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 BTEC Technical Sport Award

On completion of the course students will be submitted for this qualification, which is equivalent to GCSE at either level 1 (grades 1 -3/ G -D) or level 2 (grades 4 -9/ C -A*). BTEC qualifications are designed to provide specialist work -related qualifications. Students are assessed entirely through coursework, including written projects, presentations, posters and case studies. BTECs provide students with practical skills that will aid them in any aspect of their career. The course is aimed at students who have a passion for sport and enjoy a more practical approach to their learning. It must be noted that unit 1 is an externally assessed exam and forms 30% of their final grade.