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St Swithun's Ranked as One of the Best Sporting Schools in the Country |
St Swithun’s School in Winchester is celebrating its remarkable sporting achievements after being ranked as the top girls’ boarding school for sport in the recent edition of School Sport Magazine.
Alongside this accolade, the school was ranked as the top school for sport in Hampshire and 4th out of all of the girls' schools across the country.
School Sport magazine ranks the top 200 best schools for sport including both state and independent schools. The rankings take into account results in more than 20 different sports and more than 120 different events.
In addition to the elite success, the magazine features a piece by head of physical wellbeing, Asha Riley, focusing on the importance of getting girls active and emphasising the school's commitment to providing opportunities for girls across the school community to benefit from physical activity. Asha works across the senior school to reduce the barriers that often prevent girls from taking part in sport and physical activity while extolling the benefits, both physical and mental, of exercising.
Jane Gandee, headmistress at St Swithun’s School, said, “We are very proud of our sporting accomplishments, both in terms of our elite athletes and the work we do to help our entire school community be active.
“Women’s sport is riding the crest of a wave and we are passionate about providing a world-class sporting provision alongside our continued reputation for academic excellence and pastoral care.”
Director of sport Jon Riley added, “We are continuing to expand our sporting offer to provide even more sporting opportunity to our pupils. Alongside our strong traditional offerings around lacrosse, netball, tennis and athletics we are thrilled to see the recent success of cricket at the school while golf and badminton are two areas that we are excited to grow.”
About St Swithun’s School
St Swithun's School in Winchester is a renowned independent day, weekly and full-boarding school for girls. Founded in 1884, it promotes quirky fun whilst providing modern academic, sporting, creative and recreational opportunities to prepare young women for the 21st century.
The St Swithun’s vision is a world where its young women see possibilities, not barriers. Its purpose is to turn wide-eyed little girls into courageous young women; and its belief is that it’s not just about learning lessons, but learning who we are without fear of failure, censure or outdated attitudes about what young women can aspire to.
