Benefits of a School Sports Academy

An insight into how Academy Movement is growing the sport of Rugby Union in Victorian public schools. Rugby Academies made for better student engagement in learning and better overall student outcomes.

Interview of former Fountain Gate Secondary College Rugby Academy students who graduated in 2019. The Rugby Academy was created by the Director and Founder of Academy Movement Inc Jimmy Orange.

  • Better student engagement

  • Increased school pride

  • Improved academic outcomes

  • Improved school attendance

  • Increased school enrolments

  • Increased school profile in the general public

  • Potential government funding for school upgrades

  • Unifying of cultures through the language and values of sport

  • Improved student pathways

  • Increase in the number of students representing the school at a state or national level

  • Improved community connectedness to school

Image by: Sean Pualic