GCSE Physical Education

Miss L Dean - Curriculum Team Leader PE

OCR GCSE PE Course Specification

Introduction

The GCSE OCR PE course gives students a strong and exciting understanding of how sport and physical activity influence health, performance, and society. The course combines theory with practical elements, allowing students not only to improve their own performance but also to explore the wider benefits of sport. Students study the physical factors affecting performance, including anatomy, physiology, movement analysis, and training, learning how the body works and adapts through exercise. They also explore the psychological and socio-cultural side of sport, looking at sport psychology, the importance of mental preparation, social and cultural influences on participation, and the benefits of physical activity for health and wellbeing.

The examined components provide the knowledge and understanding that underpin the non-exam assessment. As part of their written coursework, learners will analyse and evaluate performance in a chosen activity, and they will also take part in practical assessments. All students will be assessed in climbing, with video evidence gathered during trips to the climbing wall. In addition, students will be assessed in two additional sports, which they already compete in or train for. These sports will be submitted for assessment, and students will demonstrate these skills at an external moderation event with the exam board alongside other local schools. Practical lessons will be, climbing, handball and athletics, with compulsory internal moderation sessions in other sports.

Our core PE curriculum and extra-curricular programme in Years 7–10 prepares students well for the practical element of GCSE PE. For example, the climbing lessons in Years 8 and 10 help students to develop key skills which they then build on in Years 10 and 11, often leading to impressive grades.

Assessment - GCSE Physical Education

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KS4 PE Termly Overview

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Equipment

OCR GCSE (9-1) PE Second Edition

Author: John Honeybourne

ISBN: 9781471851728

Publisher: Hodder Education

Date: June 2016

OCR GCSE PE

Author: Matthew Hunter

ISBN: 9780198423775

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Date: May 2018

Homework

2 pieces of Homework a fortnight.

Learning outside of the classroom

Enrichment trip to the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield

Trips to Leeds Climbing Wall that form part of the climbing assessment for the course.

KS3 PE

Core PE KS3/4

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KS4 PE

Core PE KS3/4

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GCSE PE

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CNAT Sport Science

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KS5 PE

CTEC in Sport and Physical Activity

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