We’re off to a flyer!
The 2021/22 term is only a couple of weeks old, but there has already been a flurry of Panathlon activity across the country with both external and in-school competitions.
30 September 2021
Panathlon expands deaf programme with cricket partnership
Panathlon is set to expand its programme of sporting activity for deaf children by adding cricket to its growing roster of sports.
26 March 2021
Schools salute success of Virtual Panathlon
Panathlon’s Virtual Programme has been hailed as a stunning success at the end of its first term in schools.
10 December 2020
In-school virtual programme off to flying start
Over 8,000 competitors have joined Panathlon’s ‘virtual programme’ in the first 10 days – and its impact in over 100 schools has already proved to be hugely positive.
07 October 2020
Brookfields pioneer Panathlon’s ‘new normal’
Panathlon’s ‘new normal’ took shape this week as Brookfields Specialist SEN School in Reading were the first to try out our virtual in-school competition format.
17 September 2020
Father and son volunteer together
Father and son Russell and Oliver Flower have discovered huge benefits in volunteering together at Panathlon events, taking their involvement to the next level following Oliver’s many achievements as a…
04 September 2020
Another highly successful Year!
Before the onset of Covid 19 and the closure of all schools, the Panathlon Foundation charity was well on course for another record breaking year. Our participation figures for the…
14 July 2020
Record Breaking Day- March 12th
Panathlon continues to break participation records and March 12th saw us staging 9 competitions in one day. There were four in London, plus events in Havant, Merseyside, Doncaster, Hull and…
11 May 2020
Panathlon announcement – coronavirus
In light of the coronavirus lockdown, we will not be participating in activity with schools for the foreseeable future. Further decisions will be made dependent on how the situation with…
17 April 2020
New Champions in North London
After dominating Panathlon’s North London scene for many years, reigning London champions Enfield were defeated by the barest of margins by Hammersmith & Fulham at Copthall Leisure Centre on Thursday….
12 March 2020
Special guests aplenty at East London Final
There were ‘Panathlon VIPs’ aplenty at Tuesday’s East London Multisport Final to witness Barking & Dagenham and Waltham Forest book their tickets to the Copper Box Arena in June. Barking…
10 March 2020
Huge Sutton event boosts London Primary programme
Panathlon’s Primary programme in London took a big step forward with a double competition at Sutton Sports Village which one young athlete described as “the best day of my life”….
04 February 2020
New Essex champs Quilters hail Panathlon’s impact
Panathlon’s impact was hailed as ‘beyond just sport’ by Quilters Junior School after their pupils finished as champions in Panathlon’s Essex Primary Swimming Final at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre….
29 January 2020
Gold again for Knightsfield in National U18 Deaf Swimming Final
Teachers and students praised the ‘level playing field’ Panathlon provide for deaf students as Knightsfield School defended their National U18 Deaf Swimming title at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre. Knightsfield,…
28 January 2020
Olympic pool gala “captures imagination” of SEN pupils
Competing at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre in a special Panathlon swimming gala “captured the imagination” of primary-age pupils from the London boroughs of Redbridge and Havering. Panathlon staged the…
24 January 2020
Mary Hare pupils “inspired to continue swimming journey”
Pupils from Mary Hare School were in awe of competing in the London 2012 Aquatics Centre and “inspired to continue their swimming journey” after winning gold medals in the Panathlon…
17 January 2020
Stormont House claim first Special Schools’ Swim title
Stormont House School from London hailed Panathlon for providing “equality and equity” after they were crowned our inaugural Special Schools’ Swimming champions at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre. The team…
27 November 2019
Great Arley clinch National U14 Swimming crown
Great Arley School from Thornton-Cleveleys claimed a second National U14 Swimming crown at our finals on Tuesday at the Aquatic Centre in the London 2012 Olympic Park. The Lancashire school…
26 November 2019
Brookfields win inaugural National Special Schools Final
Brookfields School from Berkshire were crowned champions at our inaugural Panathlon National Primary Special Schools Final at the prestigious Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Thursday. Finishing the day’s event with a total of…
15 November 2019
Mercedes leads honours at our 11th Jack Petchey awards!
Mercedes Jacdonmi is the 2019 winner of Panathlon’s top annual honour for competitors in London and Essex – the Jack Petchey Outstanding Achievement award. Mercedes (pictured above with Steven Francis…
14 November 2019
Robinswood clinch National Primary glory
Robinswood Trust from Gloucester were crowned Panathlon National Primary champions at the Copper Box Arena on Thursday after edging out last year’s inaugural winners Barr View and Drapers’ Brookside from…
07 November 2019
Panathlon passes yet more milestones
Panathlon’s impact spread further than ever before during the last academic year with almost 22,000 young people with disabilities and special needs benefitting from our competitive sport programmes. The 21,906 competitors who took part in our…
04 September 2019
Drapers’ Brookside seize London Primary title
Drapers’ Brookside School were crowned our 2018/19 London Primary champions at the Copper Box Arena with teachers marvelling at the ‘personal growth’ the competition fosters in their pupils. The Romford…
03 July 2019
Southwood claim London Primary Plate prize
Southwood School from Barking and Dagenham won the Panathlon London Primary Plate Final at the Copper Box Arena – contested by schools who finished as runners-up in their borough qualifying…
03 July 2019
