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Offering Parents Choice about Rugby

Posted Monday, 27 September 2021

Rugby Football has had a long and prominent place in the history of UK schools. Many boys fell in love with the game at an early age, played enthusiastically throughout their years in education and had a lifelong involvement in community clubs, often organisations founded for the old boys of...

Book Review

Posted Monday, 13 September 2021

‘Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness’ Owen Eastwood This is a fascinating book, which attempts to explain the science behind the widely held, but anecdotal, view that teams can provide a uniquely positive experience for their members. This is based on the universal human need to belong. The author draws...

Can Team Games improve Post-Pandemic Mental Health?

Posted Thursday, 24 June 2021

It’s been a tough year for everyone. Not least children. Everything that goes with childhood has been undermined by the pandemic. School, friends, fun, mischief. However, the absence of these things has created an experiment that could never have been deliberately conducted as it would have been judged unethical. By...

Moving on from my dream job

Posted Monday, 14 June 2021

I consider myself very fortunate to have spent the past 13 years of my life working in school sport. I have worked with some exceptional students, brilliant colleagues and for leaders who have shaped how I treat others. However, after 3 years as Director of Sport I have decided to...

Don’t let Tradition Freeze our Thinking

Posted Thursday, 10 June 2021

However, it is also an opportunity. The pandemic has brought flexibility of thinking, and a level of collaboration which would probably never have emerged in normal circumstances. It means that school sport now stands at a crossroads: it can return as closely as possible to its previous iteration and try...

“The Future of School Rugby”

Posted Thursday, 20 May 2021

This report, by PADSIS Chairman Neil Rollings, looks at the challenges school rugby faces. Aspects covered include the shifting landscape of the game; including player retention, staffing, and covid-19; mitigation of danger and the role of leadership.