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Key Priority Area
Quality School Sport
Inclusive school sport can help students learn skills, build confidence and enjoy playing with others.
Quality School Sport gives students different ways to join in sport. Schools can offer social, modified and competitive options to suit students’ interests and needs.
About Quality School Sport
School sport includes games and events during the school week and competitions with other schools. The focus is on fun, learning, teamwork and taking part.
Why this matters
School sport gives students ways to practise skills, work in teams and enjoy being active. Different sport options can help more students join in.
School sport can also help students make friends, take on leadership roles and feel part of the school community.
Top 3 actions to get started
Review your sport program. Who joins in, and who may need more support?
Offer more ways to play sport, including modified and social options.
Work with local sport groups to offer more ways for students to take part.
Making it inclusive
Plan sport so students with different interests and abilities can join in and enjoy it.
- Offer competitive, modified, recreational and social sport options
- Make reasonable adjustments to rules, equipment, roles and formats
- Ask students what would make sport more welcoming for them, including girls and gender-diverse students
- Offer roles such as coach, helper or referee
- Ask students what stops them from taking part
Sustainable practice
Plan sport programs your school can keep running while caring for its resources and the environment.
- Share and look after facilities and equipment
- Choose uniforms and equipment that last
- Reduce rubbish at events
- Use local facilities where suitable
- Plan for heat, storms and other weather risks
See it in practice
Real stories from Victorian schools
Primary School
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Secondary School
Wodonga Middle Years College
See how Wodonga Middle Years College uses its Sports League to help students join in and connect with others
Resources organised by need
Find tools to plan and run inclusive school sport.
Plan and deliver school sport
Find guidance for planning and running school sport.
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Create inclusive sport opportunities
Find ways to change games, roles and equipment so more students can join in.
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Access competition pathways
Find school, regional and state competitions for students who want to take part.
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Build partnerships and programs
Work with sport clubs and groups to offer more school sport opportunities.
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Explore more Quality School Sport resources
Find school stories and guides for Quality School Sport
School Stories & Case Studies
See how schools run sport where more students can take part
Choose your next step
Choose a step to make school sport more welcoming and enjoyable.
Review your current practice
Plan your next step
Explore practical ideas
Explore partnerships
Review your progress
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