Sports and PE Curriculum

Key Stage 3 Curriculum

Our PE Curriculum Roadmap

Our Sports and PE skills maps for the different areas we cover throughout the PE curriculum.

As part of the curriculum students learn and develop their skills and core knowledge in the following sports and activities:

Winter/Spring

• Football

• Netball

• Rugby

• Handball

• Hockey

• Dance (Year 7)

• Gymnastics (Year 8)

• Trampolining (Year 9)

Summer

• Athletics

• Table Tennis

• Softball

• Rounders

• Cricket

Key Stage 4 Curriculum

Our Sports and PE Curriculum Overview

GCSE PE 

Exam Board: OCR 

Course Assessment

• Component 1: Physical Factors Affecting Performance - Students explore how parts of the human body function during physical activity and the physiological adaptations that can occur due to diet and training. They also develop skills in data analysis, and an understanding of the principles of training, why we train in different ways and how training plans can be made to optimise results. There are two topics:

• Applied anatomy and physiology

• Physical training.

Physical factors affecting performance (01)

• 60marks 

• 1 hour 

• 30%

• Component 2: Socio-Cultural Issues and Sports Psychology - Students develop their knowledge of the social-cultural and psychological influences on levels of participation in sport, and also how sport impacts on society more broadly. This includes the individual benefits to health, fitness and well-being of participating in physical activity, as well as the influences of commercialisation, sponsorship and the media.

There are three topics:

• Socio-cultural influences

• Sports psychology

• Health, fitness and well-being.

Socio-Cultural Issues and Sports Psychology (02)

• 60marks 

• 1 hour 

• 30%

• Component 3: Performance in Physical Education - Students are assessed in performing three practical activities and one performance analysis task. In the practical performance, they demonstrate effective performance, the use of tactics or techniques and the ability to observe the rules and conventions under applied conditions. They are also required to demonstrate their ability to analyse and evaluate their own performance to produce an action plan for improvement.

Performance in Physical Education (03)

• 80 marks 

• 40%

• Non-exam assessment.