The PE department overall aims are:

• To give our students the skills and knowledge to live a healthy lifestyle to help them achieve the best quality of life they possibly can.

We will achieve this by:

• Encouraging and motivating all students to develop their full potential through a range of purposeful, yet enjoyable activities within a challenging environment.
• Promote the acquisition and application of knowledge appropriate to each activity and knowledge of safety relevant to the activity.
• Develop an understanding of the benefits of participation in physical activity now and in later life.
• Develop an appreciation of skilful and creative performances in a variety of sports activities.
• Promote the development of interpersonal skills (organisation, co-operation, initiative and responsibility) and to heighten self-esteem, whilst encouraging tolerance of and respect for other groups and individuals.
• Provide the necessary stimuli to encourage the development of decision making, imaginative thinking and problem solving. 
• Encourage students to develop personal qualities of commitment, fairness and enthusiasm and an appreciation of honest competition and good sportsmanship

Please contact Head of Department Mr L Holden for further information.

A wide range of sporting extra-curricular opportunities available to our students to supplement and build on our student’s knowledge and interests. This programme changes throughout the year for seasonality reasons and to allow us to try and meet the varying interests of our students.

Activities that are covered at lunchtimes include:

• Football (competitive fixtures after school also)
• Netball (competitive fixtures after school also) 
• Basketball (competitive fixtures after school also)
• Rugby (competitive fixtures after school also)
• Rounders (competitive fixtures after school also)
• Cricket (competitive fixtures after school also)
• Badminton
• Tennis
• Athletics (competitive fixtures also)
• Table Tennis
• Cross Country (competitive fixtures also)

We also provide trips to that pupils can apply to go on such as to watch Premiership Rugby games or visits to Universities to enhance subject knowledge for examination PE groups. Pupils in Year 10 and 11 also have option to become a qualified Rugby referee.

Facilities

• Fitness Gym
• 3G floodlit astro turf
• Dance Studio
• Sports Hall
• Fields (3 Football pitches, 4 Rugby pitches, astro turf Cricket wicket, 400m running track) 
• 4 Tennis Courts
• Gymnasium

Please find our policy concerning extreme weather conditions and physical activity for 2021.

	Extreme Weather Policy for Physical Activity 2021	[pdf 108KB]
	Our Policy for 2021