At Key Stage Three, all students will experience 4 hours of high-quality PE per fortnight, which will allow them to experience a wide range of physical skills and core values. Students will be assessed and placed into groups which will rotate around a variety of sports throughout the year. Each sport will develop linking core skills between activities, for example, developing sending and receiving skills within outwitting opponents, or fielding skills within striking activities. This will enable students to build the concept of transferring skills and tactics throughout a wide range of activities.

The GCSE in physical education will equip students with the knowledge, understanding, skills and values they need to be able to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities. Students will also gain understanding of how physical activities benefit health, fitness and wellbeing. 

The aims and objectives of the course are:

• To develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity 

• Understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport 

• Perform effectively in at least 3 different sports 

• Develop the ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity

Method of Assessment

Written Paper - 1 hour 45 minutes (Externally Assessed) 36% 

Written paper 2 - 1 hour 15 minutes (Externally assessed) 24% 

Practical performance (30%) 

Personal exercise programme (10%) 

A Level Physical Education

An Advanced level qualification in the subject is rapidly becoming an essential pre-requisite for specialist study in Physical Education and Sports Studies in Higher Education, and it is also a suitable qualification for other areas of study. The course provides an excellent foundation for candidates intending to pursue careers in teaching and coaching, sports development, the Leisure industry, Recreation management, the Health and Fitness industry and Professional Sport.

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OCR Level 3 Sport and Physical Activity

Sport is currently one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK and offers a huge range of professions in a variety of different areas. These can be from grass-roots level, all the way through to international level, and can focus on improving students’ own or other athletes’ performance through coaching, fitness training, technology, psychology or nutrition.

Units covered are assessed in the form of externally assessed exams, theoretical based assignments and practical assessments. The students are required to apply both their practical skills and knowledge to the units studied. Designed in collaboration with experts spanning the breadth of the sector, the OCR Level 3 in Sport focuses on the skills, knowledge and understanding that today’s universities and employers demand. Students will study an exciting, inspiring and challenging qualification created to develop transferable skills that are essential in for further study. This course is also an ideal foundation for students entering the workplace, because of the combination of a theoretical background that’s reinforced with practical learning and assessment.

The course will meet the needs of those aspiring to a career in sport coaching, teaching, therapy, sports nutrition and conditioning and Health and Leisure industry. The course not only serves as a route to full time employment within sports related fields. It is also a proven progression route to Higher Education.

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