SPORT AT CHESTERFIELD
From football to netball and everything in between. We love our sports here at Chesterfield, and we’re pretty good at all of them too! Here’s just a selection of some of our sports stories and updates…
YOUTH SPORT TRUST GOLD QUALITY STANDARD
Chesterfield High School has very proudly been awarded the Gold Mark for PE and School Sport by the Youth Sport Trust. The Youth Sport Trust Quality Mark is an assessed award that provides schools with a nationally recognised badge of excellence for PE and school sport. Schools can be awarded a bronze, silver or gold mark. Receiving the highest award, the gold mark shows the value that Chesterfield places on its provision of PE and reflects the whole school approach and commitment to providing a high-quality physical education, school sport and physical activity offer for all pupils.
The mark is awarded based on:
- Overall vision for PE, physical activity and school sport
- Quality of PE
- Quality of school sport
- Quality of physical activity
- Use of PE, physical activity and sport as a catalyst for wider learning.
This highlights that Chesterfield High School is committed to ensuring we offer the best possible Physical Education, school sport and physical activities to our students.
WE SHINE AT NETBALL
One of the most popular extra-curricular activities we provide is our amazing netball club. Netball at Chesterfield has a long history of success in both Sefton and Merseyside. Our success has seen our teams crowned Sefton Champions and Merseyside Champions in recent years and has seen us competing at the County Finals in what is always a superb tournament. We run A and B teams in most year groups and we welcome everyone to come along, have fun and join the Chesterfield netball team.
FOOTBALL FOR ALL
If you love football, then there will be a club for you! We run full sided football, indoor 5 aside football and futsal. We run competitive teams for Year 7 to sixth form for both boys and girls that compete in the Sefton Cup, Merseyside Cup and National Cup. The boy’s teams have been crowned Sefton Champions and Merseyside Champions in recent years and our girls team were National Champions and won the Premier League Schools tournament!
If you love football, then Chesterfield has you covered!
DYNAMITE DANCE
Walk through the mini mall at lunch or after school on any day and you will see our amazing dance club hard at rehearsals! We have a long history of amazing dance shows both in and out of school, competitions across Sefton and Merseyside and our fantastic dancers have previously been selected to dance at the opening of the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone. No matter what your ability or background in dance come along and join the fun.
AMAZING ATHLETICS
Chesterfield has a long tradition of competing at the highest level of school athletics, both indoor and outdoor. Every year we compete in the Merseyside Division 1 athletics competition at Wavertree in what is considered one of the best days in the school calendar. We welcome everyone to come along to athletics practice and whether you are a long distance runner, thrower, jumper or sprinter we will find an event for you to enjoy. Athletics club will take place in the summer with all pupils welcome to come along and have a go at getting their own personal best and even trying to beat our school records!
We also have a number of students who are selected to represent the Merseyside Schools Athletics Association at the North West Region Combined Events Championships.
FITNESS FANATICS
Fitness is one of the largest growing sporting industries in the UK. At Chesterfield you will have access to fitness suite and the professional gym standard equipment we have. You will be shown how to use each piece of equipment and how to exercise in a safe and fun environment. We also run circuit training clubs, yoga, aerobics and many more! If fitness is your thing then we have you covered at Chesterfield!
EXTRA-CURRICULAR AT CHESTERFIELD
At Chesterfield we pride ourselves on our diverse and wide ranging extra-curricular timetable. We are always looking at adding in more sports and giving you the best possible sporting experience available. Keep a look out for the Extra-Curricular timetable around school and if you have any questions about any of the activities just speak to a member of our brilliant PE Department.
TEAM SUCCESS STORIES AT CHESTERFIELD
LEENA SELECTED FOR TEAM GB
Huge congratulations to Leena De Mul in Year 11, who was selected to be part of the U21 GB Squad in Canoe Polo.
Leena has been playing Canoe Polo now for 3½ years for Friends of Allonby Canoe Club in Collingwood Docks, Liverpool as well as being part of the GB development academy for 2 ½ years. This year Leena was asked to try out for selection to be part of the GB squads. Leena made it through selection and was selected to represent GB in the World Championships in Saint Omer in France. The girls came 5th overall, knocking out Italy and Poland on the way and secured a place for the ICF world championships in Deqing in China in 2024.
