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Primary school TAG rugby delivery – Sport Premium funded work at Sandal Primary School

What we were tasked to do?

  • To deliver Tag Rugby throughout the school from Year 1-6, that were expected to align with the curriculum.
  • Educate and up skill members of Staff on how to deliver engaging rugby based PE Sessions.
  • Create a pathway for Children to the local rugby club as well as developing players for the local schools rugby festivals.

What we delivered?

  • A scaffolded curriculum of Tag Rugby was delivered throughout the school progressing from year 1 children running with the ball and special awareness to year 6 children playing Tag Rugby.
  • Year 3 -6 Children were able to play and manage their own Tag Rugby games, understanding tactics as well as the CORE VALUES which are so important to the game.
  • All delivery from year 1-6 was underpinned with a high level of player involvement getting children to maximise the amount of engagement that they got out of the weekly hour session.

Positive outcomes of our delivery

  • The standard of coordination and game understanding in the school grew each year not only being identified in the primary school, but also by PE staff when pupils transitioned to secondary.
  • Teachers benefitted from the specialist delivery picking up different activities and approaches to developing
  • The school also gained higher levels of participation at after school clubs, It also had a massive effect on the local rugby club with large numbers of players joining the local Rugby club in the area.
The Askham Bryan College Rugby Union team was re‑established in April 2025, marking a return to AoC Sport competition after an almost six‑year hiatus.
The Rugby Union programme provides students with the opportunity to challenge themselves in a competitive environment, developing resilience, teamwork, and discipline while balancing academic study with the technical and tactical demands of rugby.
Training and preparation for league fixtures have been supported by White Rose Rugby’s Tom Parnell, who has played a key role in enhancing the quality and consistency of sessions. His involvement has contributed to improvements in players’ physical conditioning, technical skills and overall readiness for competitive match play.
The Rugby Union team currently sits top of the AoC Yorkshire and Humber North league and is looking to build on this success as the season continues. For potential students interested in combining education with competitive rugby, Askham Bryan College offers an excellent opportunity to train, compete, and develop within a supportive sporting environment.
Evan Woodworth, Director of Sport, Askham Bryan
Evan Woodworth
Rating: 5

Developing young people through an apprenticeship scheme

White Rose Rugby were one of the first organisations to confirm their involvement in the Coach Core Leeds apprenticeship programme having previously worked with Yorkshire Sport Foundation on other project. They have completely immersed themselves in developing young people through the apprenticeship scheme and have been nothing but open minded and willing to learn during every part of the process.

It is vital that the apprentices that are part of this project have the required support from the organisation that they are placed with. Phil, Dave and the rest of the team fully understand what it takes to nurture and mentor young people and go the extra mile. They provide the right environment for young people to learn and develop themselves and have proven that they can produced excellent young coaches.

White Rose Rugby and Yorkshire Sport Foundation have an extremely strong working relationship and this has only strengthened through this piece of work. They are always professional, reliable and approachable and have a great team that are always wanting and willing to get involved in new ideas.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation are looking forward to continuing work with White Rose Rugby, in particular seeing them return as part of the next Coach Core Leeds Apprenticeship programme.

Lauren Havercroft

Lauren Havercroft, Workforce Development Manager

The children (and teachers!!) are really sad that the coaching sessions have now come to an end. They have LOVED each session and both Ben and Tom have been amazing. The progression of skills for each session has been really evident and it’s been wonderful to see some of the children thriving. All of the sessions have been fun and engaging.

We have one boy who now wants to play thanks to Ben’s coaching. In the classroom, he is one of the lower ability children but he has shown a real talent for rugby so this is something that will really help his self-esteem and confidence.

Thank you so much and I hope that we can discuss having you in again next year!

Natalie Robertshaw
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