Physical Education and Sport Studies

Physical Education covers a wide range of physical activities that allow pupils to develop a core range of skills to demonstrate their competence within an activity.

From Year 7 pupils will be able to access a broad and balanced range of activities within PE. Pupils will work on a variety of both team and individual sports within the curriculum through the academic year. This will prepare pupils for our current KS4 course OCR Cambridge National which looks at pupils being practically assessed in both a team and individual sport. Pupils will be assessed against the same OCR criteria to give a clear picture of progress as pupil’s progress through school.

• Pupils will be able to demonstrate skills and techniques within a range of activities
• Pupils will be able to apply tactics or compositional ideas to demonstrate competency within an activity
• Pupils will be able to work as part of a team

As pupils progress through Key Stage 3 they will have an opportunity to revisit activities each year to consolidate and develop the key skills that are needed to be successful within the specified activity and prepare them for Key Stage 4.

Pupils will be taught how to develop independent skills that will help them to make progress in an activity, but also show leadership skills within the subject. This is a module that is delivered as part of the KS4 OCR course, which will help give pupils experience of coaching and leadership courses, which can prepare them for the progression of further education courses when leaving The Oaks Academy.

Extra-curricular clubs will be running through the year to allow development outside of the classroom and allow pupils further opportunities to develop mastery of the subject. Pupils will have opportunities to compete against other local schools in Level 2 games, which will further help develop their teamwork skills in preparation for the wider world.