Leena trains 3 times a week at Collingwood Docks in Liverpool and 1 weekend a month with the GB development academy. Leena has taken part in various tournaments including De Paddle in Ypres Belgium, The Junior International in Belfast, the Hull International, and the Liverpool International to name but a few. Just last weekend Leena was in London for the Cut the one-day London canoe polo tournament.
Leena would love to see more girls join the sport as in her own words, “I have had the best summer of my life”.
It was an overall amazing experience for Leena that she was chosen to represent for her country and have the national anthem played for the last time as God Save our Gracious Queen. Well done Leena, our school community is so proud of you.
REPRESENTING MERSEYSIDE
Sisters, Eva Holt (Year 10) and Orla Holt (Year 8) have both been selected to represent Merseyside in netball.
This is a great achievement for the girls who also play the same position. Both girls who play for the school team also play and are coached outside of school by ex-pupil Jennifer Winder who runs Chesterfield community netball club and play in the Liverpool league. Well done girls, we look forward to hearing about your success.
FUTURE CHEER INTERNATIONALS
Huge congratulations to Maisey and Jess from 7B who travelled to Bournemouth recently to take part in the Future Cheer Internationals competition with the Airborn Allstars. The girls came 1st place with their 2 Cheer teams.
The team took home not one but two 1st place National Champions titles and were also International Grand Champions with the highest score of the overall competition.
Well done to both of you - amazing achievements!
SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS
Year 7 and Year 8 Boys and Girls have competed in the qualifying round for the Merseyside Sports Hall Athletics finals.
All four teams participated in a range of events including individual sprints, endurance races, relays, vertical jump, long jump, triple jump, speed bounce, indoor soft putt and even an obstacle relay race. There were many outstanding performances and the overall team effort was incredible.
All four teams were successful at beating very stiff opposition to secure their place at the Merseyside Final on Tuesday 28th March. This is an outstanding achievement and we are very proud of their performance and wish them good luck for the final. Watch this space for updates!
SPORT AT CHESTERFIELD
From football to netball and everything in between. We love our sports here at Chesterfield, and we’re pretty good at all of them too! Here’s just a selection of some of our sports stories and updates…
YOUTH SPORT TRUST GOLD QUALITY STANDARD
Chesterfield High School has very proudly been awarded the Gold Mark for PE and School Sport by the Youth Sport Trust. The Youth Sport Trust Quality Mark is an assessed award that provides schools with a nationally recognised badge of excellence for PE and school sport. Schools can be awarded a bronze, silver or gold mark. Receiving the highest award, the gold mark shows the value that Chesterfield places on its provision of PE and reflects the whole school approach and commitment to providing a high-quality physical education, school sport and physical activity offer for all pupils.
The mark is awarded based on:
- Overall vision for PE, physical activity and school sport
- Quality of PE
- Quality of school sport
- Quality of physical activity
- Use of PE, physical activity and sport as a catalyst for wider learning.
This highlights that Chesterfield High School is committed to ensuring we offer the best possible Physical Education, school sport and physical activities to our students.
WE SHINE AT NETBALL
One of the most popular extra-curricular activities we provide is our amazing netball club. Netball at Chesterfield has a long history of success in both Sefton and Merseyside. Our success has seen our teams crowned Sefton Champions and Merseyside Champions in recent years and has seen us competing at the County Finals in what is always a superb tournament. We run A and B teams in most year groups and we welcome everyone to come along, have fun and join the Chesterfield netball team.
FOOTBALL FOR ALL
If you love football, then there will be a club for you! We run full sided football, indoor 5 aside football and futsal. We run competitive teams for Year 7 to sixth form for both boys and girls that compete in the Sefton Cup, Merseyside Cup and National Cup. The boy’s teams have been crowned Sefton Champions and Merseyside Champions in recent years and our girls team were National Champions in 2016 and won the Premier League Schools tournament in 2017!
If you love football, then Chesterfield has you covered!
