Secondary schools

Digital Resources

Having received funding from Sport England, we have developed a set of digital resources for Secondary Schools that can be accessed through the Chance to Shine Schools' Portal.

The Secondary Schools portal covers the following key themes – Inspire, Learn and Compete.

Competition

Competition is a pivotal part of what we deliver in Secondary Schools, and when delivered using the appropriate format and supporting the key values of healthy competition, they can be a great engagement tool for all pupils.

Our competition offer focusses around two key segments:

Chance to Compete

Chance to Compete is our national secondary school competition aimed at giving secondary state school children an opportunity to play competitive cricket. Matches are played in under an hour and all participants play a significant part in the game.

The format and rules are adapted so to remove many of the traditional barriers to schools being unable to play competitive cricket, albeit without veering too far from the fundamentals of a game of cricket.

There are formats and rules related to indoor and outdoor cricket across all year groups, however we run flagship competitions to regional level at U13s & U15s (for girls’ and mixed teams).

To find out more about taking part in Chance to Compete, please contact your local county cricket board.

Skills Challenges

The purpose of the Skills Challenge is to provide pupils with an opportunity to try out a number of different cricket based fundamental activities, and to improve upon their personal best scores. Skills Challenges are developed to be quick and easy to set up and require limited equipment.

The challenges are a fun and fast paced way of participating in a number of cricket specific skills and keeping track of personal progress. Challenges can be adapted for all year groups and ability levels.

The Skills Challenges are housed on the Compete page of the Schools' Portal.

Girls' Programme

In 2019, we will be delivering a programme in around 120 schools across the country that supports after-school clubs, young leader training and competition for girls. It will provide a comprehensive programme of coaching, leadership training and competition to teenage girls. It aims to help them develop key life skills needed for the classroom and, in future, the corporate boardroom.

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Karen Douglas is a PE specialist teacher at Tennyson Road Primary School in Luton. In 2017, Howard Moxon from Bedfordshire Cricket Board offered the school Chance to Shine. Howard not only inspired the children but Karen too. In the following year, Karen continued to lead cricket in the school, helping other teachers to become confident in cricket by using the online lesson plans. “Howard came in to the school last year and I thought ‘this is amazing’. That’s how we got into cricket.
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Disability cricket and Hospital schools

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Free school resources

Chance to Shine has built a powerful bank of free cricket teaching resources for primary schools so teachers can lead their own cricket sessions. The resources include lesson plans, instructional videos and top tips.
About us

Chance to Shine is a national cricket charity that works in state schools and communities to spread the power of cricket. We believe that all children should be given the opportunity to play and learn through cricket. We believe that cricket teaches children valuable skills like communication, teamwork and respect that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Primary schools

Chance to Shine work in state primary schools across England and Wales supporting schools to deliver cricket coaching to their pupils. We teach cricket in primary schools and support teachers with free resources including lesson plans, videos and tips from the professionals.
Street cricket

Chance to Shine Street cricket is fast, fun and free. It's played with a tapeball and requires no protective equipment. It's cricket's answer to five-a-side football.
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Our story

Chance to Shine is an independent charity that works to spread the power of cricket in schools and communities across the country. Set up as the Cricket Foundation, the charity aims to provide opportunities in state schools and deprived communities.
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Secondary schools

We provide competition opportunities for children in state secondary schools. We have also developed a set of digital resources for teachers. Chance to Shine will also deliver a girls' cricket programme in secondary schools, training young leaders and developing life skills through playing the sport.
How we measure impact

At Chance to Shine, we work to measure the impact that we are having in the areas in which we deliver accurately.