Musselburgh Grammar School joins the Tennis Foundation’s School of Tennis programme
After a successful application, Musselburgh Grammar School has become one of 40 new schools from across the country have joined the Tennis Foundation’s innovative secondary schools programme School of Tennis taking the total number of schools supported to 61.
The programme, run by Britain’s leading tennis charity the Tennis Foundation, aims to radically change the way tennis is delivered in secondary schools to make it more relevant and engaging for teenagers. There is a sharp dip in tennis participation as young people reach their mid-teens and many don’t realise the many varieties of tennis available away from the traditional game. The School of Tennis programme aims to reverse this decline by giving secondary schools the support and funding needed so they can deliver tennis in the form and way that best suits their school and their pupils. Each school is eligible to receive up to £5,000 worth of support in the first year of the three year programme with further funding available in Years 2 and 3 based upon an annual progress review.
Despite being a secondary school programme, links are also created with the feeding primary school cluster. This helps build a pathway which ensures that children have experienced tennis primary school and have something to build on before moving on to secondary school. There is also a strong link between the Musselburgh Grammar School and Musselburgh Tennis Club. The Club have offered their full support throughout the process and as part of the programme the school will be making use of the excellent facilities which the club has.
An exciting project for Musselburgh Grammar School, the local Primary cluster and the local community.
