Physical Education

‘The most unlikely of people, in the most improbable of circumstances, can become extraordinary.’ John Amaechi OBE is an English American psychologist, consultant and former professional basketball player.

At Salvatorian College we recognise the importance of PE and the role it has to play in promoting long term, healthy lifestyles. The intent of our PE curriculum is to provide all children with high quality PE and sport provision. It is our vision for every pupil to succeed and develop both personally and collectively achieving their potential as well as learning how to lead physically active lifestyles. We strive to inspire our pupils through fun and engaging PE lessons that are enjoyable, challenging, and accessible to all. We want our pupils to appreciate the benefits of a healthy and physically active lifestyle. 

Through our teaching of PE, we will provide opportunities for pupils to develop values and transferable life skills such as fairness and respect as well as providing them with opportunities to take part in competitive sport. Our students are also encouraged to nurture personal skills such a resilience, tolerance, and teamwork through the vehicle of sport. 

Mr A Creamer – Head of Physical Education 

Mr S Malik – Teacher of PE (Fixture Secretary) 

Mr A Templeton – Teacher of PE 

Mr D Cooper – Teacher of PE

Mr O Ezeigwe – Teacher of PE

KS4: 2 hours per week  

GCSE (1 hour theory, 1 hour practical) 

CORE PE (2 hours per week) 

There is a selective GCSE pathway available to pupils at KS4. The GCSE course followed by the department is the OCR GCSE Physical Education 9-1. 

In GCSE Physical Education students will learn five main areas for theory PE – Anatomy and Physiology, Physical Training, Socio-Cultural Influences, Sport Psychology and Health, Fitness and Well-Being. In these areas, they are expected to understand the knowledge of each topic, discuss the impact on health, fitness, and exercise, and apply this information to sporting examples. 

The ability to apply knowledge to sporting examples is held as a high priority in classwork and homework exercises which are usually based around exam questioning. In addition, students will be assessed in 3 sports where they excel with the primary focus being on how effective and successful their performance is in a competitive situation. 

The final assessed area is a piece of work that draws on the student’s ability to apply their knowledge of their sport, physical components, knowledge of movement analysis, and ability to suggest ways to improve in their sport. 

Core PE will follow a similar model to KS3 Year 9 PE where students are engaged in physical activity and challenged to build personal skills that can be applied to wider society such as; Teamwork, Leadership, and Resilience. 

GCSE Specification

In key stage 4 PE’s focus is on helping students to continue to develop and apply their learned skills in a range of games for understanding activities. Alongside a clear focus on students developing more responsibility for developing their understanding of the social, emotional, and physical benefits of sport and becoming inspired for lifelong participation. Therefore, at the start of year 10, PE classes will have the opportunity to experience one of two pathways to follow.