Sport Specialism
The physical education faculty offers expert support to the very highest level, training students in clubs before school, at lunchtimes and after school, as well as fixtures on Saturday mornings. We compete in a variety of sports at district, county, regional and national level.
Why do we specialise in sport?
Great Baddow High School aims to be a centre of excellence in the region, providing excellent facilities and opportunities for the students and staff that best suit their needs.
- It raises the standard of teaching and learning and sets high, challenging targets for it’s staff and students to achieve.
- It builds on the school’s strengths and achieves a distinctive identity through its chosen specialism.
Great Baddow High School is constantly seeking ways to improve and the sport specialism represents a fantastic opportunity to improve and excel.
We want the best for our students within the school and provide the best facilities and opportunities for those students.
How does it benefit children at the school?
- We encourage students to take GCSE, Level 2 BTEC, Level 3 BTEC and A Level Physical Education/Sport
- A wide range of increased facilities to experiment with different sports
- More expertise in different/specialist areas/sports
- Greater opportunities in curricular and extra-curricular PE.
Platinum School Games Mark
Great Baddow High School has been awarded the Platinum Sports mark award (2023). It is exceptionally difficult to gain the platinum standard as it requires a really high percentage of all pupils to take part in extra-curricular clubs and competitions as well as many other requirements such as leadership opportunities and the variety of sports and clubs being offered.
Elite Sport Support Programme
At Great Baddow High School we have many high achieving sports men and women in various sports, these students will require a little more support in balancing training commitments with school life. The Elite Sport Support Programme aims to provide a support structure to enable our high level sporting students to achieve in both aspects of school and sport.
Students meet as a group with a member of the PE department to celebrate successes that they have achieved. They are also encouraged to share their training programmes and competitive seasons with this member of staff and communicate effectively to support them through busy periods of time.
Students who are eligible for this programme are those who are competing at County standard or above for their respective sport. The programme is monitored carefully to ensure there is a complete list of pupils on this programme. The Elite Sport Support Programme is designed to give the best support possible to those students who are committing many hours to high level practice and competition alongside their school work. If you feel that your son or daughter meets this criterion, please do not hesitate to contact the PE department.
Netball Academy
The Netball Academy is a two-year course that is adapted to suit the individual needs of the students based on ability and personal targets. We invite applications from current netball players of all levels who are looking to improve their skill or require assistance with higher level training and fitness development.
Students receive a bespoke training programme with ongoing support to achieve their goals whilst studying either a two year academic or vocational course.
The curriculum is timetabled to include technical, strength and conditioning sessions as well as team play.
View information about our Netball Academy
Chelmsford School Sport Partnership
Chelmsford School Sport Partnership was launched in September 2003 and is based at Great Baddow High School Sports College. We support all the schools in Chelmsford with PE development, competitions and inset training for staff. We use our Great Baddow leaders to run events for Primary Schools.
We have sixty four schools in total made up of nine secondary state schools, two special schools and 53 primary schools.
School Games Organiser (SGO) - Chris Huartson
The Chelmsford Partnership will offer support to all schools on competition, high quality PE, leadership opportunities, Gifted and Talented support, coaching, INSET day training, and access to funding. Our ethos is to work in partnership with all providers, coaches, NGB's - any organisation that will support young people in Chelmsford to lead active healthy physical lifestyles.
