SPORT
Winning mentality: Sport at Senior School
King’s College Taunton is a sporting powerhouse, renowned across the South West for its outstanding facilities and results.
That’s why we believe in sport as pivotal to the all-round development of our pupils.
Alongside providing engagement, responsibility and enjoyment, sport aims to actively enable young people to take on a variety of challenges that help build confidence, take leadership roles and enable them to work as part of a team.
Of course, we’re a hugely successful sporting school that achieves national titles and competes with the UK’s top sporting schools. But our sports provision is so much bigger than cup wins and performances – it provides the opportunity for all pupils to thrive, to improve and to find their own individual love of sports.
Our sport is built on the ideals of a healthy and balanced lifestyle, respect, discipline and a sense of sporting integrity. Everyone has something to contribute – simply by taking advantage of our vast array of sporting opportunities.
OUR CURRICULUM
We have developed a structure we believe caters for everyone. The sport programme is tailored towards the needs and requirements of our individual pupils; built on high quality coaching across all sports, superb unrivalled facilities and a timetable that allows every pupil to improve and develop.
We have three sports programme units:
- Engagement and Development
- Performance
- High Performance
SPORTS PROGRAMMES
We pride ourselves on a sports programme that allows every pupil to engage in a variety of sports throughout the year. This not only promotes a positive, active and healthy lifestyle, but also encourages vital social skills that play a big part in our pupils’ overall development. Furthermore, our coaching, facilities and fixtures provide a wonderful opportunity for all pupils to improve their sports skills.
A majority of our pupils go on to represent universities and clubs when they leave and this is a crucial driving factor within the Engagement and Development unit of the programme. This unit normally provides two to three training sessions per week and access to weekly sports fixtures, should pupils wish to play competitively.
Designed for those who want to take their sport more seriously and put in extra hours outside of the main games programme, pupils gain access to optional early morning or lunchtime strength and conditioning (S&C) sessions and out-of-season training. These sessions are open to all pupils, regardless of their ability.
We pride ourselves on developing pupils who are looking to achieve the next level of performance to gain selection to county, regional or even national level programmes. Our specialist and highly qualified sports staff provide pupils with the support needed outside of the normal school day.
This is a reflection of the success of our coaches and sports department, where many pupils have gained selection onto academies, performance programmes and regional or national teams.
Due to the demands, pupils who fall into this category require additional support from our qualified staff. Each High Performance pupil benefits from a sports mentor to oversee their time management and create a system with a healthy balance between academic work and training. Each athlete also has access to their own individual S&C coach who develops a designed programme.
SPORT AT KING’S
