At KS4 students receive 1 hour per week of PE. They will complete a number of lessons which may include some of the following sports:

• Netball

• Orienteering

• Fitness

• Badminton

• Trampolining

• Rounders

• Tennis

• Cricket

There may also be opportunity for students to partake in:

• Handball

• Volleyball

• Rugby

• Boccia

• Leadership

• Indoor athletics

The PE department runs the Edexcel GCSE Physical Education:

This course is an excellent choice for students who enjoy PE and participate in sport regularly in a sports club in and outside of school.

The course is split into 40% non-exam assessment and 60% theory. 30% of the non-exam assessment is the practical assessment of 3 different sports, therefore it is imperative that students who choose GCSE PE are committed to regularly taking part in sport after school, in clubs in and out of school.

The course provides pupils with the opportunity to develop their practical sports performance and gain an understanding of what affects performance in sport, focusing on how athletes can plan and train to achieve excellence. In addition to this it provides students with the opportunity to explore how the body works and how the body allows athletes to perform effectively in a variety of sports.

The course is designed to utilise pupils’ existing skills and knowledge. The hours of independent study or homework are the same as other subjects, but part of this external study is to attend sports clubs either in school or in the community. Pupils who are already committed to numerous hours of training a week often find this course beneficial as it allows time for their training and enables them to use what they already do in their free time to gain a GCSE.