ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the provision and organisation of games and the pupils’ involvement in them. The number of games played by both boys and girls was highest in the comprehensive schools, lowest in the modern. Performance in games may be formalised when games awards and results appear on notice boards and in the school magazine. The award of a tie as a symbol of success in games occurred in 14 per cent of schools. Games successes were often incorporated into the content of school assembly. Games awards were mentioned in 58 per cent of assemblies, and in 51 per cent of schools the awards were given in a special ceremony. The more games a school plays, the more form part of the inter-House games competition; the correlation is 0.33. The results of the measurements of the pupils’ disposition towards games suggest that they do have important recreative functions.
