Panathlon’s many benefits for Key Stage 1 children with disabilities and special needs were highlighted by school staff at our multi-skills competition in Leeds on 3 April. Panathlon has been…
Primary schools in Yorkshire have revealed how their pupils with disabilities and special needs prosper in the competitive environment of Panathlon. So often, sport provision for children with additional needs…
Pupils from Rush Green Primary School in Romford were “absolutely ecstatic” to win our first ever England National Primary Ten-Pin Bowling Final on Wednesday (19 March). The nationwide event comprised…
Young Leaders who officiate at Panathlon competitions are “making a genuine difference” to the lives of pupils with SEND and developing character traits that they “simply cannot learn in a…
Cribden House, a specialist SEND school in Rossendale, has embraced Panathlon into its weekly schedule — and pupils’ practice paid off handsomely this week at our Lancashire County Primary Final…
Panathlon’s partnership with Active Lancashire and its sponsors Spar has benefited hundreds of children with disabilities and special needs across the Red Rose county. Active Lancashire is one of the…
Excitement levels ahead of Panathlon’s first ever National Primary Ten Pin Bowling Final went up another few notches this week as four schools in Lancashire added their names to the…
Panathlon proved to be “a turning point” for Doucecroft School pupil Luca – and his remarkable progress has been recognised in our 2024 Woodland Group Essex Outstanding Achievement awards. Luca…
The pathway to Panathlon’s first ever National Primary Ten Pin Bowling Final began this weekwith 142 SEN pupils from Rotherham taking part in a double-header at Hollywood Bowl inSheffield. The…
Outstanding Panathletes from across Humberside stole the show at this week’s 2023/24 Hull Active School Awards. Led by the brilliant work of Jo McDonald, Panathlon’s programme of events has expanded…
Competing in Panathlon is a “defining moment” for children with disabilities and special needs that they will remember and treasure for many years. That was the view of volunteers from…
Ron Mills, Trustee at the Jack Petchey Foundation, was a special guest as Panathlon staged Xtend competitions in Essex and East London on Thursday (27 June).
Volunteers from St. James’s Place were “proud and privileged” to be part of our North West Regional Kurling Final in Bolton as they revelled in Panathlon Leader roles.
During the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (20-25 May), the Panathlon Joy Garden was visited by tens of thousands of people and featured several times on prime BBC…
Twenty-two damp but determined riders completed the gruelling 100-mile RideLondon challenge on Sunday to fundraise for Panathlon. Our hardy pedallers were among the 20,000 entrants who cycled in wet and…
Panathlon’s growth across Greater Manchester has increased the ambition of pupils with disabilities and special needs to ascend to higher levels of sporting achievement. That’s the view of Andy Lord,…
Shenfield High School welcomed six local schools in the morning and six in the afternoon for a double header Xtend competition on Tuesday (23 April).
Volunteers from Panathlon’s supporters St. James’s Place had an “incredibly rewarding” day officiating and guiding pupils at our Birmingham Primary Final on Wednesday 17 April. The merry band of 14…
Michelle Runcieman-Smeaton will leave a legacy of sporting passion for pupils with disabilities and special needs at Sunnyside Academy in Middlesbrough after 15 years of participating in Panathlon competitions. Michelle…
Rachael Hunt is swimming one million metres this year – an average of 3km per day – to fundraise for Panathlon.
Six months of qualifying competitions climaxed in two nail-biting finals as 24 schools converged on Liverpool for our North West Primary and Secondary Regional Boccia Finals at Greenbank Sports Academy….
Being profoundly deaf, James Dixon faced more challenges than most when he began working as an Event Officer for Panathlon. Organising events, communicating with teachers, pupils and leaders and making…
TV star and Panathlon Ambassador Alex Brooker supported over 100 pupils with disabilities and special needs at our competitions in Calderdale on Tuesday and confessed, “I wish I’d had this…
Six-year-old Grayson Winter revelled in his first ever sporting competition as he joined over 200 pupils with disabilities and special needs in a star-studded, two-day competitive extravaganza in Calderdale.
