Sports & Outdoor Quadrant
Bickley Park has a strong sporting pedigree. A wide range of quality opportunities are offered in curriculum time, including rugby, football, cricket, athletics, tennis, hockey, badminton, basketball, squash, climbing and cross country.
Every child from 5-13 has a weekly swimming lesson in the school’s own heated indoor pool. Sporting opportunities extend to the extra-curriculum programme with, amongst other things, fencing, taekwondo, go karting, golf and triathlon on offer. High standards are attained in the many competitive matches that are played, while important life lessons are learnt: how to win and lose in the right spirit; how to lead effectively and how to play as a team.
A boy-friendly outdoor education programme aims to foster team and leadership skills, whilst developing independence, resilience and the ability to manage risk. It includes regular Forest School for younger pupils in local woodland; bee keeping in the Prep Department; Wilderness School in Y3 and Adventure School in Years 4-8. Adventure School focuses on progressively more challenging survival skills delivered through residential field trips, building up to a significant challenge for Y8, which has recently included walking 176 miles along Offa’s Dyke and completing the Three Peaks challenge. Boys regularly climb on the school’s outstanding climbing wall.