In PE, we want our students to experience the widest range of opportunities to experience different sports and physical activities. We want them to experience being part of competitions, clubs and teams and to develop good team work and leadership skills while they are here. We want our students to take those experiences into life, having found physical activities/sports that they enjoy and will continue to do in their lives beyond school. Our hope is to continue to create links with external sports and physical activity clubs and facilities, to make that continuation easier and to make sport/physical activities a part of everyday life.

Ambition – We want students to aspire to develop their skills and understanding. We want them to be ambitious in being part of school and representative teams. We want students to aim to take their knowledge and understanding of activities/sports into life outside of school doing an activity of their choice.
Success – We want our students to experience success in lessons both as individuals and as part of a team. We want them to experience winning opportunities and new experiences during their time here.
Progress – We want our students to progress as they develop their skills/tactics and knowledge of different sports/physical activities within blocks of learning. We also want them to show their progression throughout their time here. They should be able to visually see the physical differences between where they start and where they are when they leave.
Inspiration – We want to inspire our students to try new sports and activities and to face challenges head on to become more successful and to build their self confidence. By experiencing the widest range of activities, we want students to be inspired to take up activities they enjoy outside of school.
Respect – We want students to learn how to be respectful, to be able to follow the rules and regulations of different sports and physical activities, fairly and showing good sportsmanship at all times. We want students to respect the decisions of officials and staff and to follow instructions first time.
Equality – We try to treat all students with equality to showcase the importance of doing so. We ask students to be respectful to all students/staff. We expect all students to follow rules and instructions and to treat everyone equally with respect.

What do we expect students to get from PE?

• Our students will gain an understanding of how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• How to be part of a team.
• How to self manage/officiate.
• How to problem solve and think creatively.

How does learning develop over the five years?

Year 7:

In year 7 we teach the basic skills/tactics/rules of a wide range of different sports and physical activities. Lessons are split into a PE and games lesson a week. In games we cover more traditional sports such as Football, Netball, Rugby, Basketball, Cricket, Rounders. In PE lessons, we cover more individual activities such as Health and Fitness, Trampolining, Badminton, Tennis, Dance and Parkour.

Year 8:

In year 8 we move onto more advanced skills and tactics and a greater level of rule understanding and sportsmanship. More sports choices are also given with the introduction of Handball, Sports Hall Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities.

Year 9:

In year 9 we continue to deliver PE and games lessons but switch the focus towards different leadership opportunities. This builds confidence in our students and gives them experience of leading others, whether as part of a warm up or coaching in games or giving advise to help develop other students performances. This also helps those students wanting to opt for BTEC Sport in year 10, by giving them early experience of leadership before they are assessed in it, as part of the BTEC course.

Year 10/11:

We have selected BTEC Sport in year 10-11 as our option choice to help our students to be more successful, our record of gaining high grades in this course is excellent. In core PE we give students more choice in their activities, to allow more bespoke choices for individual groups, in order to keep engagement higher. This includes further new activities such as Ultimate Frisbee, Flag Football, Tchoukball and Softball. This has been really successful in keeping students interested and engaged in core PE lessons.

How is the timetabled curriculum supplemented or enriched by other approaches to learning?

We offer a huge range of extracurricular clubs and teams. Students wishing to be competitive as well as students wanting to do activities that are more recreational, are fully catered for. We host and take teams to a large number of sports events/competitions. All of these provisions allow our students to further develop their skills and tactics along with life skills, such as communication, team work, leadership, creative thinking, improved self confidence and work ethic.

In what ways does our curriculum help to develop students:

The PE curriculum and further extracurricular options allow our students to develop their:

• Creativity
• Self esteem
• Self confidence
• Healthy body/mind
• Independent thinking
• Learning
• Team work
• Leadership skills

What forms do assessments take? What is the purpose of assessment?

Students are assessed in line with the IWEF progress pathways. Students are assessed across all activities rather than for one specific sport at a time. High performing students will be playing sport both inside and outside of school and leading sessions, leading to BTEC options in KS4 and high final grades. All students can see when they are having clear jumps in their physical progress and understanding of the activities.

How do we know if we have a successful curriculum?

Engagement in lessons remains excellent throughout both Key Stages 3 and 4. We have good engagement in school teams and clubs. Students are playing sport or doing physical activity outside of school. All of these things show us that we have a successful curriculum that tries to meet the needs of all students not just the sports orientated.

How do we support ‘High Attaining’ pupils?

High attaining students are pushed into positions of responsibility to organise and captain school teams or to lead others in PE lessons. They are given the opportunity to select BTEC Sport as an option for years 10-11. Students are also given Leadership opportunities to officiate at sports events hosted at our schools with students from both other primary and secondary schools.