Schools

The NSW School network features a complement of metropolitan and regionally based public and non-government schools that provide valuable developmental, coaching, parental, academic and well-being support for students. The network also provides competitive opportunities to emerging athletes as well as delivering personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) to all students.

The substantial ongoing contribution of the NSW School network to the broader sporting sector and achievement of current and future participation, pathways and high-performance outcomes (including Brisbane 2032), is recognised within the Future Champions strategy.

About the Emerging Athlete Friendly Schools Network

Established in late 2023, EAFS is a growing network of like-minded public and non-government schools across NSW that provide direct support to emerging student-athletes.

Its mission is to share best-practice approaches for facilitating the holistic and effective development and support of the student-athlete (and their teachers, coaches, and parents).

Throughout 2024, a number of educational and networking opportunities are proposed, if you would like to find out more register your interest.

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EAFS focus areas

• Student athlete empowerment - Best practice approaches for educating and empowering students and parents along the athlete journey.

• Staff development - Promoting an informed, aligned and collaborative approach to build capability and capacity within staff (Coaches, Teachers, Coordinators etc.) to support student athletes and connect with key stakeholders.

• Advocacy for the role of schools in emerging athlete Journey - To provide a collective voice and drive intersectoral collaboration ensuring communication with organisations to support emerging athletes across both school and community sport. This includes school sports sectors, Governments, Local, District and State Sporting Organisations, National Sporting Organisations, NSWIS, Australian Sports Commission, Paralympics Australia, Australian Olympic Committee, Regional Academies of Sport and Sport Integrity Australia.

• Strategy and programs - To facilitate the sharing of programs, processes, strategy and evaluation within schools, and to provide greater alignment with other organisations to enable best practice approaches which support holistic sporting development.