All pupils have access to the age-appropriate Physical Education curriculum as part of their normal school day. They are also encouraged to take part in the wide variety of extra-curricular activities on offer in order to develop their interests and to achieve their full potential. Bute House is very fortunate to have all its sports facilities on site.

Each class has four lessons of PE a week taught mainly by specialist teachers. The girls are taught a variety of the following activities according to their ages: games skills, netball, tennis, lacrosse, gym, dance, rounders, athletics and swimming. Only through enjoyment of the subject will they learn new skills and have a desire to do more. The girls develop their fitness and co-ordination in games and gymnastics, experience team sports and become competent swimmers (an essential life preserving skill). Through team sports they experience competition, learn to cope with winning and losing and understand the importance of cooperation and working together as a team.

Individual profiles are kept on each child to monitor her development, skills, knowledge and understanding throughout the school.

At Bute House we are lucky to have team teaching  in all swimming and games lessons. This allows us to stretch the able children and also give close attention to those who find activities and skills difficult to master, as the girls are usually given instruction in groups of ten.

There are sports clubs every day. These include gymnastics, football, touch rugby, cricket, badminton, dance aerobics, tennis, swimming and cross country. There are also team practices for selected girls in the following: gymnastics, netball, swimming, cross country, tennis and football. There are regular sports fixtures against local schools and Bute House also takes part in many local and national competitions with great success.

RECENT SUCCESSES

English Schools National Swimming Championships 2006

Three thousand schools took part in these championships.  Bute House came third in the medley relay and the freestyle relay and holds the national butterfly record for the under 11s. A pupil is the national champion in the under 11 front crawl.

IAPS National Swimming Finals 2006

The U11s were placed third in the competition.  The U11s medley and free style teams won Bronze. A pupil won Gold in the U11 free style, becoming the national champion, and another won Bronze in the U11 butterfly and broke the national record in the qualifying heats.

For the first time in 2007 we entered the London Prep Schools Swimming Competition, which the U10s won.

IAPS National Gymnastics Competition 2006  

The U10s were placed fourth nationally.

Inter-Schools Cross Country Competition 2007  

The U10s won the competition and the U11s were placed fourth overall.

IAPS National Swimming Finals 2007

The under 10s won a silver medal in the medley relay.

IAPS National Gymnastics Competition 2007  

The U11s were placed fourth nationally.

IAPS National Netball Championships 2007 

Bute House won the Wycombe regional round and reached the quarter finals of the National Trials.

Inter Schools Cross Country Championships 2008

The Under 10s won the competition and the Under 11s were placed second.

IAPS National Netball Championships 2008

Bute House won the Wycombe Regional Round in which 41 schools took part and were placed third in their section at the National finals.