Star of Gladiators, Spartan, visited The Prep to speak to the children about the importance of taking part in sport and having pride in their school teams. He shared his experiences of playing sport from schoolboy to international level.

Spartan led a revealing question and answer session focusing on sport and delighted the children by sharing behind the scenes secrets of Gladiators.

Congratulations to Douglas, who won a silver medal in the 25m freestyle and to Scout who won a silver medal for her 25m backstroke, narrowly missing out on gold by 0.11 of a second!

All of our swimmers achieved amazing results in a very strong field. Overall the boys' team were ranked tenth out of 65 schools and the girls' team were ranked 24th of 64 schools.

The event on Saturday was quite staggering and absolutely worth the drive and the effort of organising things to get there...the School shone with excellent results all round. A huge thank you - Current parent

The results were:

Boys' U13 medley relay (Alex, Jack, Charlie and Ed) - 5th with a six-second personal best

Boys' U10 freestyle relay (Robbie, Jamie, Douglas and Thomas) - 4th with a seven-second personal best

Girls U11 medley relay (Nora, Imani, Hannah and Frances) - eighth with a six-second personal best

U13 boys' individuals:

Alex- 11th in the 50m breaststroke (personal best)

Charlie - 13th in the 50m backstroke (personal best)

Ed - 13th in the 25m butterfly

U11 boys' individuals - James just missed out on a qualifying place in the 50m backstroke, but gained a personal best

U11 girls' individuals - Frances Budd qualified to swim for the medals in the 50m breastroke, finishing eighth with a new personal best