At Brighton College, our aim is for you to enjoy exercise, find your passion and, if you wish, strive to excel in your chosen sport. Here, you will benefit from first-class sporting facilities and guidance from our top coaches, many of whom have represented their country at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
As one of the leading sporting schools in England, our talented pupils regularly achieve regional and national honours, and pupils have gone on to achieve incredible sporting success after leaving Brighton College. Both our pupils and Old Brightonians have represented their countries at top events, including the Paris Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
Old Brightonians have achieved incredible sporting heights. A few of the many highlights include Marcus Smith proudly representing England Rugby; Toby Harries being part of the Men's 4 x 400m Relay team at the Paris 2024 Olympics; Clare Connor CBE captained the England Women’s cricket team, winning the Ashes; Matt Prior also won the Ashes as part of the England Men’s team; and Ruby Jerges is England’s senior U20 girls long jump champion.
Both our girls’ and boys’ 1st XI cricket teams recently won the prestigious BOWS Festival tournament, our outstanding 1st, 2nd and 3rd XV rugby teams won every match in the recent Michaelmas and Hilary terms and Miles won silver in the 800m for Team England at the U18 Commonwealth Games last year. Our 1st XI Hockey team are St George’s Sixes Champions, Independent Schools Hockey Cup bronze medallists and Tier 1 national quarter-finalists. The netball 1st VII team are winners of the County Round of the National Schools Cup. Our tennis club won two Sussex Shield trophies last year and in swimming, pupils compete in national and world championships, with Aran U15 British champion in the 100m/200m backstroke and Astrid top in the county for U15 backstroke/individual medley.
With world-class coaches and sporting facilities, that are regularly used by national teams for training, Brighton College is the place to come for sporting success.
Our world-class sports facilities are suited to players of all sports and all abilities and are a testament to the central role that sport plays at Brighton College. Our commitment to providing sport for everyone means pupils can enjoy their activity of choice in a world-class training environment.
We offer a variety of sports scholarships to pupils who show great potential.