Children at Chinthurst can choose which sport they want to play without being constrained by conventional norms and this is having a positive impact reaching well beyond their games lessons
It is well known that the positive effects of playing sports from a young age are not only physical. Benefits extend into all areas of a child?s life boosting everything from performance in the classroom to all-round mental health and wellbeing.
Chinthurst has harnessed these benefits further with a groundbreaking approach to sport centred on gender equality, inclusion, excellence and choice.
The school allows pupils to choose which sport they want to play without being constrained by conventional norms. In football, rugby, netball and hockey, boys and girls train alongside each other and play fixtures together in competitive teams. Chinthurst School
As a result, they see themselves as equals on the pitch with no preconceived ?limitations? and the encouragement and support they give one another on the games fields continues off it.
At the heart of the school?s sporting ethos is the belief that high standards of coaching and playing are for everyone whatever sport they choose, whatever gender they are, and whatever standard they have reached or natural ability they may have.
They are confident that their approach to gender equality will have a significant impact, not only on how the children think now, but on how they continue to think as they grow up and become adults. They hope it will ...