Subject Information - PE

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It is our intent at Padgate Academy to teach students skills that will positively impact on their future. We aim to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all students to succeed in Sport and physical activities. We teach students how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness, resilience and equity of play to embed life-long values. Students will also strive to achieve their personal best in fitness activities as well as understand the importance of lifelong participation for health and wellbeing. 

We provide opportunities for all pupils to engage in extra-curricular activities, during and after school, in addition to competitive sporting events. This inclusive approach endeavours to encourage not only physical development but also physical and social well-being. Through well-structured and high-quality teaching and learning students will engage in lessons and thrive in their learning environment. Our impact is therefore to motivate students (attitude to learning) to utilise these underpinning skills in an independent and effective way in order to live happy and healthy lives (progress).

In Physical Education (PE) students develop knowledge, understanding, confidence and skills in a range of activities, such as invasion games, striking and fielding games, net and wall games and trampolining. They work as individuals, in groups and in teams. They will have the chance to learn about the principles and practices that lead to good performance. Discovering what they like to do, what their aptitudes are at school, and how that they can become involved in physical activity helps them make informed choices about lifelong physical activity and leading a healthy lifestyle.

A BTEC in Physical Education will help you towards further study in Physical Education or leisure and recreation or to a career within the sport and leisure industry. A BTEC in Physical Education perfectly adds to the all-round balance of subjects of every student.

Students who do not opt to pursue PE at BTEC examination level are given the opportunity to build on and extend their experiences from what is offered in Key Stage 3.