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Specialist Status
In September 2005 the school
became a Specialist Sports College. Sports College
status is about more than offering more healthy
lifestyles to young people and the community.
It is about raising standards in classrooms by
teaching pupils study and revision skills and
by giving them a feeling of success with individual
Personal Exercise Plans and support. In 2008 the
school was redesignated as a Sports College and
graduated as a High Performing Specialist School
(HPSS). This allowed us to take on a new specialism
Maths and Computing, to compliment the great achievements
of our Sports specialism. In addition to this
we are now beginning a new role as the lead school
for gifted and talented in the local area.
Sports Specialism Update -
Olympic Champion, Darren Campbell MBE opens sports
pitches
On Thursday 15th October 2009, Olympic
Gold medal winner, Darren Campbell MBE came to
the Royal Alexandra and Albert School to officially
open their new sports facilities. On the new athletics
strip, pupils received coaching on sprint starts
from the 4x100 relay champion before he unveiled
a plaque to commemorate the occasion.
The new sports facilities comprise
- All-weather, floodlit sports
pitch which will be used for sports such as
hockey, lacrosse and football
- All-weather athletics strip
- Three floodlit netball courts
The new floodlit sports pitch has
enabled the school to introduce hockey which is
already proving popular with pupils. There are
opportunities to play hockey during lessons and
also in the after-school activities programme.
Lacrosse, which was introduced last year, is also
popular, and now pupils can play on a properly
marked out lacrosse pitch.
Headmaster, Paul Spencer Ellis says
“I am very pleased that Darren Campbell has
come to open our new sports pitches as he is an
excellent role model for our pupils. He is a young
man who has achieved real success through sport
and has built a career from it"
As a Sports College, the
Royal Alexandra and Albert School has a strong
focus on sport and the new facilities will enable
us to offer even greater variety to pupils. We
are already seeing the benefits with more sports
available within the school day as well as during
after school activities.
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