GCSE PE

Exam Board: AQA

Courses based on this specification should encourage students to:

• be inspired, motivated and challenged, and enable them to make informed decisions about further learning opportunities and career pathways
• develop knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being
• develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
• understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport
• perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
• develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport
• understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and well-being
• understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport.

Assessment

Assessment: Paper 1 and Paper 2 exams (1hr 15 min each) = 40%, Practical assessment in 3 sports = 30% and Coursework = 10%

Enrichment Opportunities

Visits to University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, visit to Body worlds, opportunity to work closely with academy coaches to develop practical assessment

Links

• AQA Exam Board
• A Level Physical Education at The Canterbury Academy
• The Sport Pillar