School Sports




Race for Life
Sport’s Leaders open our Running track with Wigan Warriors and Hawkley FC. A fantastic day was had by all!
Great News!
St James’ has achieved GOLD
The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme which reward schools for their commitment to the development of PE, sport and competition across their school.
We were assessed against the following criteria
- Commitment to a minimum of 2hrs of physical education per week
- Participation in intra-school competitions (within school)
- Participation in inter-school competitions (external competitions)
- Leadership schemes
- Extra-curricular clubs
- Promotion of external providers
- Provision in place to develop ‘Gifted and Talented’ children
- Promotion of results and reports for newsletters/website
- Continued Professional Development of wider school staff to support PE
We are very proud of our award and look forward to another great year full of sport and fun!


Sport after school clubs will consist of: rugby, football, netball, fit for fun. All clubs are ran by qualified coaches or members of staff. Wigan Warriors Community Foundation staff support the running of school clubs.
Working in conjunction with Wigan Warriors Community Foundation.