Any pupils who achieve a Sports Scholarship at Pangbourne are invited to join our Sports Performance Programme(SPP) . The programme is also available to other pupils who may discover sporting skills later in their school career.
The programme encompasses seven areas of performance intended to support those on a performance pathway. They are:
1. Athletic Development (Formerly Strength and Conditioning)
2. Sport Psychology
3. Sports Nutrition
4. Skills Development
5. Physiotherapy Support
6. Life Management
7. Parental Support
Whilst most pupils do not necessarily go on to become elite athletes, we intend to support all of those on a journey to be the best they can be. Therefore, the SPP is designed to develop the pupils’ life skills as much as their sporting performance.
We have a partnership with Ascend Athlete Performance who run our athletic development. They come into College 3x per year to test all sport scholars and 1st team members of performance sports. They complete 1-2-1 discussions with all Gold level pupils, then produce individualised programmes for all of these pupils. At the same time our skills coaches have 1-2-1 discussions with all gold level scholars to produce their skills individual development plan (IDP).
This programme fits in and around the school day, with the level of support increasing from Bronze to Silver and Gold, as the pupils’ level of performance increases.
Further details of the Sports Performance Programme can be found here.
For more information on our scholarship programmes, please click here.
