Health and Fitness

Intent

The Physical Education Department aims to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum that challenges all students, regardless of their sporting ability. We believe that sport and physical exercise are for everyone, and our curriculum enables all our students to achieve in a supportive and rigorous environment. Our ethos is to encourage a positive mindset that fosters resilience, confidence, and self-belief in a way that supports their health and fitness. We strive to inspire students to develop a lifelong love of physical exercise and participation in sport. Our goal is to create learners who are determined and motivated both on the field and in the classroom, contributing to whole-school excellence.

Knowledge and Skills

Physical Education encourages the development of a wide range of transferable skills. Students of PE should be capable of doing all of the following:

• Students are taught how to communicate effectively with one another, making them effective coaches and more effective team members when playing competitive sports.
• Students will confidently use specialist physical education vocabulary throughout KS3 and KS4.
• Students will develop skills in self-reflection, teamwork, leadership, and organization.
• Students will learn how to select and apply appropriate tactics and strategies, applying them to the sport or situation they are in.
• Students are taught how to officiate their own games and understand the rules governing these sports, with some even officiating fixtures for younger year groups.
• Students will use specialist equipment and ICT when participating in fitness tests.
• Students will understand the benefits that a healthy, active lifestyle can have on physical, mental, and social well-being.
• Students will develop their analytical abilities, allowing them to identify strengths and areas for improvement in themselves and others, offering effective advice to improve performance.

Curriculum Overview

Key Stage 4

The NCFE Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Fitness is aimed at 14-16 year olds studying their Key Stage 4 curriculum who are interested in health and fitness contexts such as exercise, lifestyles, and diet.

Career Opportunities in Health and Fitness

The study of Physical Education allows you to develop skills that could lead to pursuing many different career choices. Some examples of careers you could choose from include PE teaching, sports science, physiotherapy, sports coaching, sports lecturing, sports psychology, personal training, sports nutrition, and many more. Physical Education lessons teach students how to look after their well-being—physically, mentally, and socially. The good practices learned in looking after yourself will stay with you for the future, regardless of whether PE is specifically related to your chosen career.

Year 10 Curriculum Overview

 Year 11 Curriculum Overview