SPORT For All is the motto of dedicated teacher Amelia Oldham.

Amelia devotes much of her spare time to organising and running extra curricular activities for the 225 pupils at South Crosland Junior School.

The list of sports reads like a timetable for the Olympic Games and includes tennis, football, netball, hockey, badminton, handball and gymnastics to name but a few.

Many of her evenings are given up to run the school’s sports clubs or to be involved in other activities which include cheerleading, dodgeball, zumbatomic, breakfast club and gardening club.

Her passion and enthusiasm are infectious and have spread to the children. Now 99% of them are involved in a sporting activity at the school

Thirty-year-old Amelia, who is in her sixth year at the school, said: “We absolutely love sport up here. We can’t get enough of it – it’s fab!”

Her selfless work and drive have been recognised nationally. South Crosland Juniors has just become the first school in Kirklees to achieve the Quality in Study Support’s (QiSS) established standard for the quality and range of their extra curricular activities.

Staff have now set their sights on the ultimate accolade which is the Advanced award.

Amelia was nominated by Jeanette Battye from Netherton, whose daughter, Emily, is a Year 5 pupil at the school.

She said: “Miss Oldham has shown exceptional commitment to organising sports and the after-school clubs within the school.

“Emily now participates in numerous after-school activities, including tennis, football, cricket, rugby, netball and hockey. Without Miss Oldham’s drive all these activities would not be possible.

“The children have really benefited from them and I feel proud that we have someone like this within our local school.”

Amelia added: “I was really surprised and incredibly flattered to be nominated. It is so lovely to know that the children do enjoy it so much, but it is really a staff effort by everybody.”