School Games
1. SCHOOL GAMES MARK 2025/26
The School Games Mark 2025/26 continues to be positioned as a tool to help schools reflect on their engagement in the School Games. The award is centred around the principles of the School Games outcomes. Schools will need to demonstrate their engagement with their local School Games Organiser (in this case Gateshead SSP).
The purpose of the Mark is to reward and recognise a school’s engagement (provision and uptake) against a national benchmark, and to celebrate keeping young people active. This will be reflected through the award levels of bronze, silver, gold and platinum.
The School Games Mark criteria for 2025/26 is available HERE.
Outcomes
1. Maintaining and growing your school’s engagement in the School Games and your delivery of the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) 60 active minutes for every child or 20 minutes for SEND young people.
2. Delivering and engaging in competitions that has clear intent and creates positive experiences based on the motivation, competence and confidence of your young people that need support most.
3. A clear focus on transition points (e.g. Yr.3 and Yr.6/7 as well as those in three tier systems) and how secondary schools are engaging in the School Games.
4. Supporting the personal development of targeted young people through youth engagement and leadership.
5. Advocating and engaging key stakeholders on the value of the School Games to support local provision and improve the experiences for your young people and their families.
School Games Mark 2024/25
We are pleased to annouce that the following Gateshead Schools have successfuly completed the School Games Mark and their certificates have been posted directly to the schools.
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BRONZE |
SILVER |
GOLD |
GOLD |
PLATINUM |
| Kelvin Grove | Brandling | Barley Mow | Lingey House | Brighton Avenue |
| Oakfield Jnrs | Kingsmeadow | Bede | Lobley Hill | Dunston Hill |
| St. Joseph's Blaydon | Parkhead | Bill Quay | Ravensworth Terrace | Emmaville |
| St. Philip Neri | St. Anne's | Birtley East | Roman Road | Front Street |
| St. Joseph's Birtley | Caedmon | Rowlands Gill | Gibside | |
| St. Oswald's | Carr Hill | South Street | Greenside | |
| Wardley | Chopwell | St. Aidan's | Harlow Green | |
| Whickham Parochial | Clover Hill | St. Mary's Whickham | Kibblesworth | |
| Corpus Christi | St. Peter's | Portobello | ||
| Dryden School | Swalwell | |||
| Eslington | The Drive | |||
| Falla Park | Washingwell | |||
| Fell Dyke | Whickham School | |||
| Fellside | White Mere | |||
| Highfield | Windy Nook | |||
| Hill Top | Winlaton West Lane | |||
| Kells Lane | ||||
| Larkspur |
2. INCLUSIVE HEALTH CHECK
What is it?
• It is a resource that has been designed to allow for self-review of your provision of inclusive School Games opportunities (there is no pass/fail).
Why complete it?
• The process is a great way to help you refect on your current school games provision and
how inclusive this is for all young people in your school.
• You will be signposted to additional resources and given top tips to support you in the next steps of
ensuring your sport provision is inclusive for all.
• Intervention can lead to increased opportunites, increased participation
and celebration of success (i.e. children, parents and Ofsted).
Completing the IHC will support you in attaining a School Games Mark.
How to complete it?
For guidance on how to complete the INCLUSIVE HEALTH CHECK, please download the IHC flyer by CLICKING HERE.