Middlesbrough School Games

🤩 Tees Valley Athletics Finals 2026 🤩

WOW! Today has been incredible, watching all the Y5/Y6 children across the Tees Valley come together to showcase their amazing talents across the track & field 👟🎽

A huge congratulations to all Middlesbrough athletes who competed today, each one of you made all your friends, staff, schools and area super proud! 🤩 You all tried your very best in your events and it was lovely to see a ray of passion and determation to succeed.

Well done everyone!! 👏👏

What a brilliant day we have had at Middlesbrough Cricket Club hosting our KS2 Cricket Festival 🏏🤩🌞

Today was all about having FUN and learning new skills in a carosel of cricket activities. Children looked at activities to develop their batting, bowling and fielding skills which will allow them to go on to play cricket back at school.

A huge thank you to our leaders from Macmillan Academy who helped deliver todays festival and sharing your own knowledge of cricket with the students participating 👏

It was a pleasure to work with Mark from Yorkshire Cricket Foundation who brought lots of new cricket equipment for the children and staff to try - they were a huge hit with everyone 🏏👍

A huge well done to Middlesbrough College and River Tees Grangetown for achieving our ⭐️ Silver ⭐️ School Games Mark award this academic year.

Thank you for your continued support and commitment to provide positive experiences for children and young people to be active!! 👏🤩

Your School Games

Congratulations to the following schools for achieving 🌟 GOLD 🌟 on their School Games Mark Applcations!!

Lift North Ormesby
Priory Woods School and Arts College
Macmillan Academy
Archibald Primary School
Newham Bridge Primary School
Easterside Academy
Breckon Hill Primary School
Caldicote's Primary Academy
Hemlington Hall Academy

This national award is to showcase and recognise your schools engagemnt in the School Games and celebrates your young people being active!! Well done 👏🤩

Your School Games

Tees Valley Tennis Foundation Helping young Tees Valley tennis players stay in the game.

🎾 Big Tennis Weekend 🎾

Another fantastic opportunity to try a new sport - Tennis World are inviting children aged 5-18 to come along, pick up a racket and give tennis a go for FREE! 🤩🤩

No experience needed and all equipment is provided — just turn up and have fun! 👍

📅 Saturday 4th July
⏰ 3:30–5:30pm
💷 FREE

To register, contact Tennis World:
📞 01642 322388
📧 [email protected]

Try tennis for free this summer 🎾

As part of Big Tennis Weekend, we’re inviting children aged 5–18 to come along, pick up a racket and give tennis a go.

No experience needed and all equipment is provided — just turn up and have fun!

📅 Saturday 4th July
⏰ 3:30–5:30pm
💷 FREE

To register, contact Tennis World:
📞 01642 322388
📧 [email protected]

📍 Tennis World and Middlesbrough Padel Club

Today we're shining a spotlight on Sophie McCarthy, School Games Organiser at Macmillan Academy.

When a group of Year 10 girls became increasingly disengaged from PE, Sophie took a different approach. Rather than focusing on the symptoms, she worked with staff and students to better understand the reasons behind their disengagement.

The girls highlighted a number of barriers, including limited choice, low confidence, activities that didn't reflect their interests and environments where they didn't always feel comfortable participating.

They also shared what would encourage them to be more active:

✔ More variety

✔ Opportunities to try new activities

✔ Greater choice and ownership

✔ Supportive, inclusive environments

✔ Activities they could enjoy with their peers

Using this insight, Sophie worked alongside the girls and school staff to co-design a 10-session programme featuring activities such as badminton, pickleball, table tennis and UV-based sessions.

The approach placed young people's experiences and preferences at the centre of the programme, giving them a genuine opportunity to influence the offer.

Early signs are already showing positive changes, including improved attendance, greater engagement in PE, increased confidence and a stronger willingness to participate.

School Games Organisers play an important role in helping schools create positive experiences for young people through sport and physical activity. This project demonstrates how insight, pupil voice and co-design can be used to better understand barriers, shape provision and create more engaging opportunities for those who may otherwise choose not to take part.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the School Games National Summit 2026 at Telford International Centre.

The day provided valuable insight, inspiration and the opportunity to connect with other SGO's from across the country 🗣🌍

It was great to attend workshops around Improving PE for Muslim girls and Unlocking movement across the school day. Listening to Amar Latif who gave a powerful insight on how we can overcome barriers to create opportunities for all and connecting with NGB's in the exhibition hall 👏🌟

I look forward to implementing some new ideas into our 26/27 School Games offer 🤩🏑👟

Your School Games Youth Sport Trust

Why apply for the School Games Mark? 🏆

✅ Gain national recognition for your PE, school sport and physical activity provision

✅ Celebrate the impact you’re making for your pupils

✅ Benchmark your provision against national criteria

✅ Support a whole-school approach to physical activity

✅ Reflect on your current strengths and areas for development

✅ Evidence the impact of your PE and sport offer

✅ Showcase inclusive opportunities for all young people

✅ Plan and progress your future PE and sport provision

Apply today: https://www.yourschoolgames.com/taking-part/school-games-mark/