Physical Education (PE)

Intent

Through our extensive extra-curricular activities and sports competitions, we aim to create positive, foundational experiences that develop a sustained passion for sport.

Key Benefits of Competitive Sport:

Resilience (Learning to Lose): Participating in competitions provides a safe, supportive environment to experience and handle failure. Learning to cope with setbacks is an invaluable life lesson.
Health and Fitness: Expert coaching and support ensure pupils engage in age-appropriate, effective exercise, which is crucial for physical development—building healthy muscles, improving cardiovascular health, and promoting a healthy metabolism.
Teamwork and Leadership: Competitive environments are excellent for developing the ability to recognize and value teammates' skills, offer support, and encourage one another. It offers specific opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles as captains, fostering organization and management skills.
Confidence and Self-Esteem: Success and participation in competitive sports serve as a huge boost to a pupil's self-esteem. The sense of pride and accomplishment they gain from training and competing builds lasting confidence.

Implementation: Ensuring Quality Provision

We are dedicated to delivering a comprehensive and engaging program, meeting the statutory requirement of two hours of weekly PE for all students.

To guarantee the highest quality of instruction, we employ a Specialist PE Teacher. This expert is responsible for curriculum design, assessment, and leading a significant portion of the teaching.

This specialist works in partnership with all teaching staff, providing ongoing training, co-planning activities, and monitoring delivery. This collaborative model ensures consistency and confidence across the entire school, guaranteeing every student benefits from a rich, expertly led, and challenging PE experience for the full two hours each week.

Impact: Lifelong Physical Literacy

The ultimate measure of our curriculum's success is fostering lifelong participation. Our primary impact is the development of physically literate individuals. This means ensuring every pupil has the motivation, confidence, competence, knowledge, and understanding required to value and take personal responsibility for their health and physical activity.

By cultivating an enjoyable, broad, and expertly delivered PE experience, we aim to instill a genuine, sustained passion for movement and fitness. Our pupils will leave school equipped with the skills and mindset necessary to choose active, healthy lifestyles far beyond their primary years.