Welcome to the Physical Education Department
Introduction
The Physical Education Department aims for Excellence in all its activities. This includes the teaching of PE in our morning lessons, our Afternoon Games provision and the wide range of Sporting ECA’s that we offer.

Our Departmental Vision is:
“To aim for excellence and stand out as the Premier PE Department in Cyprus”
We try to develop the fitness and sporting skills of our students in a range of activities, whilst we also focus on the importance of respect, fair play, effort and enjoyment in all that we do. In line with the philosophy of our Founder, we try to offer numerous sporting participation opportunities to our students. One way of achieving this is through Afternoon Games, where we offer a wide range of activities to our students. In addition, we provide numerous Sporting ECA’s at Club level (recreational sport) and at School Team level (competitive sport).
We aim to be active in the community and seek opportunities for our students to participate in events organised by the Ministry of Education, the Nicosia Private Schools as well as competitions organised by the Cyprus Sports Federations. We regularly play competitive sport in a friendly atmosphere against the ESOBGA sports teams, as part of the Founder’s Day Events and the Salakian Hockey Tournament.
Morning Teaching of PE
Physical Education is taught in all Years of the School and includes a well-structured programme of Athletics, Basketball, Cross Country, Fitness Testing, Hockey, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, and Weight Training.
The PE Department offers the GCSE Course in Physical Education in Years 4 and 5 and the A-Level PE Course in Years 6 and 7.
Beyond the Classroom
Our students have been actively involved with Sport and Physical Education since 1900, with our Founder having introduced Football, Hockey and Cricket to Cyprus via the English School.
Many generations of students played these traditional sports during their time at the English School and over time, more activities were added. One of these first activities was Athletics, with the Shield Sports between the English School and the American Academy of Larnace being held for the first time in 1914.
As time passed, more and more sports were introduced and we currently have a flourishing programme of Extra Curricular Sports activities on offer for our students. We offer various School Teams/Sports Clubs for all ages. Activities include Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Hockey, Athletics, Tennis, Table Tennis, Gym-Fitness, Dance/Choreography Club, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Running and Parade. Furthermore, we provide opportunities for our students to represent the School in other sports, such as Biathlon, Badminton, Gymnastics, Skiing and Swimming.
