Sporting Events and Team Games
Code of Conduct for member schools
As members of Collaborative Schools Ltd, we acknowledge our professional responsibilities
in promoting and ensuring that our students, teachers and spectators display correct
sporting behaviour and attitudes. On agreeing to the Code of Conduct we will ensure that it
is shown to ALL staff responsible for competitions, students and parents.
Specifically:
As Teachers we will:
 Teach our pupils to play by the rules and value their performances, not the results.
 Show respect for opponents, officials and their decisions
 Not tolerate violent play and cheating
 Promote good sporting behaviour within the spirit of the game
 Use correct and proper language at all times
 Act in a professional manner at all times
 Ensure that appropriately qualified and experienced staff are responsible for
competition during both home and away fixtures
 Promote the appropriate behaviour of all spectators
Our Pupils will/will be encouraged at all times to:
 Play by the Rules
 Use correct and proper language at all times
 Accept every decision made by the officials
 Accept victory and defeat equally with good grace
 Acknowledge the performance of the opposition through shaking of hands at start and
end of competition
Our Parents, Spectators will be encouraged at all times to:
 Respect the officials and their decisions
 Remember that young people play sport for their own enjoyment
 Encourage all players in a positive manner
 Use correct and proper language at all times and do not harass, physically or verbally,
players, teachers, coaches and officials
As a school we will take appropriate and reasonable action to ensure the above is
implemented.
Head teacher ____________________________________
Governor _______________________________________
Date
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