At Willow Park, Physical Education (PE) serves as a crucial tool for fostering our students’ physiological, psychological and social development. Our PE curriculum is designed to be broad, balanced and adaptive, ensuring that all students develop the fundamental skills and competencies needed to excel in a wide range of physical activities. 

Throughout their time at Willow Park, students engage in games and drills that enhance their resilience and emotional regulation—essential transferable skills for success in society. Additionally, PE at Willow Park instils values of fairness and respect, and equips students with the knowledge required to lead healthy lives. 

Our inclusive and adaptive curriculum ensures that pupils of all abilities can achieve their potential. This approach nurtures a love for physical activity, boosting students’ confidence to participate in extracurricular activities. We support this by providing access to a wide range of sporting facilities within the community. 

In Years 10 and 11, students are assessed against the OCR Entry Level PE criteria, ensuring they graduate with a qualification in physical education. This qualification, which emphasises practical skills and allows for individual adaptations, is well-suited to our students. Additionally, we offer a GCSE short course in PE for those interested in pursuing a career in sports. 

It is our aim in the teaching of PE at Willow to:

• Ensure that all students develop the fundamental skills and competence to excel in a wide range of physical activities by providing a broad and bespoke curriculum.
• Support pupils to develop a range of cognitive skills such as decision-making and analysis; social skills such as teamwork and communication; and enrich their language through the teaching of general and sport-specific vocabulary.
• Instil the values of fairness and respect and ensure they possess a knowledge of what is required to lead healthy lives.
• Provide our students with a love of physical activity by promoting self-esteem, physical confidence and problem-solving. This gives them the confidence to participate in extracurricular activities that we facilitate, through exposing our students to a wide range of sporting facilities outside of school. 
• During their time at Willow Park, students will participate in games and drills which will improve their ability to emotionally regulate. That will enable them to achieve whichever path they choose to take. 

For details of how we achieve our aims and how we know if we have achieved our aims, read the Subject on a Page document below.

Qualifications

All pupils are offered the opportunity to sit for an appropriate qualification in PE. Once a pupil enters Y9 teacher assessment will determine if a pupil will sit for an Entry Level PE qualification or a GCSE in PE.

Qualifications currently on offer include:
OCR Entry Level 1-3
Eduqas GCSE (SC)