Individual excellence and a good team spirit are the overriding aims at Queen Ethelburga's and we encourage every pupil to take full advantage of our range of academic, artistic and sporting activities.

A comprehensive choice of individual and team sports enables pupils to find their own preferences and develop the relevant skills. The school has a marvellous Equestrian Centre and offers lessons to full British Horse Society standard from beginners to fully competitive levels, using pupils' own horses and those provided by the school. We excel at many sports and we play host to national championships. We also have an excellent heated indoor leisure swimming pool.

Our large sports-hall can provide gym, badminton, and also a large range of sporting activities. Our facilities are superb. We also have five floodlit, all-weather tennis courts, two floodlit, all weather sports courts, twenty floodlit rounders/cricket practice nets, a floodlit all-weather running track, a floodlit international sized sports football pitch, floodlit hockey pitch, two floodlit high jump areas and three floodlit, all weather volleyball courts.

Off-campus we encourage an interest in outdoor activities and run a special course each summer term for members of the Third and Lower Fourth forms, in which rock-climbing, canoeing, abseiling and caving are amongst the highlights. Weekend expeditions provide training for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and we run ski-ing trips to Austria and France.

We encourage every pupil to recognise the importance of physical exercise and good diet in maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle.