Physical Education

A-level physical education offers students the opportunity to explore and develop a breadth of skills and enhance their understanding of physical education.

The aims of the course are to:

• develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
• understand how physiological and psychological states affect performance
• understand the key socio-cultural factors that influence people’s involvement in physical activity and sport
• understand the role of technology in physical activity and sport
• refine your ability to perform effectively in physical activity and sport by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
• develop your ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance
• understand the contribution which physical activity makes to health and fitness
• improve as an effective and independent learner and as critical and reflective thinker with a curious and enquiring mind

Physical education helps you to develop a variety of skills such as analysis, independent learning, effective communication, teamwork and leadership. It is an excellent pre cursor to many university courses as well as leading to opportunities in careers such as: sports journalism, sports psychologist, sports development, dietician, teaching, physiotherapy and sports kinesiology.