Sport
Curriculum Overview
Intent: why do we teach what we teach?
At KS5, we offer the level 3 diploma instead of A level PE because the units within the course offer different opportunities to our students to develop their academic abilities as well as those required in the working sector.For example, the practical unit offer the opportunity to students to develop their soft skills such teamwork, communication, resilience and sportsmanship. But also, our current data shows that students will achieve ALPS 3 by the end of the programme.
At KS4, since switching to edexcel, our first set of results shows that we are working in line with the National Average and our current data demonstrate that we will match the last year’s results or do better. Our data shows that our current High Achieving students are doing better at this stage than they were last year. This is credit to the very good use of retrievals, Do Now within lessons. It is good to notice that the percentage of girls taking up the course has also increased by 10% which is a good indication of the inclusiveness of our course.
The curriculum at KS3 ensures that all students can participate in the range of sports activities on offer. We offer a curriculum that builds on and embeds the physical development and skills learnt at KS2. This gives the opportunity to students to become more competent, confident and expert in their techniques, and apply them across different sports and physical activities.
We teach students how to use a range of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in direct competition through team and individual games such as basketball, volleyball, netball, cricket, rounders, table tennis and dance. This has really helped students to develop their confidence and interest to get involved in exercise and sports activities out of school and later in life.
We have redesigned the progress trackers to focus on getting students to understand and apply the long-term health benefits of physical activity. The use of knowledge organisers at KS3 has also helped for the smooth transition to KS4.
Implementation: how do we teach what we teach?
PE is taught by staff who have a wide range of expertise including Senior Leaders. The lessons are supported by the National Curriculum SOWs which are adapted to suit the needs of our learners. An extensive range of equipment and resources is available for staff to implement in lessons. There are a wide range of enrichment activities for PE and school sport that meet the requirements of the National curriculum which suggests that the sports and enrichment offer should support students to build on and embed the physical development and skills learned in key stages 1 and 2, so that they can become more competent, confident and expert in their techniques, and apply them across different sports and physical activities.
Students are also trained as sports leaders and sports Ambassadors to support extracurricular sports activities. After school clubs and competitions allow children to use the skills developed in PE and to put them into context, in a competitive, real life context. In addition to this we work with external agencies and coaches who are experts in their fields in sports such as Volleyball and Table Tennis. We also work with GreenHouse, who are responsible for overseeing the basketball programme at the school.
Assessment for Learning takes place throughout every PE lesson and students are assessed through carefully designed progress trackers focus on not only students physical abilities but also the application of their knowledge and understanding.
We have an extensive enrichment programme of activities for PE and school sport which supports the learning outside the classroom led by the Enrichment Coordinator.
Impact: how do we know what pupils have learnt and how well they have learnt it?
At KS3, all students including SEND are performing well above the National Average. All students enjoy PE and they fully participate in the vast range of sports activities that we offer. The KS3 data shows that the SEND students are performing similarly to the other key groups.
At KS4, because of the pathway structure which focuses more on participation, a vast majority of students participate in PE lessons. This is mainly due to the ownership element of the pathway system. There is however, a small minority of girls that are struggling with regular participation and we are working with them to ensure they fully engage in every lesson.
The GCSE PE and BTEC sport courses are very popular and successful. Last year GCSE PE results were in line with National Average and the BTEC Sport results were above National Average. As target, we are focusing on the BCRB and PP students as they did not make as much progress as we would have liked (data to be included).
