Co/Extra Curricular Activities

At Knole Academy, we emphasise extra-curricular activities as they give students a broader perspective on life and higher self-esteem and develop essential life skills such as teamwork, problem solving and leadership. We encourage students to join at least one club and offer various activities. We offer diverse sports clubs, from rock climbing to golf. We have an annual school production and dance show, as well as a variety of music clubs and events.

Our Combined Cadet Force is very popular with Key Stage 4 students, allowing them to develop a wide range of new skills and encouraging self-discipline and leadership. Please click here for further Year 10 enrolment information. All students have the opportunity to enrol in The Duke of Edinburgh scheme. We offer Bronze, Silver and Gold with qualified staff running successful expeditions at all levels.

Academic Clubs

Arts and Dance Clubs

Drama Clubs

*Terms 3-6 only

**By invitation only

ICT and Computer Science Clubs

*Members only – see Mr Challenor to sign up

Music Clubs

Individual music lessons include:

People who want to start learning an instrument, please visit Mrs Laewrie for a letter.

PE Clubs

For your child to take part in the PE after-school clubs, you need to complete the relative PE consent form for each activity.

Combined Cadet Force (CCF)

The Knole Academy Combined Cadet Force has built on the initial success of its first standalone year and is now 30-strong. With students from year 10 to year 13, the contingent is an interesting mix of ages and abilities, with all students working together to improve their skills and confidence.

The Cadet training team from Longmoor continued to help the Knole staff run sessions every Thursday with activities including archery, first aid, camouflage, section attacks, air rifle target practice, orienteering, obstacle course, and problem-solving.

Cadets from year 11 took part in a range weekend where they fired live rounds at targets over various distances and terrains before being given survival training and learning new skills for living off the grid.

Please click here for further Year 10 enrolment information for 2024.

House system

Every student at Knole Academy is placed in a house. On a termly basis students compete in academic, sporting, creativity and service competitions across all year groups for house prizes.

House point prizes:

• Gold Prize: £100 Amazon vouchers (x4 – for the top house point winner in each house)
• Silver Prize: £25 Amazon vouchers (x10)
• Bronze Prize: 20 tickets for a Domino’s pizza afternoon

Wilma Rudolph

An American athlete who was the first black woman to make a major impact on international track and field. She recovered from childhood polio, pneumonia and scarlet fever and was told by doctors she would never be able to walk.  She went on to win three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games, the first American woman to ever do so. Her post-Olympic career included goodwill ambassadorial work for the American government in Africa and campaigning work for the Civil Rights movement.

Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat-Khan, was a British heroine of World War II renowned for her service in the Special Operations Executive. Khan showed her dedication by maintaining contact with London to forewarn possible false attacks by German forces, while being hunted by the Gestapo. Even after her capture in 1943 her commitment endured preventing any dangerous information leaking into the hands of the enemy by remaining silent while suffering under aggressive torture techniques in a German prison.  Noor was executed alongside three other female spies in Dachau Concentration Camp in 1944.  For showing such courage she received the George Cross medal in 1949.

Sir David Attenborough

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster who has continued to fill our screens with remarkable and often unusual information on the development of humankind through the ages and doing so unravels the mysteries of evolution. As a natural historian, Attenborough instilled our love for furry and feathered friends presenting them in their natural, breath-taking, diverse and untampered environments, inspiring the next generation of animal lovers and environmentalists.

Stan Lee

Stan Lee was an American comic book writer who created many characters including; Hulk, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and the X-Men. His work engulfed the comic world and its fans. His desire was to merge quality literature with outstanding illustration and therefore brought the comic book to the forefront of the literary world. His abilities as a writer and artist have inspired following generations to commit millions of dollars into the industry.  He was the first writer to promote strong black, female and disabled characters; Black Panther, Black Widow and Daredevil respectively.  He was also a philanthropist.