These are the six values that form the ‘Spirit of the Games’, part of the wider Sporting Spirit programme. Competition creates the ideal context in which to explore personal values and conduct, as through it young people can learn how to handle victory and defeat, how to believe in their abilities and achieve their personal best, how to respect their opponents and work with their team-mates to achieve success. The way in which schools communicate these values and involve young people in championing this cause will help bring the Spirit of the Games to life. This will ensure that competitive school sport is a rich learning experience for your young people, an experience which develops them to be not only the best sportsperson they can be but the best person as well.

At each primary school competition run by the NWLSSP a Spirit of the Games Award is given to the team or school that best demonstrates the School Games Values.

In 2024/2025 Whitwick St Johns, Holy Cross, Ibstock Juniors and Woodcote all won the most awards.

The current standings for 2025/26 are below.

 

School	Total Spirit of the Games Awards	Competitions Awarded For
Whitwick St John The Baptist CE Primary School	1	Boys Table Tennis
Sir John Moore	1	Tag Rugby (Coalville)
Donisthorpe	1	Tag Rugby (Ashby)
Woodcote	1	Tag Rugby (Ashby)
Woodstone	1	Girls Football Y5/6
Hugglescote Primary School	1	Girls Table Tennis