Extracurricular activity and life outside the classroom are just as important as academic study at Bosworth Independent College
Bosworth provides students with many opportunities to participate in a variety of sports and other extracurricular activities to develop a range of skills and interests.
Sport as an extracurricular activity
Other extracurricular activity
Sport as an extracurricular activity
Bosworth College hires a nearby sports hall several times a week for students to take part in a variety of sporting activities, during a Thursday afternoon enrichment session as well as most evenings and weekends.
The college also runs team sports and competes against other local schools. The 2007 / 08 Season has been another successful year for the sports teams of Bosworth Independent College.
The college’s volleyball team finished mid-table in a local league. A truly multi-cultural team including players from Germany, UK, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Ukraine.
Other sports at the college running successful teams include:
- Football
- Basketball
- Badminton
Evening activities at the college:
| day | time | activities |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 7-9pm | Badminton |
| Tuesday | 7-9pm | Volleyball |
| Friday | 7-9pm | Girls's Fitness |
| Saturday | 4-6pm | Badminton |
| Saturday | 7-9pm | Basketball |
| Sunday | 2-4pm | Girls's Fitness |
| Sunday | 4-6pm | Volleyball |
| Sunday | 7-9pm | Basketball |
Other extracurricular activity
Bosworth also runs a popular activities afternoon that offers art, music and other leisure pursuits. These student activities are changing on a termly basis but in the 2007 / 08 academic year they did include:
- Yoga
- Debating Society meetings
- Student Council meetings - The Student Council also organise Culture Days, fundraising events and End of Term parties for the students to participate in.
- Magazine club
- Investment Society
- Martial Arts
- We encourage all students to take part in at least one extracurricular activity to broaden their experiences and skill set.
The College also puts on termly events, many of which are jointly organised by the staff and students. This includes a Christmas Ball & an end of year Summer Ball where we celebrate the successes of those students leaving Bosworth and moving on to University. Other termly activities include:
- Grendon Activity Day
- Trips to Alton Towers and
- Sightseeing in London
- Mini-term
- Culture Day
- University Open Day trips
Over the years Bosworth has gained itself a reputation for producing students of real academic quality and because of this we have been able to create links with some of the country's top Universities. This can be seen in our A Level results 2008 and A Level results 2007 and the routes into University of our top performing students. Warwick, Nottingham, Imperial, University College London (UCL), Loughborough, London School of Economics (LSE), Birmingham, London school of Pharmacy and Kent all visit Bosworth once or twice a year to hold half day workshops advising students on all kinds of issues. These include writing Personal Statements, choosing the right course and University life amongst many other things.