Welcome to Physical Education and Sports Science at Beechen Cliff School
Sport is an integral part of life at Beechen Cliff School; it underpins the school’s ethos of developing well-rounded learners. As such Beechen Cliff School offers a vast array of activities, academic courses, sporting clubs and societies. All pupils enjoy at least two hours of Physical Education lessons every week as a very minimum. Extended courses are also offered at Key Stage 4 and 5 providing pupils with the opportunity to secure further qualifications. GCSE (AQA), A level (AQA), Level 3 Cambridge Nationals (OCR) and Levels 1&2 Cambridge Nationals (Sport Studies) are all available.
The school has strong sporting links with Southampton FC, with boys from all year groups being involved in their academy program. Likewise, with Bath Rugby in which the school and club work closely together in order to successfully compete in the AASE league, in which Beechen Cliff has made it to the final for the past two consecutive years. Other extra curricular opportunities are vast within the school, with over half of our pupils taking part in our sports clubs. Our major sports include rugby, football, hockey, netball, cricket and tennis who all host regular training sessions with dedicated staff members. Other sports include athletics, basketball, badminton, table tennis, rowing, cross-country, shooting, strength & conditioning and climbing. Likewise, all of these activities have allocated training times and fixtures where appropriate.
Often, we secure external coaching and expertise to assist in these sessions. The school also offers a number of sports trips, which have included, cricket tours to Devon and Barbados, a rugby tour to Montpellier and an annual visit to Lord’s Cricket Ground. Our fixture list is extensive across all of our sports. We compete against the local independent and state schools, involving regular Saturday morning fixtures (see www.schoolsports.co.uk). Beechen Cliff competes in the National Daily Mail Cup, ESFA and Aegon Schools Tennis competitions as well as county and district competitions in most sports. In addition, opportunities within Outdoor Education are also extensive.
In the lower school pupils experience regular visits to Tir-Y-Cwm, an old wood cutters cottage in the Brecon Beacons, to experience outdoor and adventurous activities . The school offers the Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for its pupils in years 10-13 and pupils fully commit themselves in the Ten Tors event annually. Outdoor Education trips have recently been extended to include an annual surfing trip to Cornwall for our Year 9's. Beechen Cliff has a rich sporting history with a host of famous ‘old boys’. Sir Roger Bannister, Jason Gardner, John Hall, Paul Tisdale, Amy Williams, Freddie Burns and Tatum Keen are just a few of the many internationals appearing proudly on our honours board in the foyer.
Although participation in sport is crucial to all pupils at Beechen Cliff, our high achievers are recognised, celebrated and most importantly supported in their quest to achieve in sport. Our house structure allows the pupils at Beechen Cliff to compete for their house team. Regular house fixtures in our major sports are fiercely competed within year groups to earn points for the much coveted ‘Rose Bowl’.
The school has strong sporting links with Southampton FC, with boys from all year groups being involved in their academy program. Likewise, with Bath Rugby in which the school and club work closely together in order to successfully compete in the AASE league, in which Beechen Cliff has made it to the final for the past two consecutive years. Other extra curricular opportunities are vast within the school, with over half of our pupils taking part in our sports clubs. Our major sports include rugby, football, hockey, netball, cricket and tennis who all host regular training sessions with dedicated staff members. Other sports include athletics, basketball, badminton, table tennis, rowing, cross-country, shooting, strength & conditioning and climbing. Likewise, all of these activities have allocated training times and fixtures where appropriate.
Often, we secure external coaching and expertise to assist in these sessions. The school also offers a number of sports trips, which have included, cricket tours to Devon and Barbados, a rugby tour to Montpellier and an annual visit to Lord’s Cricket Ground. Our fixture list is extensive across all of our sports. We compete against the local independent and state schools, involving regular Saturday morning fixtures (see www.schoolsports.co.uk). Beechen Cliff competes in the National Daily Mail Cup, ESFA and Aegon Schools Tennis competitions as well as county and district competitions in most sports. In addition, opportunities within Outdoor Education are also extensive.
In the lower school pupils experience regular visits to Tir-Y-Cwm, an old wood cutters cottage in the Brecon Beacons, to experience outdoor and adventurous activities . The school offers the Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for its pupils in years 10-13 and pupils fully commit themselves in the Ten Tors event annually. Outdoor Education trips have recently been extended to include an annual surfing trip to Cornwall for our Year 9's. Beechen Cliff has a rich sporting history with a host of famous ‘old boys’. Sir Roger Bannister, Jason Gardner, John Hall, Paul Tisdale, Amy Williams, Freddie Burns and Tatum Keen are just a few of the many internationals appearing proudly on our honours board in the foyer.
Although participation in sport is crucial to all pupils at Beechen Cliff, our high achievers are recognised, celebrated and most importantly supported in their quest to achieve in sport. Our house structure allows the pupils at Beechen Cliff to compete for their house team. Regular house fixtures in our major sports are fiercely competed within year groups to earn points for the much coveted ‘Rose Bowl’.