School Competition And Festival Guidance

A helpful Festival Guidance document is available to download (please see 'further support' on right-hand side) and provides advice and guidance on how to organise Hockey Heroes, Quicksticks or In2 festivals. It includes a step-by-step guide, suggested pitch layouts, and useful checklists for pre-event, on the day, and post-event.   

Also available are templates which accompany the overall guide. These templates cover everything you need to plan, organise and deliver festivals and are available from the Hockey Hub.  

The School Games is a programme designed to keep competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best.   

The School Games consists of four unique types of competition:   

• Intra-School Competition   
• Local Inter-School Competition   
• County Final   
• School Games National Finals   

Hockey is an established part of school games activity in many parts of the country.  School Games formats can be download by clicking here.  These include both inter and intra formats of the game for primary and secondary schools. 

England Hockey has successfully introduced tiered Schools Championships. These Championships provide different levels of competitive opportunities for schools.  Find all the information about England Hockey School Championships here.

This is the top indoor competition for Schools, progressing from county rounds (where necessary) to regional and national finals. Two qualifiers from each region progress to the national stages of this competition, forming two pools of five. The top two teams play off in semi-finals followed by a final.