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Fencing gold medal a family affair

The Commonwealth Fencing Championships saw a former Brentwood pupil following in his older bro...

Small school wins big

A small independent prep school in Derby is celebrating its most successful football season to...

Sports scholars meet medal winner

Cheadle Hulme School sports scholars gained a taste of life as an elite athlete when they met ...

Family’s hockey tradition continues

A year 13 pupil from Wellington School looks set to follow his three brothers to national hock...

Champion gymnast visits Badminton

Olympic medal winner Beth Tweddle inspires girls at Badminton School with PE lesson and talks ...

Wellington girl represents GB Fencing

Jade Clarke, a Sixth Former, at Wellington School has been selected to represent the Great Bri...

Primary pupils denied life-saving skill

National governing body the Amateur Swimming Association is calling for greater priority for s...

Triple lacrosse win for St Swithun's

St Swithun'€™s School hosted the South West Rally lacrosse tournament and enjoyed significant ...

National recognition for first XV

After a successful start to the season, Rugby World magazine has made Stamford School's first ...

National aquatics award for diver

Plymouth College’s Victoria Vincent has been honoured with an outstanding achievement award ...

Farnborough Hill plans astro-turf

Farnborough Hill school has secured planning permission for the creation of a floodlit all-wea...

Stepnell to build sports pavilion

Summer Fields has selected construction specialist Stepnell for a £2.6 million contract to bui...

Triple lacrosse win for St Swithun’s

St Swithun’s School hosted the South West Rally lacrosse tournament and enjoyed significant ...

Ex-county player pads up at Loretto

Loretto School has appointed John Blain, former Yorks, Northants and Scotland cricketer, to de...

A Jolie day for Dauntsey'€™s

Pupils at Dauntsey'€™s School are celebrating the School's Tall Ship, Jolie Brise, winning the...

Once more unto the beach

A unique sport played only at Rossall School was the focus of exhibition match designed to enc...

Junior Champion wins silver for GB

Helice Shooting Junior Champion, Charles Pomfret from Buckswood school, has returned to Sussex...

Loretto youth champion

Seventeen-year-old Michael Hirmer, Loretto Golf Academy'€™s captain of golf, has become the Ge...

What Katie did next

Farlington School'€™s endurance rider, Katie Bedwin, came second recently at the Welsh Champi...

Culford pupil’s hockey success

Sixteen-year-old Lucy Holder, Culford School's England hockey star, secures Under 18 Futures C...

Wellington teacher shoots to the top

New teacher at Wellington School returns from captaining the Great Britain Rifle Team to succe...

St Swithun'€™s ski success

St Swithun'€™s Junior School ski teams win at the British Independent Schools Ski Racing Champ...

Schools gather for McLaren Tournament

Inaugural Bill McLaren Foundation and Loretto School under 10 rugby tournament hailed a resoun...

Quest to find Ryder Cup star

St James’ School, Grimsby, and the Manor Golf Club, Laceby, launch golf academy to find next...

Loretto attracts record golf entries

Loretto Golf Academy'€™s Junior Championship secures its place as the UK's biggest schools and...

Team GB for young rider Gemma

Eleven-year-old Queen's School pupil, Gemma Owen, has been selected for The Team GB Prime Dres...

Strokes ahead at Lady Eleanor

Sophie Fussell, from The Lady Eleanor Holles School, becomes the fastest 12-year-old breaststr...

Bristol Uni aims for top rowing spot

The newly completed £1.2m boathouse for the University of Bristol was officially opened by Oly...

Warriors launch Junior Academy Centre

Worcester Warriors have launched the first of six Junior Academy Centres at KES as the club lo...

Back to the future

Oundle School girls' hockey club are jumping for joy after returning from a globe-straddling s...

School hosts international rugby stars

Haileybury School has been confirmed as an official team base for the Rugby World Cup 2015 nex...

Scrum down in southern Africa

A rugby match against Swaziland was one of the highlights of two pre-season sports tours to So...

Edwin Doran teams up with Raging Bull

Raging Bull Sportswear has secured a new contract to supply its clothing range to school tour ...

New school sports mag out now!

The autumn edition of Independent School Sport magazine is now available to download for free,...

European medals for Prep pupil

Plymouth College Prep School'€™s Oliver Smart returns from European Biathle Championships and ...

Sports Facility Show heads to Scotland

Organised by The Sports and Play Construction Association, the show will benefit from key spea...

Running start

Baroness Campbell of Loughborough argues for the crucial importance of quality early-years phy...

Going for gold

Can day schools attain the same levels of sporting excellence as their boarding peers? Damon J...

To the next level

As a new sporting year begins, Tom Herbert examines the trends, techniques and technologies dr...

Hurdling ahead

Kicking off a regular series of interviews with famous sporting alumni, we talk to the Olympic...