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Altrincham Football Club picked up the Promoting Inclusion award for their Alty Ability Programme, in partnership with Panathlon, at the 2025 North West Football Awards.
52 children with special educational needs took part in the event, with 2024 runners-up Coldfall of the London Borough of Haringey this year coming out on top with 70 points….
Stormont House from the London Borough of Hackney were the victors in the 2025 National Panathlon Special Schools Swimming Final at the London Aquatics Centre, beating six other schools and…
David Morris, headteacher, and Laura Downing, resource base manager, wrote Panathlon an article about their triumph.
Teacher Mathew Jones supported the team throughout their journey in Newtown, and wrote Panathlon an article about the school’s experiences.
With events running regionally on Tuesday 19th May, 125 schools across the country were competing for the title, with 773 children taking part across 12 venues.
The Coppice School are Panathlon’s 2026 England National Special School ten-pin bowling champions and teacher Alex Jardine spoke to the website about the achievement.
Pupils from Rush Green Primary School in Romford were “absolutely ecstatic” to win the first ever England National Primary Ten-Pin Bowling Final.
A year after delighting crowds at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, the Panathlon Joy Garden moved into its permanent home.
A pupil at Alexandra Park School, he is a Panathlon Sports Leader and participant – and in 2024 was the subject of an award-winning documentary.
Incredible numbers of young people took part in our events across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Ysgol Maes y Felin, from Holywell in Flintshire, were crowned champions at our inaugural Welsh Panathlon National Primary Ten Pin Final.
The iconic London Aquatics Centre hosted our National Primary Swimming Final and National Special School Swimming Final.
In the midst of the excitement and the glory of the Paralympics in Paris, Panathlon are enjoying some huge wins closer to home.
During the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Panathlon Joy Garden was visited by tens of thousands of people and featured several times on prime BBC TV, radio…
Malachi Edewor becomes the 16th winner of our prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Outstanding Achievement award. The pupil at Riverside School in Haringey has global development delay – but his condition…
TV star and Panathlon ambassador Alex Brooker supports over 100 pupils with disabilities and special needs at one of our competitions in Calderdale and confesses, “I wish I’d had this…
Former Panathlete Erin O’Flaherty is selected for the England Athletics Para Academy training programme – and says it was Panathlon that set her on the path to sporting success.
We launch a new Grand Prix Finals series – with competitive events taking place simultaneously across multiple venues, event managers comparing scores online and regional champions crowned.
The 2023/24 autumn term was officially our biggest ever – with over 20,119 pupils with disabilities and special needs competing in 363 events, plus 2,208 Young Leaders (an 11% year-on-year…
Panathlon holds its first ever overseas team competition as 69 pupils gather for a 10-pin bowling event in Belfast.
Paralympic champion Liz Johnson is appointed Chair of the Panathlon Foundation charity, succeeding Andy Sutch who held the post for a decade.
Independent research shows Panathlon’s positive impact reaches deep into schools and communities and drives transformational change for children with disabilities and special needs across England and Wales.
Our annual figures show a stunning 20% increase in participation with a record 62,981 pupils with disabilities and special needs taking part in our sporting programmes in 2022/23.
