Physical Education and Sport
The Shenfield High School Physical Education department prides itself on being one of the most successful schools in the east of England by providing over 30 hours of extra-curricular clubs a week and providing hundreds competitive sports fixture in the friendly,local Mid-Essex,County and National framework each year.
Since 2004 the school has won six national titles (two for basketball, two for football and two for futsal) as well as numerous county titles in cricket, basketball, futsal and football.
However, the school also offers a variety of other competitive sports including netball, swimming, rowing, badminton, cross-country running, athletics, table-tennis, trampolining and volleyball.
In 2011 Shenfield High School took the momentous step of forming a football academy in conjunction with Colchester United Football Club. Pupils on the academy are trained for up to 2 hours a day by a UEFA qualified coach alongside their academic studies, as well as competing in the weekly county academy league and national competition framework.
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