Sport

Francis Holland has an exceptional sporting reputation and promotes active participation in both competitive and recreational sports.

We believe that developing the skills to lead a healthy active lifestyle is vitally important. Pupils have the opportunity to develop their sporting talents in a number of fields, representing the school in regular netball, hockey, swimming, tennis and cricket fixtures against other schools. In the Winter pupils train in netball, hockey, athletics and swimming and in the Summer pupils are coached in tennis, cricket, athletics and swimming.

FHS has a dedicated domain for all sports results, match reports and fixture information which can be accessed here.

ON-SITE FACILITIES

Given our central London location, we are fortunate to have on-site – a netball court, a large well-equipped gymnasium and a specialist dance studio, with a sprung floor. The Sixth Form have a state-of-the-art Fitness Suite with Technogym equipment available for use throughout the day.

OFF-SITE FACILITIES

Most outdoor sports take place at Battersea Park, where there are superb facilities: extensive grass and all-weather pitches, seven all-weather netball courts and 19 all-weather tennis courts. Many of the courts are floodlit, as is the all-weather hockey pitch, and this allows for after-school matches throughout the year.

The Millennium Arena at Battersea Park hosts our annual Senior Sports Day and Years 3 to Upper Sixth use the track and field facilities for athletics/cross country training and as part of the curriculum. We operate an efficient bus service to transfer pupils to and from various off-site facilities – Battersea Park is just 6 minutes away.

Swimming lessons take place at the Queen Mother Sports Centre in areas of the pools set aside for the School’s exclusive us at that time. The School has a large and well-equipped gymnasium on-site, and this is used for both Junior and Senior lessons.

The PE Department runs a number of co-curricular clubs, catering for a range of sporting interests and sporting abilities. These activities take place before school, lunchtime, afterschool and on weekends. The PE department offer a range of activities to encourage pupils to keep fit and healthy either through a competitive or non-competitive environment. At the performance level, pupils have the opportunity to train on a weekly basis and compete in fixtures across London. These sports vary from Netball and Cross Country in the Autumn Term, Hockey, Football and Gymnastics in the Spring term and Athletics and Cricket in the Summer term.

Pupils have the opportunity to compete in Swimming all year round. The sports teams are committed to their training programme and compete in many local and national competitions. The department is also supported by coaches in Rowing, Kick Boxing, Dance, Gymnastics, Tennis and Horse Riding.

Our co-curricular offering features a wide range of sports including:

  • Athletics Training
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Gymnastics Squad
  • Hockey
  • Horse Riding
  • Krav Maga
  • Kick Boxing
  • Netball
  • Pilates
  • Rowing
  • Running
  • Scottish Reeling
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Ultimate Frisbee

11+ Sport scholarships are available to girls entering Year 7 who demonstrate excellent achievement and success, either as an all-rounder or in particular disciplines. After a written application, a selection of girls are invited to a scholarship assessment day. More information is available here.

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