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Sport at the heart of education

PE and sport
Tom Donohoe’s school is known as ‘the PE school’. He reflects on why their extensive sports provision and support for other schools in this area is so important to them

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” William James

I was recently introduced by a colleague to another headteacher from a different part of Hampshire and she greeted me by saying: “You are the head of the PE school.” I didn’t know whether to be flattered or insulted!

Anton definitely is known for our PE provision, but I would very much like to think that we are about more than this one subject. Like any school, we have particular curricular strengths as well as areas for improvement, but without a doubt PE is an established strength.

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