Sport

The Preparatory School has its own dedicated area of the school fields adjacent to the main teaching building. In lesson time and extra curricular activities good use is made of whole school sports facilities including the large indoor swimming pool, floodlit all weather pitch, netball and tennis courts and spacious sports hall.

Two Prep School PE teachers are ably assisted by other qualified coaches on the Prep School staff team, a swimming coach and senior school PE specialists including our Director of Sport, John Gallagher. External coaches visit the school to run sports clubs such as tennis coaching and judo.

Rugby, football and cricket are the major sports for the boys. There is an extensive programme of inter-school fixtures and regular house events in all year groups, including swimming galas, cross country races and a sports day, in which all the children participate. Swimming is taught to all children and the school swimming teams have a regular schedule of training and competitions. In recent times our pupils have achieved much success in sport at both a local and national level.

The Leisure Centre is available to the public out of school hours and all Colfe’s staff benefit from free membership. In addition to a swimming pool and sports hall, the centre also houses two gyms and a solarium.