Senior School - Newcastle under Lyme School, Independent Day School

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Netball

The school benefits from excellent coaching in this key sport, provided by our Head of Netball, Sports teachers’ and outside coaches.

The school’s new Sports development has elevated netball provision, adding two further indoor courts to the school’s netball facilities. One of these courts is of premier league standard, with banked seating provision for spectators and electronic scoreboard, which is enabling the school to explore external pathways for elite netballers with super league clubs and we are proud to be home to Nottingham Forest Netball’s U15 FCP Performance Pathway for Staffordshire.

Furthermore, the school enjoys a wonderful, close relationship with Newcastle Town Netball Club, where many players enjoy netball outside of school, and who use the school as their coaching and match play base.

Netball

Cricket

Cricket continues to go from strength to strength at NULS with the school delighted to enjoy a position for the past six years in the prestigious Top 100 Schools listings according to The Cricketer Magazine.

With a designated principal cricket ground, with pavilion, a second cricket square and pitch on our playing fields and an astro wicket, NULS is equipped exceptionally well.

In addition, the school possesses a four lane outdoor astroturf net facility to permit off- season outdoor practice and coaching too.

These facilities are complemented by a superb indoor cricket net facility which provides multiple practice lanes for all-year round cricket coaching. The Cricket facility also possesses bowling machines, for its Senior and Prep students, utilised by its staff and resident cricket coaches, Jason Brown and Charles Harrison.

Cricket

Hockey

NULS’ Hockey provision continues to reach new heights with pupils benefitting from an extensive coaching set up and full-size, floodlit astroturf pitch.

Hockey at NULS is building an enviable reputation for county, regional and national success and in recent years, 5 teams have made the National Finals, winning 3 of them.

Not only does Hockey form a large part of the curriculum for boys and girls, but there is also an extensive co-curricular provision, allowing pupils to play for participation as well as competitively.

The school and staff are proud to have enabled a series of players move beyond regional selection, and to move into national team selection processes for their age range. The school also enjoys a close working relationship with North Staffordshire Hockey Club, who use the school as a regional base and where many players also train.

Hockey

Rugby

Our Head of Rugby continues to build on the school’s enviable reputation in this sporting field with a highly skilled team of coaches working with all teams.

The school’s achievements in Rugby are longstanding and the teams enjoy the use of five match pitches. The school’s reputation for producing players who go into professional settings is also recognised with young players and former pupils having been in academies at the likes of Wasps and Sale, with the school very proud of alumnus Dan Robson who has played professionally for Wasps and England, and is set to join Gloucester for the upcoming season.

Rugby

Swimming

Senior School pupils feel the benefit of having two specialist swim teachers at school.

With an impressive 25 metre swimming pool, swimming is an integrated part of the curriculum and co-curricular programme. Pupils enjoy wonderful access to swimming opportunities, from beginners’ classes through the school’s own Swim School, through to elite coaching in the school’s Swim Squad.

Life-saving and Water Polo are also part of the sports teams provision. Our Swimming and Water Polo Teams compete regularly throughout the school year, with them both competing at local, regional and national levels.

In addition to the school’s Swim Squad, we are also partnered with the area’s premier swimming club.