School Sport Award

St. Bridget’s holds the highest award possible for school sport. The sportscotland School Sport Award is a national, Lottery funded initiative designed to encourage schools to continuously improve physical education (PE) and school sport opportunities. The sportscotland School Sport Award:

• Encourages schools to self-reflect and continuously improve
• Puts young people at the forefront of the decision making and planning of PE and sport in their school
• Helps schools to increase young people’s opportunities and engagement in PE & school sport
• Helps schools to put PE & school sport at the heart of their planning, practice and ethos
• Recognises and celebrates successful PE & school sport models

The sportscotland School Sport Award provides schools with the following benefits:

• An online self-assessment tool to identify current strengths and areas for improvement in PE & school sport
• A development plan template to improve any areas of weakness
• The opportunity to achieve national recognition with a Bronze, Silver or Gold sportscotland School Sport Award

Schools interested in gaining an award complete an initial self-assessment which identifies if they are at Bronze or Silver. Schools who achieve 75% or above will be able to apply for Gold.  St. Bridget’s hold the Gold Award and have done for several years.