A-Level Physical Education

You will need 5 GCSEs at grade 4-9, including English, Maths and Sport/PE or Science.

UCAS points range from 56 for an A* to 16 for an E.

We're in a unique and privileged position to be able to deliver this course with three specialist subject teachers who all focus on their own area of the course.

Throughout the year you'll be given topic tests that link in with the teaching that you are completing at the time. Those assessments allow our staff to put the correct support in place for you for that time. You will also be assessed practically alongside completing an analysis and evaluation of your performance.

Your final assessments are two external exams, which are combined with your coursework and practical footage to determine your final grade.

English and Maths are used consistently throughout the course, as the different modules offer the skills to those areas.We can help support you to improve your English and Maths skills as part of your studies.

Placements are available to fulfilyour required work experience hours. You can arrange a placement in an areas you're interested in, or you can use our pre-existing industry links to arrange a placement.

We have links within teaching, personal training and coaching on site, as well as external links with people who work within sports nutrition, psychology and sports performance at the elite level.

Our A Level programmes allow you to choose multiple subjects, enabling you to study 3–4 A Levels over two years or combine them with equivalent vocational qualifications, with each subject taught for 4 hours and 30 minutes per week across three separate lessons and your timetable determined by your chosen subjects (provided at the start of the academic year).
Although you are not required to be on campus when you do not have a timetabled lesson, we strongly recommend making effective use of our learning facilities and resources during these periods to stay on top of your work.

Our A Level Physical Education (PE) course studies the demands placed on a sports performer from a physiological, psychological and sociological point of view.

The topics you will cover are:
- Applied anatomy and physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Biomechanical movements
- Skills acquisition
- Sport psychology
- Sport and society
- The role of technology in physical activity and sport

The course offers you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding and performance in your own sport. The coursework involves you analysing your own sports performance, as well as being assessed in your performance.

This course can be combined with other subjects. Previously students who have studied A Level PE have also studied subjects such as Biology, Psychology, Maths and Sociology, as some content can transfer across the subject.

You will study three distinct topic areas. The first area includes anatomy and physiology, where you will learn how the different body systems respond during exercise and the adaptations that can occur.

Secondly, you will study how we learn and acquire sports skills and different psychological effects on performance including arousal, aggression and group dynamics.

Finally, you will study sport and society, which includes the development of sport through the ages and the impact of media and technology on modern day sport.