Sport
The school offers a variety of extra curricular physical activities,
many of which involve competition with other local schools. There
are also numerous intercollege competitions throughout the year which
encourage mass participation from students. Links continue to be
forged with the Old Roan Association, with many past and present
students playing a variety of sports. Each year the boys enter the
Blackheath Cup and the Inner-London Cup football competitions and
have had many successes with teams reaching the finals. Through this
competition we now have several boys who represent the Blackheath
District. Girls’ football is at present the fastest growing
sport. Two ex-students now play for both Fulham, Charlton Athletic
Ladies and have also represented England. A number of other girls
compete at a high standard of women’s football in leagues across
London. Some students, both boys and girls, attend local schools
of excellence for football.
The school cricket team won the London ESCA County Cup in July 2007
and came second in the other London Cup (the FjP Ingham Trophy) beating
schools such as Alleyns, Dulwich and Westminster.
The school continues to enter Netball tournaments and is steadily
seeing an improvement in participation and results. Some students
play successfully for league clubs within the community.
Cricket has increased in popularity with the school playing at a
competitive level against other schools within the London Cup and
Kent Schools Cup competitions. The school has two attached qualified
cricket coaches who work with the students in the summer term.
Rugby has increased its profile in the school at all levels, with our under 16s progressing well and representing the school in the finals of the Kent Emerging Schools Cup.
Cross country continues to flourish in the Greenwich Schools Cross Country Championships with great success.
Students participate in the Greenwich Schools Athletics Trials with
some students then representing Greenwich in the London Schools Championships,
as well as progressing to wear a London Athletics vest in the English
Schools.
The department aims to develop a broad and balanced programme of
Physical Education and continues to raise its profile by helping
students develop their physical skills and achieve their best.
The school offers examinations in Physical Education at GCSE, BTEC
First Diploma and AS and A2 levels.