Year 9 Gateway Year

Within the PE department we offer two options from year 9 onwards.

1. GCSE Physical Education

In year 9 Physical Education students continue to develop their performances in a range of sports that are available within the AQA specification while starting to develop their understanding of how health, fitness and wellbeing can be linked to participation in physical activity.

Our main aim is to ensure pupils are confident in a a wide range of physical activities and can demonstrate appropriate decision making in a range of competitive situations.

During the gateway year students will experience practical lessons and start to develop their theoretical understanding of physical training, health and fitness in both a practical and theoretical setting before moving on to GCSE concepts in the spring term.

2. OCR Sport

In year 9 OCR Sport we focus on building students foundation knowledge of the subject and starting to develop students ability to become young sports leaders. Students develop their confidence and sporting knowledge to plan deliver and assess a leadership session to their peers in a sport of their choice.