Asha Francis joined Bryanston in September 2025 as Head of Netball and Performance Sports Lead.
In a significant move to further enhance its sports offering, Asha is former England and Singapore international, and has enjoyed a successful playing career that included Superleague titles with Team Bath in 2006, 2010, and again as captain in 2013. Asha brings a wealth of leadership and coaching expertise to Bryanston.
Why do we play Netball?
Netball holds a central place at Bryanston, offering numerous benefits as a team sport. Its unique team-based approach fosters individual growth alongside teamwork, effective communication, and strong team bonds.
By requiring collaboration and cooperation, netball develops crucial teamwork skills applicable across school life. Students of all skill levels can enjoy netball, benefiting from the opportunity to participate and experience sportsmanship firsthand.
Who can play Netball?
Netball is accessible to all girls in the School. In the Autumn term, we run a Senior Performance Squad at senior level which provides the girls with regular fixtures and training, video analysis, strength and conditioning and individual support from our Head of Netball, AshaFrancis. The girls also have access to a local winter league, sisters in sport and county competitions at U14, U16 and U18 level.
In the Spring term, girls of all ages and abilities have access to a comprehensive and competitive training programme (up to four sessions a week) and weekly fixtures. In the Summer term, the girls enter a local Summer league.
We offer a tailored coaching approach to meet the needs of players at different levels of skill and commitment, whether they are top-level or playing for fun. We have teams in each year group, and each environment will best support the needs of that team and pupil. Alongside this, we have a number of girls on our High-Performance Sports programme and are part of a regional or national level pathway.
2026 Partnership with London Pulse
From May 2026, we are partnering with London Pulse, to establish the region’s first Netball Centre of Excellence at Bryanston. The initiative will strengthen elite pathways for young female netballers across the South and South West of England, creating clearer progression routes and raising performance standards locally.
The collaboration will give Bryanston pupils greater access to elite coaching, performance support and clear progression routes, helping talented athletes develop and stay in the sport.
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‘Bryanston helped me to solidify my love for netball and helped me to grow as a player on and off the court. The Bryanston netball club is truly one of a kind. Being a sport scholar at Bryanston has really helped me to feel more confident on and off the court, the PSP programme has helped me to work on technique to further improve my game play and being part of such a special team will be a forever memory.’
High Performance Sports Programme (HPSP)
Pupils will have the chance to join the this programme as Sports Scholars or as a member of the HPSP. It supports our athletes across four areas:
- Heart (Emotional and Social Support)
- Body (Strength and Conditioning)
- Craft (Skill acquisition)
- Mind (Sports Psychology)
Facilities
- 2 x sports halls
- 6 new outside courts
- HPSP gym