At Junior Sport Stars, we believe gymnastics should be about much more than simply learning skills.
Our School of Gymnastics provides a fun, positive learning environment where every child can build confidence and develop both their skills and a love for sport.
From complete beginners taking their first steps into gymnastics, through to advanced and competitive gymnasts, our structured programme gives every child the opportunity to learn, progress, and achieve at their own pace.
With fantastic facilities, experienced coaches, and small coaching groups, we make sure every gymnast receives the support, encouragement, and challenge they need to reach their potential.
Our recreational gymnastics programme is the perfect introduction to gymnastics, providing a clear pathway for children who want to continue developing their skills.
During weekly one-hour sessions, gymnasts work across a range of apparatus including floor, beam, bars, and vault, developing fundamental gymnastics skills alongside strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination.
Children are grouped, according to their age and ability, allowing our coaches to provide sessions that are challenging, achievable, and enjoyable. With coaching ratios of approximately 1:6, gymnasts benefit from more individual attention, more opportunities to practice, and regular feedback from their coach.
Whether your child is completely new to gymnastics, or already has some experience, our aim is simple: to help gymnasts make progress, build confidence, and develop a love for the sport.
We also have pre-school classes for younger children: Pre-school gymnastics and a fun-packed Stay & Play class for toddlers.
To take advantage of a FREE TRIAL, please join one of our waiting lists using the booking link below.
When you reach the top of our list, we’ll send you your free trial invite.
The JSS Excel Awards is our own gymnastics development and achievement programme, created to give every JSS gymnast a clear pathway to follow and something exciting to work towards.
Consisting of 12 progressive levels, gymnasts work towards carefully selected skills, appropriate to their stage of development, with their progress assessed and recorded by our coaching team.
The JSS Excel Awards are about more than gymnastics skills. We take a holistic approach, recognising the behaviours and personal qualities that help children to succeed, both inside and outside of the gym. Alongside their gymnastics development, our coaches also monitor areas such as effort, listening skills, confidence, and resilience, helping us to recognise the development of the whole child.
When a gymnast completes an award, they receive recognition for their achievement and are presented with a medal and certificate, together with a record of the skills they have successfully gained, and the skills they will begin working towards at the next level.
The result is a programme where children can see their progress, parents can understand their development, and coaches can make every sessions more purposeful.
We believe every gymnast should have the opportunity to experience the excitement of performing and celebrating what they have learnt.
Our annual ‘JSS In-House Competition’ gives our recreational gymnasts of all levels the opportunity to showcase their skills in a supportive and encouraging competition environment.
The emphasis is on participation, achievement, and giving children an experience they can be proud of. Every gymnast receives recognition for their performance, with medals awarded based on their scores, and trophies presented to our overall champions.
For gymnasts progressing further along our pathway, additional competition opportunities become available through our Development and Squad programmes.
For gymnasts who are ready for their next challenge, our Advanced Recreational groups bridge the gap between recreational gymnastics and our Development groups, teams and Squads.
Advanced gymnasts work on increasingly challenging skills, combinations, strength, flexibility and technique, with coaches providing structured opportunities to progress beyond our standard recreational programme.
Progress is regularly monitored so that our coaching team can identify gymnasts who may be ready for the next stage of the JSS pathway.
Gymnasts demonstrating the required ability, attitude and potential may be invited into our Development Group, with opportunities to progress further into our Floor & Vault Team and competitive Squad programmes.
This gives JSS gymnasts a genuine pathway from their very first recreational class through to advanced and competitive gymnastics.
Great gymnastics coaching is about much more than demonstrating a skill. Our coaches are there to encourage, challenge, support and inspire every child who walks into our gym.
Our gymnastics team includes experienced and qualified coaches who are passionate about helping children develop. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where children feel comfortable trying new things, making mistakes and challenging themselves.
One of the biggest differences at JSS is our coaching ratios. Our recreational classes operate at approximately one coach to six gymnasts, allowing coaches to spend more time working directly with each child.
That means less waiting around, more individual feedback, more opportunities to practise and, most importantly, better opportunities for every gymnast to progress.
Our purpose-built Stockport gymnastics facility gives children the opportunity to learn and develop using fantastic gymnastics equipment in an environment designed specifically for the sport.
Our equipment includes a 12m × 12m sprung floor, tumble track, raised vault run, competition-standard vault, tumbling pit, uneven bars and competition beams, providing gymnasts with opportunities to develop across a wide range of disciplines.
Having access to high-quality equipment isn’t just exciting for our gymnasts – it allows our coaches to introduce skills progressively and safely as children develop.
Parents can also watch their child’s sessions from our dedicated viewing area, allowing you to see their confidence, skills and enjoyment grow over time.
Whether your child wants to enjoy gymnastics once a week, working their way through the JSS Excel Awards or has ambitions to compete, there is a pathway for them at Junior Sport Stars.
Recreational Gymnastics → Advanced Recreational → Development → Floor & Vault Team / Squads
Not every gymnast needs to become a competitive gymnast – and that’s not our aim. Our goal is to help every child achieve their own potential, celebrate their progress and develop skills and confidence that extend beyond the gym.
For some children, success might be completing their first cartwheel. For another, it might be achieving the next JSS Excel Award. For others, it could eventually mean representing JSS in competition.
The best way to find out whether JSS gymnastics is right for your child is to come and experience it.
Join the waiting list for your preferred class and, when a suitable space becomes available, we’ll invite your child to attend a trial session.
Our team will welcome them into the gym, introduce them to their coach and group, and help them settle into their first JSS gymnastics experience.
Start their gymnastics journey with Junior Sport Stars today.
If you’re new to our School of Gymnastics, find the answers to some of our most frequently asked questions about our children’s recreational gymnastics classes and required memberships.
Yes, your gymnast will require a British Gymnastics membership for their first session (not for their free trial though).
We offer superb, competition standard gymnastics equipment by GymNova, including:
Our prices range from £40.50 to £43 per month, depending on the day they attend (as bank holidays are factored in to our pricing).
There is also an annual club membership fee of £15/year.
Simply drop us an email at [email protected] and we can direct you to the shortest class wait times.
Yes, we have a fantastic parent lounge and viewing area where you can enjoy a hot drink and watch the classes in full.
When you reach the top of our waiting list and a space becomes available, you will receive a trial invite email (please keep an eye on your junk folder as the first email can sometimes fall in here).
The week of the trial you will receive a trial information email that will give you all the information you need before you arrive for your child’s session.
We run every week throughout the year apart from Bank Holidays (inc. Easter weekend) and our scheduled closures which are the last two weeks in August and two weeks over Christmas and New Year.
To keep things nice and simple, billing remains the same for these months. We take the total cost of classes for the entire year and spread them over 12 equal monthly payments.
You can cancel classes at any time by giving 30 days’ notice (please give notice by email to [email protected]).
Any payment days that fall within this 30 day period are payable in full, but all classes paid for can be attended before we cancel everything for you.
Don’t be worried if your child is shy or hesitant at first. Our coaches will make them feel welcome and help them to make friends quickly.
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