The Nottinghamshire Primary Schools’ Chess Association coaches are holding courses to learn to play chess for children who attend a Nottinghamshire Primary School.
Dates of these course are on our Calendar page.
Everyone is welcome to attend, whether you are a beginner or a more experienced player aspiring to represent Nottinghamshire in one of our primary age county teams. There is always something to learn from our extensive four year programme. There are four groups and they cater for different levels of ability:
| Group one | Very experienced – U11s County team players – usually Years 5 and 6 |
| Group two | Good players – Development squad – Years 5 and 6 |
| Group three | U9s County team players and Development squad players – Years 3 and 4 |
| Group four (10:30am – 12pm) | Developers and beginners. Years 2 and 3. There may be older pupils in this group who are new to chess too. |
Sessions for groups one to three begin at 9am and finish at 12noon. Group four has a later start, beginning at 10:30am and finishes at 12noon.
Children should bring their own drink and a small snack.
All chess coaches are DBS checked.
We will require the following information for your booking if I have not already got it from attending the previous courses. Please send it via email to: info@nottsprimarychess.uk:
Full name of pupil.
Date of birth.
Name of School attending in September 2025-26
The School year pupil will be in September 2025-26
The dates in which you wish to book a place.
Chess experience ie: Group 4 Beginner, Group 3 Developing, Group 2 Intermediate or Group 1 very experienced.
Advanced booking is advisable.
Payment details are the same as in previous occasions. The cost is £10 per session but if you book for any three sessions the total cost is £25.
Payment will be by bank transfer to NPSCA.
Venue:
Nottingham High School – please use the Senior School playground entrance on Forest Road East (NG1 4HH) and enter the building with the large glass door. You will see our chess banner in the doorway.
Supervision:
You do not have to stay but for young children it may be better to stay until they are settled. We will provide a room for parents to wait in.
For all other events: tournaments and NPSCA team fixtures; we would expect parents/carers to look after their children in between rounds.
No children are allowed outside the building on their own.
No ball games are allowed on the premises.
The school is a no smoking area including the playground.
When parking in the playground do not block doorways or park on yellow lines.
If you have any further questions please do get in touch.