The performance culture is strong in Chelsea School and students have mounted acclaimed displays in gymnastics at the Royal Albert Hall and in dance around the world. The School has traditionally had strong competitive teams in hockey, rugby, football, basketball, tennis, and swimming.
Academic staff are active nationally and internationally in scholarly and research networks.
In the context of sport science support schemes, Rob Harley works with elite performers in cricket and basketball at regional and national level. Professor Alan Tomlinson is the editor of the worlds' longest established journal in the field, The International Review for the Sociology of Sport.