School Games Mark 2024/25 - Now Live
We are pleased to announce that the School Games Mark application window is now open.
To get the most out of the application, please encourage your schools to utilise the Criteria and Guidance documents available.
A reminder that to be eligible for the platinum award, a school must:
- Have achieved a gold award in each of the following academic years: 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 (please note that the School Games Mark was not awarded in 2019/20 and 2020/21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic), or have achieved platinum in both 2021/22 and 2022/23.
- Be on track to be automatically graded as gold for their 2024/25 application at the time of submission (the website automatically calculates the grade when the application is submitted).
If both criteria are met, the platinum section of the application will automatically open.
As per previous years, all successful schools will receive a sustainably sourced wooden award badge to be pinned onto their School Games pennant and a downloadable digital celebration pack.
Please note:
When selecting sports in Section 6, the sport name must be clicked on, not the circle next to the sport. This screenshot shows where (in pink) you need to click to select a sport.
Reminder for SGOs
As an SGO, you can generate a report from the ‘Reports’ section of your dashboard (any report beginning with "School Games Mark" will contain useful information) to view the award history for all your schools, including those eligible for platinum. Please note that the system does not remind schools to apply for platinum – this is your responsibility as the SGO.
Please remember, you can only reset an application once per school.
When validating a platinum application, please review the school’s case studies. When validating at any level, please leave feedback to congratulate them in the main text box.
If you have any further questions about the School Games, please contact your regional inbox.
Good luck to all your schools!