The School Games provides an opportunity for young people from the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester to participate in intra-school and inter school competition at a borough and county level.
All remaining Greater Manchester School Games events for 2019/20 have been cancelled due to the continued uncertainty regarding Covid-19. For more information and updates regarding all our School Games events please visit our news section found here on our website.
The School Games operate at three distinct, but integrated levels which provides an opportunity for young people from the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester to participate in intra-school and inter school, at a borough and county level, events.
The next phase of development of the School Games will focus on ensuring it is relevant to more children and young people and their lives today and allows more of them to achieve their potential. In driving this forward the School Games will seek to:
To be relevant to young people and their lives, the School Games will evolve in 2019/20 so it:
In order to ensure that the School Games will support more young people events have been designed to offer opportunities for a wider variety of young people, as such four event types have been formulated:
Dodgeball - Year 5/6 | 1 x Excel, 1 x Values | 19th May 2020 |
Rowing Mainstream and Inclusion | 1 x Excel per age group | 10th and 11th March 2020 |
Lacrosse - Year 5/6 | Excel (Number of entries per borough TBC) | 13th March 2020 |
Handball - U13 and U15 | 1 x Boys Excel, 1 x Girls Excel for each age | 23rd April 2020 / 17th March 2020 |
Rugby Grapple Tackle - U13 and U15 | Open entry | 19th November 2019 |
Sports Hall Athletics - Year 5/6 | 1 x Excel |
Boccia - Year 5/6 | 1 x SEND |
Tag Rugby League - Year 5/6 | 1 x Excel, 1 x School Games Values |
Multi Skills - Year 3/4 | 1 x BEE Proud |
Dodgeball - Year 8 | 1 x Boys Excel, 1 x Girls Excel |
Quadkids Athletics - Year 7 | 2 x Excel |
Ultimate Frisbee - Year 9/10 | 1 x Values |
New Age Kurling - Year 7/8/9 | 1 x SEND |
Boccia - Year 7/8/9 | 1 x SEND |
Rounders - Year 5/6 | 1 x Excel |
New Age Kurling - Year 5/6 | 2 x SEND |
Tag Rugby League - Year 3/4 | 1 x Bee Proud |
Tri Golf - Year 3/4 | 2 x Excel |
Tri Golf - Year 5/6 | 1 x Bee Proud |
Tennis - Year 3/4 | 1 x Bee Proud |
Cricket - Year 4/5 | 1 x Bee Proud |
Quicksticks Hockey - Year 3/4 | 1 x Bee Proud |
KS1 Introduction to School Games | 1 x Bee Proud |