We are delighted to announce that we, Ark Victoria Academy, have achieved the School Games SILVER Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise schools’ engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active. We are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible. We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school, and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and also want to try out new activities beyond school in our community. We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people who need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
A special thanks to: Our students, Ms Coughlan, Mr Latham, Mr Martin, Mr Danks, Miss Ward, Miss Addy, Mr Parker and anyone else who has run or supported our extra-curricular provision. We look forward to applying once again in 2023!