Mary Rose School wins a National Sports Award, School,Sport

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Olympic gold medallists Jonathan Edwards, Denise Lewis and Darren Campbell, England cricketer Claire Taylor, gymnast Beth Tweddle and paralympians Chris Holmes and Danielle Brown were all on stage to present the honours. 

The Sports Colleges Innovation Awards 2010 identify innovation and recognise good practice that can be showcased and used to help shape delivery and support the challenges faced in 21st century schools.

 

Innovation Awards

Award: Using the specialism to drive learning with targeted sectors of the wider community
Winner: Mary Rose School
Sponsor: Technogym

This award was one of only three national innovation awards and is much sought after with strong competition. Mary Rose School won this award for our work with Kingston Prison.

Headteacher quote:

Any initial reservations I had about this work have been entirely overcome. There have been enormous benefits from this project for HMP Kingston Prison, the wider community and for our school. The success of the work we have been engaged in with the prison has been widely acclaimed within the Portsmouth community and this has had a positive impact on the views held about the prison by Portsmouth City Council, Education officers, other schools, the local neighbourhood forum and our parents and friends. In addition the officers and inmates at the prison have had opportunities that are unheard of anywhere else in the country. The programme has added breadth to the prison's Sports and Leadership education programmes and is the only opportunity inmates have to engage directly with members of the community. From the perspective of our pupils we have evidence to show that attainment and achievement in PE has improved in Keystage 4 as a result of the high quality 1:1 tuition. The project has also improved their understanding of the legal system, the potential consequences of serious offending and what it actually means to be in prison. They now have an increased awareness of the differences between right and wrong and also some empathy for people who although they have committed serious offences can also show positive qualities such as kindness and helpfulness, making a positive contribution to the community.