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School Sport Victoria Celebrates Record Growth in 2025

30 April, 2026

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Official announcement from School Sport Victoria detailing the release of the 2025 Impact Report and participation infographics, highlighting record student involvement and the benefits of school-based sporting programs.

School Sport Victoria (SSV) is pleased to release its first ever 2025 Impact Report along with the 2025 Participation and Performance Infographics and the 2025 Summary Infographics.

2025 was a significant year for School Sport Victoria, achieving a record level of student participation in the extensive school sport program. This Impact Report highlights our key areas of impact, including for students, teachers, schools, and partners.

These infographics outline key highlights including:

  • Engaging students to play sport, including through interschool and state representative pathways
  • The people and partners who support school sport opportunities, and
  • Our engagement with schools and families through our online channels

2025 Performance Highlights

This past year saw a significant surge in student participation engagement in sport across the state. Key achievements include:

  • Interschool Participation: providing 681,159 interschool sport participation opportunities—the highest to date and an increase of approximately 7% compared to 2024.
  • Team Vic Excellence: 1,090 students proudly donned the navy and white to represent Team Vic in 47 teams across 19 sports at School Sport Australia Championships.
  • Victorian Teachers' Games: the Melbourne-based event was a resounding success, with 1,119 participants and 104 staff, volunteers and officials coming together for the annual multi-day event engaging educators in wellbeing and sporting competition.

School Sport Victoria is proud to providing opportunities for primary and secondary students across Victoria to play sport, and in supporting pathways for talented student athletes. We know that playing sport supports better student engagement in school and their academic performance. School is also the only opportunity for some students to play a sport. — Rayoni Nelson CEO School Sport Victoria

School Sport Victoria looks forward to building on this momentum and continuing the delivery of its extensive school sport program in 2026!

2025 Documents
2024 Documents
2023 Documents
2022 Documents