BOYS-Great energy &
enthusiasm to be channeled
into games
BOARDING- time available to play games
EXPANDING-houses created-
became the hub of games
NON-LOCAL- great
variety of regional games
adopted & adapted by
individual schools
SPARTAN- harsh
treatment & living
conditions prepared boys
for competitive sport &
adult life
CONTROLLED BY
TRUSTEES- trustees- influential
people keen to promote the
school- invest in sporting
success
ENDOWED- well endowed schools- recieved
large gifts of money/property- could build
facilities & empoly assistant masters & coaching
professionals
FEE-PAYING- fees to develop
facilities e.g gymnasia,swimming
baths, courts. fee-payers were
influential pupils & less restricted
than scholars
GENTRY-influential families
brought status & monay +
influenced the types of
activities brought into the
schools
The Clarendon Report-1864
Queen Victoria commisioned-
complaints about finances, buildings
& management of Eton College.
19th century ofsted-
concluded that each
school had high status of
games compared with
academic work.
3 developmental stages of Athleticism
was a reflection of changes in society
caused social change in terms of sport & recreation
by mid 19th-century-
RSPCA successfully
reducing cruelty to animals
Police & changing
tastes & manners-
reduced no of bare fist
fights
headmasters keen to be
seen as enlightened- wanted
schools to be more refined &
cultured & less wild- part of
civilising process
Technical developments,
Social relationships, Values
linked to sport & games in each
stage
Stage 1-(1790-1824)
Boy culture, Bullying &
Brutality
confrontational behaviour-
absence of police force.
recreational activities
organised by boys for
enjoyment & to relieve
boredom
Simple, natural facilities, limited
local rules & simple equipment
unplanned & informal-
limited organisation
masters had no
influence/interest outside of
the classroom
boys took part in trespassing,
truancy, poaching & fighting-
control lost- bullying &
brutality- poor relationships
Public school
expansion &
melting pot
expansion of house
system & need for more
social control (order,
stability & good
behaviour)
games ranged from child like to
barbaric- fierce mob games
developed- reflection of society
Cricket was already
codified- play by both
classes- immediately
adopted by schools- fox
hunting adapted to hare &
hounds
Stage
2-(1828-1842)- Dr
Thomas Arnold &
Social Control
Games reformed
alongside schools-
transition from pop rec
to rat rec
RSPCA, railways
Schools & games grew in
status- societal
reforms.-more orderly
games more organised &
growth of the house system
more regular inter house games-
more structured- specialist kit,
equipment & facilities
Improving relationships
& restrictions on bullying
& brutality
games used to achieve social
control- Dr Thomas Arnold
(behaviour, punishments, sixth
form, curriculum, muscular
christianity)
made chapel key- delve christian message-new moral code- better suited to civilised society
more trusting & sympathetic sixth form relationship- raised
status of sixth form- role models- link between masters & boys
status, regularity &
organisation of games
increased
inter house cricket &
football kept them out
of trouble & tired
them out.
Muscular Christianity- play
for the glory of god & not
extrinsic values.
Stage 3-
(1842-1914)- Cult
of Athleticism
games became rationalised and
respectable- had high status-
inter-house & sports days
games played obsessively and
were often compulsory each
day- part of curriculum- schools
prided on sporting prowess
highly organised and codified-
NGB's established
fully technically developed kit &
specialist facilities- skill rather
than force & specialist coaching
specialist facilities
constructed & schools
acquired more space.
more friendly between boys
& masters- less bullying
games played in order to
develop character- physical
endeavour and moral integrity
second melting pot-
universities-standardised game
oxbridge graduates
returning as assistant
masters-as a result of
sporting prowess.
Girls schools athleticism.-delay in development
traditional role of women- lack of education
anxiety over wearing of revealing clothing for sport
status of women in
society- mainly focussed on
music, dancing & posture-
inappropriate to be
competitive & exuberant
medical concerns- strenuous
activity could prevent child bearing & due to physical inferiority
fewer prominent
personalities to match
Dr Thomas Arnold
Impact of public schools
Stage 1-young people could develop
independence and self-sufficiency.
negative- bullying & severe
punishment
Stage 2- more controlled &
less violent/spontaneous.
more regular & in school
grounds. more inter-house
competitions. house system
still around today
games used to
establish social
control- Dr Thomas
Arnold-Rugby school-
better behaviour-
punishments, trust &
respect.
Stage 3- organisation
increased-codification- regular fixtures-
NGB formation by old boys,
encouraged by headmaster,
time,space & expertise available, uni
melting pot & standardisation of rules.
character development- PIES- Physical- increased skill &
health, Intellectual- organisational,administration,
management, Emotional-independence & teamwork, Social-
loyalty, friendships, old boys societies established. Fair play,
value of exercise, all-rounders, competitive experiences.
Now- pe still focusses on development of whole child, still
helps with preparing for competitive society, old boys
societies still exist.
Sports through the stages of public schools
Bathing & swimming-
1-informal, natural facilities.
2-regular, regulated, for
hygiene and safety, part of
healthy lifestyle. 3- technical
development, specialist
facilities, teachers
Football- 1- mob games & first melting
pot form home. 2-more formalised rules
& inter house competitions. 3- FA &
RFU- rules & competitions
Cricket- 2-transferred directly to public schools-
non-violent, rules & upper-class involvement.
2-mass inter-house participation. 3-technical
development-coaching, inter-school fixtures-MCC.
Tennis- 1-informal hand & ball games against walls-fives. 2-fives
courts built, rackets & squash more formal alternatives. 3-fives
continued recreationally, rackets more formal. lawn tennis had low
status-popular in girls public schools.