Ramsbury Primary received the title of top performing school in sport in Wiltshire and Swindon at the end of the 2018 summer term. They were presented with a trophy by Steve Boocock, CEO of Wiltshire and Swindon sport. This was swiftly followed by the accolade of gaining the National School Games Platinum Award.
During the school year 2017/18 more than 55 children from Ramsbury represented the school at the Wiltshire School Games and Winter Games. Overall they participated in nineteen different sporting competitions including: football, tennis, hockey, netball, tag rugby, cricket, boccia, curling, swimming, orienteering, tri-golf and quad kids (athletics).
The Platinum Award is part of the School Games Mark, a government led awards scheme launched in 2012 and run by the Youth Sport Trust. Its aim is to reward schools for a commitment to the development of competition across schools and into the community. Only schools who have previously gained five successive Gold Awards are eligible.
Criteria for achieving this highest award include: a large percentage of children participating in sport and leadership activities, a variety of sports’ competitions, the number of different sports played, and links with local clubs and organisations. The school is also required to target those previously identified as the school’s least active pupils.
Kirsty Miles, who provides full-time PE teaching at Ramsbury, said, “I am absolutely delighted with both awards, which reinforce our philosophy at Ramsbury of involving as many children as possible in as many activities as possible and working together to be the best that we can be.”
