Sport | Beyond The Classroom | St. Christophers School | Isa Town, Bahrain

SPARTA is St Christopher’s Sports and Arts Academy provision. This is a truly world-class academy that provides pathways for students from Early Years to High-Performance students seeking a career, or scholarship in their chosen field.

Elite coaches from around the world lead these programmes which are available to support St Christopher’s students and also for the Bahrain community.

Please visit the SPARTA page for more details.

Performance Pathways 

Pursuit of Excellence 

Our Infant and Junior School provision centres around connecting all students to lead healthy active lifestyles and access as many sports as possible. We seek to provide opportunities for all to develop sound fundamental skills in a stimulating and safe environment.

For the keenest and most able students there are opportunities to represent the school whilst all students can embrace the challenges of competitive opportunities through a vibrant House system. This enables a united programme of character development teaching our youngest students the virtues of sport and how to cope with winning, losing and pressure in a safe and nurturing environment. 

The most able are involved in overseas festivals and there are many opportunities to liaise with the Senior School providing a smooth and seamless transition for all.

At the heart of the students’ development at St Christopher’s is a robust education that seamlessly links academic attainment and athletic performance. Numerous studies show that leading physically active lifestyles and coping with the demands of training and competition prepares students for success academically and in life.

These skills and attitudes are what all the leading universities desire and our provision enables students to progress to all these leading universities around the world to continue their studies and play sports.

We provide sports-specific academic options for students at GCSE and BTEC to ensure those interested in a career in sport have the best possible preparation, thus creating truly personalised pathways for all students.

St Christopher’s Talented Athlete Mentoring Programme:
Designed to put support mechanisms in place for those students with the most athletic potential and seeking to develop and progress as sports professionals in their chosen field.

Students receive:

• Training in world class facilities
• Coached by world class leaders in their field
• Supported by latest video analysis and testing data
• Personalised strength and conditioning plans
• Sports psychology support to help perform without fear
• Pathways to universities and further academies for sports performance
• Player mentorship with lifestyle and academic support
• Periodised training and access to regular training, fixtures, tours and competitions.
• Part of a specialist high-performance group with access to advice from inspirational leaders in their field.