The Physical Education department at Lode Heath School are a dedicated and passionate group of staff who are committed to providing the most opportunities for your child to achieve and develop both during curriculum time and extra curricular activities.

We have a broad curriculum which is tailored to individuals and groups; covering a range of activities and sports, from traditional sports such as rugby, football, table tennis, badminton, trampolining and athletics; to parkour, team building, korfball and Gaelic football.

Our KS3 curriculum is broad enough to build skills and prepare students for examination PE, whilst exposing them to a variety of challenging environments.

Our KS4 curriculum develops skills learnt in keys stage 3 where all pupils continue their physical development with one hour per week of PE.

We also offer GCSE PE and Btec first award in Sport. The GCSE covers a wide range of topics including anatomy, physiology, psychology and sociological aspects of sport, along side practical aspects of sport. The btec sport course combines written work on leaderships, anatomy and practical sport; based on an applied model where there is no final exam, only written coursework.  

KS4 GCSE Physical Education

Studying GCSE Physical Education will open students’ eyes to the amazing world of sports performance. Not only will they have the chance to perform in many different sports through the non-exam assessment component, they will also develop wide-ranging knowledge into the how and why of physical activity and sport. Through an introduction to all areas of PE, they will receive a well-rounded and full introduction to this fascinating world of PE, physical activity and sport. This GCSE study provides everything they need for their future move on to further education, higher education, employment or further training. To study GCSE Physical Education, it is an expectation that students attend at least one extracurricular activity alongside their strongest sport. Completing one sporting activity is not enough to meet the practical requirements for the subject. Staff will be able to provide a more extensive recommendation based on their extensive knowledge of students’ abilities.