School Games and Sports News
Sport at Bedale Primary School
At Bedale Primary School, we believe in the power that sport has to support the development of children’s wider skills, qualities and aspirations. Through sport, they can make a positive contribution to our school ethos of Learning and Caring Together, and boost attainment and achievement.
Our sporting events are split into 3 levels, as shown in the diagram below.
Level 1 involves competition within school, including lunchtime and after-school clubs which are open to all abilities of children. We aim to include everyone in sport, competing against pupils of similar ability, including encouraging children to try new sports.
When teams and individuals show a talent in sport, they are given the chance for success at Level 2 and Level 3 events. Here our pupils get a chance to shine in sport and are encouraged to develop their talent further wherever possible. These Level 2 and 3 events often include sponsorship and support from businesses and other agencies such as the North Yorkshire Youth Games, RFU-supported Tag Rugby, and Drax Power’s Kwik Cricket tournament.
Squads for level 2 and 3 competitions are selected based on a number of factors including attendance and attitude at clubs. To help with Level 2 and 3 events, the school may offer extra training sessions for the squad, who are supported by other pupils who may compete in future years or in other competitions. Parents with coaching skills and local clubs have been involved in supporting the school’s success over the past few years. We also rely on parents’ support to accompany children to events and, of course, to cheer them on and console or celebrate with them when it’s all over!
Throughout the year, we take part in many different sports events. These range from inter-house competitions through to cluster and regional events. In certain competitions, winning teams can also qualify to compete at county-level.
Our sports captains help to run some of our events, especially house competitions and tournaments held at our school with the support of other children. We hold regular intra-house tournaments in a range of sports. This section of the website is updated termly with a summary of our sports news. To keep up-to-date with the latest news, please follow us on our Facebook page.
Inter-house tournament
Wycar are the winners of the Y5 house hockey tournament 2025!
Inter-House Challenges
Wall of Achievement
The Great North Run.
There were quite a few parents and some children doing the junior
run/competing this year. Well done to Alex in Year 3, Elliot in Year 1 and
Owen in Year 4 for taking part. Our own Mr Collins, also took part. Well done to everyone.
2025-2026 Sports News
Year 5 & 6 Boys and Girls Level 2 - Football
Nerf
Y3/4 Football
Yesterday was the chance for years 3&4 to show their football skills. Both teams played brilliantly without conceding a single goal, the attitude and teamwork was super.
Cross Country
Dodgeball
Today, a team of year 6 took the short walk to the leisure centre to take part in a dodgeball event. The team performed amazingly well and showed tremendous respect, honesty and good manners we were very proud of the children who represented our school.
Dodgeball
Our Year 4s headed over to Bedale High School for an inter-school dodgeball competition. There were 6 teams in total and we managed to play 4 matches before the time ran out. Our team showed brilliant teamwork and came away with wins in each of the games we played. We are so proud of all the children – they showed fantastic sportsmanship, were polite throughout, and played with great enthusiasm and energy .
Year 5 & 6 Boys and Girls Level 1 - Football
Well done to our UPKS2 girls team and both our UPKS2 boys teams who have progressed to the next level of this year's football competition.
Results:
Girls results TBC:
Boys Team A:
7-0 v Aiskew and Leeming and Londonderry (Isaac 3, Rylee 1, Jacob 2, Reuben I 1)
2-0 v Bedale (Oscar, Harvey)
5-0 v Burneston A (Isaac, Harvey, Jacob, Oscar, Rylee)
2-0 v Burneston B (Rylee, Reuben A)
5-0 v Crakehall (Jacob 2, Rylee 3)
3-0 v Pickhill (Harvey, Teddy, Isaac)
Boys Team B:
2-0 v Aiskew and Leeming and Londonderry (Noah, Lewis)
0-2 v Bedale
3-0 v Burneston A (Lewis 2, Wilbur)
2-0 v Burneston B (Joseph, Sasha)
2-1 v Crakehall (George, Lewis)
3-1 v Pickhill (Wilbur 2, Noah)
Sporting Alumni
Josh Coburn
Having recently signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough, former pupil Josh Coburn is currently on a season-long loan at Bristol Rovers. It was brilliant to see Josh grab the national headlines with a stunning winning goal in the FA Cup against Premier League Tottenham.
We were also pleased to hear that, alongside his football achievements, Josh has continued to study hard and is now just finishing a BTEC Sports course alongside his scholarship.
A huge well done from everyone at Bedale Primary School Josh!
Lily Crosthwaite
Another pupil making waves in the footballing world is Lily, a teammate of Josh (above) in our school team for many years. She made her first team debut for Durham in the 2020/21 season and has gone on to become a regular presence in the first-team fold. She also recently joined Josh in being an FA Cup goal scorer following her goal in the fourth round of the 2022-23 season's competition.
