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Our brilliant gymnasts recently welcomed two coaches from Dudley Gymnastics Club, who visited to support and inspire them as they prepare for their upcoming gymnastics competition. A big thank you to Amy and Tirana for sharing your expertise and encouragement with our athletes — it was greatly appreciated!💚

Our cross country team were in action once again, this time competing at Rakegate Primary School. The children represented the school brilliantly, demonstrating determination and excellent sportsmanship throughout the event. The boys’ team achieved an impressive 2nd place, finishing just a few points behind the winners, while the girls’ team secured an outstanding 1st place. We are incredibly proud of every member of the team for their resilience and commitment. A special men

Our Year 6 tag rugby team participated in a tournament held at Wolverhampton Rugby Club where 12 schools competed. The team played a total of 11 matches against all the participating schools winning 5 games, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. The children played well as a team, showing great improvements as the day went on and really developing their togetherness and communication. Overall the team finished in a respectable 4 th  position (just one point short of a third place med

Elston faced their final group fixture at home against a very strong Wolverhampton Grammar School side, and it proved to be a thrilling contest from start to finish. The game began cautiously, with both teams battling for control and chances were slim. Then, 10 minutes in, Shaye pounced on a loose ball and unleashed a thunderous strike into the bottom corner to give Elston the lead — 1–0! Wolverhampton Grammar refused to back down and continued to test the Elston defence with

We are delighted to have been awarded the Barclays Equal Access School 2025 status. This national recognition celebrates schools that are committed to providing girls with equal opportunities to take part in football, ensuring access to regular, inclusive and high-quality provision within school. The award reflects our dedication to promoting equality in sport and creating opportunities for all pupils to participate and thrive. A huge thank you to Mr Turner and Mr Green for t

"We are incredibly proud of our Year 6 boys’ and girls’ team who represented the school so brilliantly at the Wolves Foundation Premier League Stars Tournament held at the Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground. The team delivered an outstanding performance in the group stages, topping the table with an impressive 16 points and conceding just four goals. Their determination continued into a tense quarter-final against Villiers, where they secured another clean sheet and a confiden

Children worked well as a team to compete against other schools in a table cricket event, including some secondary schools. Children supported each other and showed great sportsmanship. Elston Hall were victorious and took home the medals and trophy!

Our boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams competed at Fordhouses Cricket Club against 15 schools from across Wolverhampton and Bilston. A total of 168 pupils took part in the event, with Elston represented by 16 runners from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. We are incredibly proud to share that our girls’ team finished in 1st place, while our boys’ team narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, finishing an impressive 4th overall. This is an outstanding achievement, particularly as many of o

A huge well done to our superb netballers who braved the cold, wet weather to play in the Netball Hub event held at St Chads. Elston Hall took 11 players to play as part of two mixed Year 5 and 6 teams. Despite the freezing conditions, the children played brilliantly. Team 2 lost one match, drew 2 and won 2 whilst Team 1 won 5 matches and drew one. Overall just one defeat out of 11 matches played!

Our girls’ footballers were back in action this week, taking on Fieldview Primary School, and they delivered another outstanding performance. Elston got off to the perfect start, scoring inside the opening 25 seconds with a calm, composed finish from Jess. The momentum didn’t stop there, and by half-time Elston had raced into a 5–0 lead, with goals from Alba (2), Jess (2) and Daniella. The goals kept coming in the second half, as Heidi and Jess added to the scoreline to round

Our girls proudly represented us at the Wolves Foundation 6-a-side competition. They were drawn into an extremely competitive group, with only a few points separating 2nd from 5th place. Although the girls were unfortunately knocked out in the group stages, they showed incredible resilience, determination, and teamwork throughout the tournament. As always, we are immensely proud of them — especially considering many of the team are only in Years 4 and 5, competing against Yea

A group of Year 2 students traveled to Aldersley Leisure Village to participate in the 'All Aboard Festival.' The children had a fantastic time engaging in various activities, including serving in volleyball, keeping time in dance, improving accuracy in golf, and developing coordination in tennis. They worked diligently and received numerous compliments for their excellent listening skills and effort. Well done, everyone!

Our boys team competed against schools across the midlands at Castle Vale stadium in Birmingham at the West Midlands County Finals. The boys won two, lost one and drew one match in their group meaning they topped the group with 7 points giving them a place in the semi-finals. The boys played brilliantly as a team in the semi-final but sadly lost to a last-minute goal sending them out of the competition. They were excellent representatives of Elston Hall and staff were proud o

10 of our Year 2 children represented Elston Hall at the Multiskills event held at St Chads. The children competed as a team to score points in a variety of events using skills such as throwing and catching, jumping, running and balancing. For the children, it was their first time competing in such an event and representing school. They worked amazingly well and were winners of the event meaning they move onto the finals, against other school across the city later in the term

This week our Sports Ambassadors did a fantastic job organising our whole-school Festive Fun Run. Children arrived with festive accessories and took part at their own pace, making the event both inclusive and fun. Pupils completed laps of the course and joined in a series of additional exercises and activity stations designed and led by the ambassadors. Well done to all participants and a big thank-you to our Sports Ambassadors for making the event such a success!

Six Year 6 children travelled to Aldersley Leisure Village to take part in a boccia competition alongside 24 other schools. It was fantastic to see the children learning and playing a new sport against pupils from a range of primary and secondary schools. Despite never having played boccia before, both Elston teams shone throughout the event, demonstrating excellent teamwork and impressive tactical awareness. Together, they achieved an amazing 15 wins out of 23 matches. We ar

A team of 12 children attended the Sportshall Primary Athletics finals after qualifying last month. The children participated in a range of events including both track and field events. The team did amazingly with the boys team winning all of their races whilst the girls team placed 1 st  in 3 races, 2 nd  in one race and 3 rd  in their last race.  On the field, the children did amazingly well in events including chest push, standing long jump, vertical jump, javelin and spe

Well done to our boys football team who beat Nishkam Primary 6-0. The boys were excellent throughout the game and showcased some excellent passing football in patches of the game to give us the 3 points. Well done to our goalscorers and defence who kept a clean sheet too! 💚

Well done to our 9 a side girls football team who played a tough Bilston side. The girls were excellent showing brilliant passing, dribbling and teamwork skills resulting in another win, this time scoring 3 goals. Great goals from Alba, Daniella and Heidi saw us claim the 3 points. Special shout out to our defence and goalkeeper who yet again didn't conceded a single goal! What a talented group of players we have! 💚

Elston 7 a side boys football team competed against 26 other schools from across the district. The boys were brilliant topping the group winning 5 games and drawing one. They then beat Bhylls Acre 1-0 in a tightly contested semi final. The boys then went through to the final where they met St Stephen's, the game eventually went to penalties where Ollie made a fantastic save which gave us the best possible chance. Kane scored the decisive penalty to crown us as Blakemore Cup 7