Rugby majors on the five core sports of cricket, hockey, rugby, netball, and tennis with athletics in the Trinity Term.
Our close links with professional sports organisations such as Leicester Tigers RFC, Warwickshire Country Cricket Club and Wasps Super League netball help those talented students to progress.
Our Sport for All options ensure there are activities that every student will enjoy.
Debbie Skene, Director of Sport
Debbie Skene played netball for more tha 20 years across Birmingham Blaze Super League netball team, Warwickshire Netball and Copsewood Diamonds National Clubs division 1. She is a former captain of Warwickshire and West Midlands Senior Netball and has played alongside many of the game’s greats including Karen Atkinson, Olivia Murphy, Tracey Neville and Amanda Newton. She has coached Warwickshire Academies for 15 years and worked with the RAF national netball team and Qatar Inter gulf netball team.
James Stedman, Director of Hockey
James Stedman brings with him the experience of playing for England at all junior levels and on 20 occasions at senior level. He has many years of National Premier League experience, most recently at Holcombe, winning the league and playing in the England Hockey League in 2016.
Brett Daynes, Head of Rugby
Brett Daynes is a former Coventry RFC forward with more than 150 league appearances, including captaining the side and helping secure promotion to the Championship. He represented East Midlands at both age-group and senior level and was also selected for England Counties, earning a reputation for consistency, leadership, and work rate.
He has since combined coaching roles at Broadstreet RFC with developing successful junior and adult sports programmes, focusing on pathways, player culture, and long-term development. Brett brings this blend of professional playing experience and coaching expertise to his role as Head of Rugby at Rugby School.
Michael Powell, Director of Cricket
Micahel Powell enjoyed a cricketing career that spanned more that 17 years with Warwickshire CCC. He was the last County Captain to lift the B & H trophy at Lord’s in 2002 and represented Warwickshire in more than 290 matches playing alongside many of the games’ greats, such as Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock and Brian Lara.
Chris Folker, Head of Racket Sports
Chris Folker’s tennis career took flight under the guidance of Bo Erikson, Stefan Edberg’s hitting partner. He went on to play the European Satellite and French tennis circuit with a French federation tennis ranking of 0. Fresh off the European Satellite circuit, Chris returned to Kwazulu Natal Midlands in 1996 where he founded one of the largest privately owned tennis academies in South Africa, CF tennis. For the last 25 years CF tennis has played a leading role in tennis coaching and development in South Africa, resulting in several top players shining brightly on the SA, USA and European tennis front.
‘The school’s sporting reputation is second to none, but it isn’t the preserve of the extremely athletic’
– Tatler Schools Guide