Sport
“All that matters in life, matters in sport…” - Seb Coe, 2012
Since the formation of Millfield in 1935, sport has always played a significant role in the development of every student that comes to the school. Sport provides development challenges like no other learning domain and contributes to a truly holistic development experience for students, staff and parents.
Multi-sport experience
The school has sought to provide opportunities to engage everyone through a diverse, challenging, multi-sport experience at all ages across all abilities. Whether an aspiring Olympian or for a social and recreational purpose, we recognise the significant mental and physical benefits that come with regular play and competition. Equally we recognise the development of fundamental behaviours that emerge by participating and competing in sport, that help young people achieve excellence regardless of where their path may take them beyond Millfield.
World-class facilities and specialist coaches
Our extensive and diverse facilities, along with our blend of specialist coaches and teacher-coaches enable us to provide a centralised programme of sport in training and competition, alongside education and other co-curricular activities. Our Games Programme offers the opportunity to engage and sample multiple sports through training and competitive fixtures during the early development years, in one place, and provides a special development experience for any child. The Millfield Institute of Sport and Wellbeing supports students in everything from their athletic to emotional development. The Institute provides provision across nutrition, physiotherapy, performance analysis and strength and conditioning.
Succeeding in sport and careers beyond
Millfield is home to nearly 60 international youth representatives at any one time and a small number of students go onto to compete at professional, Olympic or Paralympic level after they have left Millfield. Equally, a number go onto achieve accolades in medicine, business, art and music and they look fondly back on their experiences at Millfield through sport. Research carried out with former students illustrates the how the skills and behaviours developed through sport including self-regulation, planning and adaptability, self-awareness, confidence and social-emotional understanding have gone on to help them succeed in careers beyond sport.
Our Guiding Principles
We rely heavily on the emerging evidence around youth development in sport to define and shape our beliefs and our practices through sport at Millfield. Our guiding principles in sport, which help inform all decisions we make in good and challenging times for students through sport, define and shape everything we do through sport at Millfield. We have framed these principles as our 'Pedals' that help us keep our momentum and balance in ensuring experiences through sport provide the right challenge, at the right time, for the right student.
Meet Director of Sport, Dr Scott Drawer
Sport News
Millfield fencer Renee Nassozi Kiggundu has represented her home nation Uganda in the World Junior Fencing Championships.
On Easter Sunday, OM Sarah Winckless MBE (1990-1992; Orchard Leigh) was the first woman to officiate The Boat Race, a well-known set of annual rowing races between the Cambridge University and the Oxford University Boat Clubs.
Leading independent school Millfield in Somerset has been featured in a new book exploring elite athletes and the environments that create them.
A round up of sport activities at Millfield during March 2021.
Millfield cricketer Jess Hazell has been selected as part of Western Storm’s Regional Academy programme for the upcoming 2021 season.
Lower Sixth Jess is one of 14 cricketers who impressed at numerous trials held at prestigious cricket venues across the South West and Wales.
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