A Level Physical Education

Course summary

This practical and engaging course has been designed to allow learners to study Physical Education (PE) in an academic setting, enabling them to critically analyse and evaluate their physical performance and apply their experience of practical activity in developing their knowledge and understanding of the subject. Students will gain an understanding of how both physical and psychological factors impact on sporting performance whilst also looking into different social and cultural factors that influence people’s involvement in physical activity and sport. Students will refine their ability to perform effectively in physical activity and sport by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas, this will lead into a practical assessment of their sporting performance.