Aim

GCSE PE should encourage students to:

• Develop knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being
• Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
• Understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport
• Perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
• Develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport
• Understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and well-being
• Understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport
• Be inspired, motivated and challenged, and enable them to make informed decisions about further learning opportunities and career pathways

Assessment

Paper one

• The human body and movement in physical activity and sport
• Written exam (1 hour 15 minutes) worth 30% of GCSE 

Paper two

• Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport
• Written exam (1 hour 15 minutes) worth 30% of GCSE

Practical performance in physical activity and sport

• Internal assessment (external moderation) worth 40% of GCSE. Students are assessed as a player/performer in three different activities (team, individual and a third from either team or individual) (30% of grade)
• Plus written/verbal analysis and evaluation of performance (10% of grade)
• 60% is exam, 10% is coursework and 30% is practical performance