PHYSICAL EDUCATION STATEMENT

Our vision is to develop well-rounded, confident and responsible individuals who strive to achieve their full potential.

We will do this by providing a welcoming, safe and calm learning environment in which everyone is equal, and all achievements are celebrated.

Through our curriculum, we aim to provide our students with the confidence and physical literacy, alongside the knowledge and personal qualities, they need to maintain a healthy, active and balanced lifestyle during their school career and into their adult life.

Whilst in our care, students develop a lifelong love of, and passion for, physical activity and sport. Over the course of our curriculum, we raise students' aspirations and equip them with the knowledge and skills to flourish as individuals in whatever walk of life they choose. We foster the development of students' characters, preparing them to make valuable contributions to the future of physical activity within society. Students leave the school with an armoury of personal development skills and are able to contribute to society and others in a range of settings. These skills include, but are not limited to, being able to work in a team, demonstrating effective communication, being able to employ cooperative learning strategies and being confident in moving their body.

Our curriculum is an inclusive one and designed to ensure all students, regardless of their personal circumstances, achieve their potential. There will always be opportunities to excel, and students will leave the school with personal physical literacy and be ready to enjoy a lifelong love of physical activity.

We are proud to deliver the BTEC Tech Award in Sport at Key Stage 4 which allows every student the opportunity to gain a sports qualification. Since the introduction of the BTEC Sport qualification, we’ve seen huge success, therefore leading to this becoming a compulsory subject now. Students enjoy the combination of coursework and practical assessments. We believe the BTEC Tech award in Sport to be an interesting, enjoyable and accessible course for all, and contributes hugely to each student gaining a vocational qualification to reach 5 grade 9 to 4’s in their KS4 subjects.

All our opportunities for student participation are designed to encourage a love for PE and Sport. Through sport, we see students becoming more confident, understanding the importance of respect, commitment and teamwork, as well as benefiting from the time spent with friends. We hope that through the many opportunities for participation, physical activity becomes a natural and enjoyable part of our students' lifestyle now and in the future.

Our intent is the curriculum:

• Enables high standards of progress to be made in relation to academic achievement where, at Key Stage 5, outcomes empower students to progress to Higher or Further Education in accordance with their ambitions.
• Provides a broad, diversified and knowledge-rich curriculum that is stimulating, comprehensive and accessible for all pupils.
• Delivers opportunities for students to learn from their mistakes and misconceptions, as well as to gain useful transferable skills.
• Ensures that all pupils are able to thrive and develop as healthy individuals and good citizens.
• Ensures that all pupils are safe and understand how to stay safe.
• Provides an appropriate range of learning in regard to opportunities and experiences that may inspire pupils to succeed in the next stage in their education, training or employment.
• Reduces the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.