School Sport

For a small school we have fantastic sporting facilities, our large sports hall provides all year round access to sport and our 15 acre grounds provide us with all the space we need for a wide range of outside sports. The hall is used by pupils across the age range, from Nursery to Senior School.

We try to provide a wide variety of activities so that each pupil experiences all aspects of sport, these include netball, football, fencing, horse riding, hockey, basketball, volleyball, badminton, health related fitness, gymnastics, tennis, athletics, rounders, short tennis, swimming, trampolining, cross country, table tennis and judo.

	Moorland has its own full-time professional football coach, Charlie Jackson. As well as working for Moorland School, Charlie is an FA approved coach. He worked at the Manchester United Advanced Coaching Centre up to July 2005 and is now the academy technical skills Development coach at Blackburn Rover’s Brockhall training site. Click here to see our fabulous football website.
	Our 5000 square feet sports hall offers superb facilities for playing badminton, with a wonderful playing surface on all four courts. Pupils play singles and doubles badminton during some PE lessons, at lunchtimes or after school.
	All junior pupils get the chance to ride at Moorland. We currently use a nearby stable (Readwood) and the pupils are taken there by minibus after lunch on a Friday.
	Our huge sports hall is also home to a full length basketball court and 4 side-to-side practice courts. We play competetively against all the local secondary schools.
	We have one hard and two grass tennis courts. Tennis coaching takes place in the summer months. Short tennis is also played in the school sports hall.
	Pupils get the opportunity to fence each week under the expert supervision of Robert Kiss. Robert fenced for Hungary at two Olympics and coaches for the British Fencing Association. Moorland School has just become affiliated to the British Fencing Association and will be a centre of excellence for fencing in East Lancashire. The cost per lesson is just £4. Our fencing lessons are on Wednesday evenings and are open to all school children from any school in the area. More....

We have a number of lunchtime and after school clubs in operation, which allow those pupils who enjoy a particular activity to further, participate and gain more experience.

We have a very active inter-house sports programme where the pupils compete against each other. We also liase with recreational facilities outside school and are members of the Ribble Valley Primary School Sports Association. We also have a very active inter-school matches programme where pupils at both junior and senior levels can experience sport at competitive level.

We have a number of lunchtime and after school clubs in operation, which allow those pupils who enjoy a particular activity to further, participate and gain more experience. We have a very active Interhouse Sports programme where the pupils compete against each other in most of the activities they experience in lessons. We also liase with recreational facilities outside school in particular Readwood Stables, Roefield Leisure Centre and Edisford Swimming Pool.

We are members of the Ribble Valley Primary School Sports Association, which allows our pupils the opportunity to enter a wide range of sporting events. We also have a very active interschool matches programme where pupils at both junior and senior levels can experience competitive sport.