You currently have JavaScript turned off, for the best experience please turn JavaScript on or visit the website using a .
Arrange a personal tour of the Prep School to get a sense of what life at Yarm is really like.
Home 禄 Prep (3-11) 禄 Beyond the Classroom 禄 Sport
In this section
At Yarm Preparatory School we firmly believe that sport and physical education are a vital part of a child鈥檚 education.
The provision of our wide-reaching sports curriculum ensures that every pupil is given the opportunity to further themselves physically, mentally and socially through sport.
As well as promoting health and well-being throughout the School, sport influences other important aspects of School life.
All of the sports we offer demand a level of respect, fair play, and good sportsmanship. They have to learn to play well with and against one another, how to cope with losses and how to celebrate success with humility. We build upon these skills inside the classroom and encourage pupils to practice throughout School.
We embed communication, ambition, problem-solving and resilience into everything we do here a Yarm Preparatory School. Sport naturally teaches and develops these areas further.
Physical Education is integrated into both our curriculum and our extracurricular activities.
We teach PE lessons in form groups of mixed gender and ability. Our specialist teachers create sessions that challenge our pupils and we provide clear progression so that they remain motivated to improve their techniques and skills in every area.
Games is part of our Year 3-6 curriculum. These lessons are generally separate for girls and boys. However, sports like tennis, athletics, cricket, swimming and hockey do see some crossover.
We boast an unrivalled activities and after school clubs programme which allows us to expand on the variety of sports we offer in class. It also allows children to benefit from further coaching sessions and encourages an active lifestyle.
Every pupil from Year 3 upwards is given the opportunity to represent the School in competitive workshops and fixtures against other leading independent schools. They revel in the opportunity to pull on their sports kit and play representative games with enormous pride. These opportunities are available in Netball, Hockey, Cricket, Rounders, Rugby and Football.
For our best performers, there is also the chance to compete at regional and national tournaments on a termly basis. Currently, our pupils make it to this level every year.
As well as regular fixtures throughout the year, we also provide annual hockey and cricket tours. Towards the end of the spring term, our hockey players travel to Holland to challenge local teams, embrace cultural experiences and make new friends with similar interests. Our cricketers spend some of their summer travelling through North Yorkshire on a tour that culminates in Scarborough.
Both of these tours promote confidence and independent thinking in our pupils, as well as providing an excellent, good-fun opportunity to build on their sporting talents.
We challenge pupils in the sporting environment. However, we encourage them to always try their best and relish the many benefits and enjoyment that sport brings.
Prep · 03/05/24
Yarm Prep School has been shortlisted in the category of Independent Prep School of the Year in the 2023 Tes Schools Awards. Dubbed the 鈥極scars of education鈥, the Tes Schools...
Senior · 28/03/24
好色小姨鈥檚 U14 netball team are celebrating coming 3rd in the country at the England Netball National Schools finals. Yarm鈥檚 U14 and U16 netball teams qualified for the national finals...
Prep · 20/03/24
North East-based children鈥檚 charity, NeoAngels, has received 拢10,639 following a charity fundraising ball, organised by the Yarm Prep School Social Committee (YPSSC). The cruise-themed event, named, 鈥淭he Captain鈥檚 Ball鈥 saw...
Prep · 18/03/24
好色小姨 was delighted to welcome Louie Stowell, author of the popular children鈥檚 book series 鈥淟oki: A Bad God鈥檚 Guide to 鈥︹, who treated children from across the region to...
Sixth Form · 01/03/24
Six students from 好色小姨 have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Sara Banerjee and Kitty Brown secured offers from the University of Oxford, while four students, Reuben...
Senior · 20/02/24
好色小姨鈥檚 Under 16s girls鈥 hockey team have been crowned as national champions at the England Hockey Tier 3 National Finals. Taking place in Nottingham, the U16s faced tough competition...
14/05/24
09/05/24
01/05/24
29/04/24
04/04/24
03/04/24
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.