Over 300 pupils, parents and teachers attended an award evening at Deepdale to celebrate the achievements of Playing for Success pupils over ten weeks in the autumn term.

Goalkeeping duo Andy Lonergan and Chris Neal gave out certificates and prizes and took part in a signing session for the eager crowd.The audience also had the opportunity to take part in a PNE quiz and watch a film highlighting the previous term's work.



As well as meeting and having photos taken with Andy and Chris, all the pupils received match tickets to Preston's home game against Watford and continued to be lucky mascots for the team as Preston won 1-0!

Schools participating last term were: St Francis Catholic Primary, Greenlands Primary, Ingol Primary, Lea St Mary's Primary, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary, Deepdale Primary, Ashton Community Science College, Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College and Worden Sports College.



Playing for Success is a national initiative which provides out of school study support for pupils aged nine-14, using football as a curriculum and motivational tool. The focus is to raise achievement in literacy, numeracy and ICT whilst also helping to develop self-esteem, motivation and independent learning.

Many thanks to our sponsors (Total Bitumen UK and the National Literacy Trust) and our partner organisations (Lancashire County Council, PNE FC and the DCSF) that make this exciting learning opportunity for local pupils possible.