--- title: "PE" url: "https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/sports" school: "Knutsford Academy" --- # PE - Physical Education - GCSE PE - KS4 Sports Studies - Curriculum Map **PE is the study of complex and demanding physical activities. Students get involved in a range of activities that develop personal fitness and promote an active, healthy lifestyle.** #### Course Summary Core PE: Students will develop a range of tactics and strategies, develop their technique and improve their performance, analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best, take part in competitive sports and activities outside school through community links or sports clubs and they will be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems. They will do this through; team games including football, netball, rugby, basketball, rounders, cricket and handball; individual games such as badminton; athletics; trampolining; OAA. A range of recreational and representative opportunities in; football, rugby, netball, basketball, badminton, cricket, athletics, rounders, trampolining and lacrosse #### Careers Physical Education courses can lead to Higher Education opportunities, for example to study Sports Development and Management, Sports Business Management, Sports Science. It can lead to apprenticeships and training or employment in the sports sector. These qualifications will also help you to develop learning and skills that can be used in other life and work situations, such as completing research, working with others, planning training programmes, evaluating and making recommendations to help improve performance, creating and delivering presentations, writing reports, leadership skills and healthy living and lifestyle skills. #### Contact Mrs N Walsh: **[nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk](http://nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk)** **GCSE PE equips students with the knowledge, understanding, skills and values they need to be able to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities. Students will also gain understanding of how physical activities benefit health, fitness & wellbeing.** #### Course Description We study the Edexcel specification which focuses upon these topics: - Applied anatomy and physiology - Movement analysis - Physical training - Health, fitness and wellbeing - Sport psychology - Socio-cultural influences #### Assessment This qualification is assessed in 3 components; - Paper 1 - Fitness and body systems Paper 2 - Health and Performance - Personal exercise Plan - Three practical activities based on a student's own involvement in 3 different sports on either a team or individual basis. #### Enrichment A range of recreational and representative opportunities in; football, rugby, netball, basketball, badminton, cricket, athletics, rounders, trampolining and lacrosse #### Careers Physical Education courses can lead to Higher Education opportunities, for example to study Sports Development and Management, Sports Business Management, Sports Science. It can lead to apprenticeships and training or employment in the sports sector. These qualifications will also help you to develop learning and skills that can be used in other life and work situations, such as completing research, working with others, planning training programmes, evaluating and making recommendations to help improve performance, creating and delivering presentations, writing reports, leadership skills and healthy living and lifestyle skills. #### Contact Mrs N Walsh: **[nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk](http://nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk)** **Sport Studies encourages students to think for themselves about the study of sport and the application to real life practical sport, leadership and evaluation of the skills required there**. #### Course Description We study the CNAT specification; - Contemporary issues in sport - Increasing awareness of outdoor and adventurous activities - Performance and leadership in sports activities #### Assessment KS4 Sports Studies Assessment 190 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/files/documents/KS4_Sport_Studies_assessment.pdf) This qualification is assessed in 3 components; - Written examination - Contemporary issues in sport - Internally assessed assignment - Increasing awareness of outdoor and adventurous activities - Internally assessed assignment / performance -Performance and leadership in sports activities #### Enrichment A range of recreational and representative opportunities in; football, rugby, netball, basketball, badminton, cricket, athletics, rounders, trampolining and lacrosse #### Careers Physical Education courses can lead to Higher Education opportunities, for example to study Sports Development and Management, Sports Business Management, Sports Science. It can lead to apprenticeships and training or employment in the sports sector. These qualifications will also help you to develop learning and skills that can be used in other life and work situations, such as completing research, working with others, planning training programmes, evaluating and making recommendations to help improve performance, creating and delivering presentations, writing reports, leadership skills and healthy living and lifestyle skills. #### Contact Mrs N Walsh: **[nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk](http://nwh@knutsfordacademy.org.uk)** ### KS4 Physical Education Curriculum Maps KS4 Core PE Curriculum Map 176 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/files/documents/KS4_PE_Curriculum_Map.pdf) GCSE PE Curriculum Map 169 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/files/documents/KS4_GCSE_PE_Curriculum_Map_2025.pdf) KS4 Sports Studies Curriculum Map 152 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/files/documents/KS4_Sport_Studies_Curriculum_Map.pdf) ### Curriculum - [Curriculum Statement](https://www.knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum) - [Key Stage 3](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-3) - [Key Stage 4](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4) - [Art & Design](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/art-design) - [English](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/english) - [Humanities](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/humanities-social-science) - [Languages](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/languages) - [Mathematics & Computer Science](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/mathematics) - [Performing Arts](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/performing-arts) - [Science](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/science-it) - [PE](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/sports) - [Social Science](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/key-stage-4/social-science) - [Key Stage 5 (Sixth Form)](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/sixth-form-curriculum) - [Literacy](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/reading-and-oracy) - [Teaching and Learning](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/teaching-and-learning) - [Homework](https://knutsfordacademy.org.uk/curriculum/homework) [![](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/images/logo/KA_Logo_stacked-02_white.png)](https://tlptrust.com/) **Knutsford Academy** Bexton Road Knutsford WA16 0EA contact@knutsfordacademy.org.uk 01565 633294 ![](https://files.schudio.com/knutsford-academy/images/logo/TLP_logo_for_footer_(2).png) The Learning Partnership is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. 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