mile where we use our extensive grounds to allow children, in a manner in which they choose, to complete a mile circuit on a regular basis during the week. 

We foster and encourage links with other local schools, teams and organisations to develop opportunities for our pupils to engage in competitive sport. We run a comprehensive Enrichment provision with over 120 pupils benefitting from additional coaching, including support from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation.