School Games Mark Award 2025-2026

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have achieved the 'Platinum' School Games Mark Award this year!

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme that was launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success! 

We have participated in numerous local inter-school competitions and festivals this year and we are extremely proud of all of our children for their participation and dedication to school sport. 

As part our application, we were asked to write a case study about how we embed positive experiences of competition into our PE curriculum. We also had to fulfil a set of criteria including participation, competition, workforce and clubs. We are so pleased that 94 out of 196 children have enjoyed attending our extra-curricular clubs this year.

We are thrilled that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded again this year. Anthony Graham, our SGO from the South Ribble Active Health Team, supports our school each year and said, "Huge congratulations. The work you've done to engage your children in intra- and inter-school competitions is amazing to see with the balance of a fantastic extra-curricular programme. The opportunities are endless and give the children amazing experiences." 

School Games Mark Award 2024-2025

We are pleased to announce that we have achieved 'Gold' School Games Mark Award for the fourth consecutive year. 

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme that was launched in 2012 facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success once again. 

We have competed in several local inter-school competitions this year and we are extremely proud of all of our pupils for their participation and dedication to school sport. 

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded again this year. 

School Games Mark Award 2023-2024

We are delighted to announce that we have once again received the 'Gold' School Games Mark Award for 2023-2024.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led initiative which recognises Cuerden's engagement in School Games and celebrates keeping children active. We are very proud to achieve this award for the third year in a row! The aim at our school is to encourage every child to be physically active and to have positive experiences during PE lessons and when participating in competitions and sporting events. This encourages the children to try new sports and activities outside of school in the local community. 

School Games Mark Award - 2022-2023

We are pleased to announce that we have received the School Games 'Gold' Mark Award for 2022-2023.

The School Games Mark celebrates keeping children physically active and recognises school's engagement in the School Games. We are very proud to receive this award for the second year in a row and it is a reward for all of our pupils and staff for their hard work to all aspects of school sport and physical activity. 

School Games Mark Award - news!

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for 2021 / 2022. 

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme which recognises school's engagement in the School Games and celebrates keeping children active. We are very proud of all of our children and staff for their hard work and dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport. Our aim is to encourage all children to be physically active and to have a positive experience when participating in PE and competitions so that they want to try out new activities outside of school too in our local community.