Congratulations to the PE department, winner in the Outstanding Commitment to Sport in Secondary School category at last night’s prestigious Educate Awards.
We are honoured to receive such a fantastic award on behalf of our amazing community.
Mr Metcalf, Head of PE
The citation from Educate Awards reads:
“Ridgeway High School makes sport the forefront of its educational offer, using it as a tool to instil British values across the curriculum.
“The school has also developed its own unique games-based approach underpinned by extensive student-led research which sees students taught every part of PE and sport through a games-based approach — a unique philosophy embedded far beyond traditional team games where even athletics, gymnastics, Pokemon-themed orienteering and theory lessons are taught through a games-centred approach that has contributed towards remarkable academic progress.
“The impact has led to the school sharing its approach online with hundreds of schools both home and abroad during lockdown through the leading of online teach meets to share good practice.”
This was the third time that Ridgeway’s PE department had been nominated in the Outstanding Commitment category. The department was also nominated last year in the PE Department of the Year category at the Wirral Sports Forum Awards. In addition, it was awarded the School Games Virtual Award in the summer.
This year’s ceremony was a virtual event, streamed live on Educate Awards’ YouTube channel.