DYNAMITE DANCE
Walk through the mini mall at lunch or after school on any day and you will see our amazing dance club hard at rehearsals! We have a long history of amazing dance shows both in and out of school, competitions across Sefton and Merseyside and our fantastic dancers have previously been selected to dance at the opening of the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone. No matter what your ability or background in dance come along and join the fun.
AMAZING ATHLETICS
Chesterfield has a long tradition of competing at the highest level of school athletics, both indoor and outdoor. Every year we compete in the Merseyside Division 1 athletics competition at Robin Park in what is considered one of the best days in the school calendar. We welcome everyone to come along to athletics practice and whether you are a long distance runner, thrower, jumper or sprinter we will find an event for you to enjoy. Athletics club will take place in the summer with all pupils welcome to come along and have a go at getting their own personal best and even trying to beat our school records!
FITNESS FANATICS
Fitness is one of the largest growing sporting industries in the UK. At Chesterfield you will have access to fitness suite and the professional gym standard equipment we have. You will be shown how to use each piece of equipment and how to exercise in a safe and fun environment. We also run circuit training clubs, yoga, aerobics and many more! If fitness is your thing then we have you covered at Chesterfield!
EXTRA-CURRICULAR AT CHESTERFIELD
At Chesterfield we pride ourselves on our diverse and wide ranging extra-curricular timetable. We are always looking at adding in more sports and giving you the best possible sporting experience available. Keep a look out for the Extra-Curricular timetable around school and if you have any questions about any of the activities just speak to a member of our brilliant PE Department.
TEAM SUCCESS STORIES AT CHESTERFIELD
LEENA SELECTED FOR TEAM GB
Huge congratulations to Leena De Mul in Year 11, who was selected to be part of the U21 GB Squad in Canoe Polo.
Leena has been playing Canoe Polo now for 3½ years for Friends of Allonby Canoe Club in Collingwood Docks, Liverpool as well as being part of the GB development academy for 2 ½ years. This year Leena was asked to try out for selection to be part of the GB squads. Leena made it through selection and was selected to represent GB in the World Championships in Saint Omer in France. The girls came 5th overall, knocking out Italy and Poland on the way and secured a place for the ICF world championships in Deqing in China in 2024.
Leena trains 3 times a week at Collingwood Docks in Liverpool and 1 weekend a month with the GB development academy. Leena has taken part in various tournaments including De Paddle in Ypres Belgium, The Junior International in Belfast, the Hull International, and the Liverpool International to name but a few. Just last weekend Leena was in London for the Cut the one-day London canoe polo tournament.
Leena would love to see more girls join the sport as in her own words, “I have had the best summer of my life”.
It was an overall amazing experience for Leena that she was chosen to represent for her country and have the national anthem played for the last time as God Save our Gracious Queen. Well done Leena, our school community is so proud of you.
REPRESENTING MERSEYSIDE
Sisters, Eva Holt (Year 10) and Orla Holt (Year 8) have both been selected to represent Merseyside in netball.
This is a great achievement for the girls who also play the same position. Both girls who play for the school team also play and are coached outside of school by ex-pupil Jennifer Winder who runs Chesterfield community netball club and play in the Liverpool league. Well done girls, we look forward to hearing about your success.
FUTURE CHEER INTERNATIONALS
Huge congratulations to Maisey and Jess from 7B who travelled to Bournemouth recently to take part in the Future Cheer Internationals competition with the Airborn Allstars. The girls came 1st place with their 2 Cheer teams.
The team took home not one but two 1st place National Champions titles and were also International Grand Champions with the highest score of the overall competition.
Well done to both of you - amazing achievements!
SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS
Year 7 and Year 8 Boys and Girls have competed in the qualifying round for the Merseyside Sports Hall Athletics finals.
All four teams participated in a range of events including individual sprints, endurance races, relays, vertical jump, long jump, triple jump, speed bounce, indoor soft putt and even an obstacle relay race. There were many outstanding performances and the overall team effort was incredible.
All four teams were successful at beating very stiff opposition to secure their place at the Merseyside Final on Tuesday 28th March. This is an outstanding achievement and we are very proud of their performance and wish them good luck for the final. Watch this space for updates!