Physical Education (PE)

Vision

Participation: All students should participate fully in a range of physical activities during curricular and extra curricular time. Students will be inspired to develop a love of physical activity, leading to life long participation.

Physical performance: All students at KS3 and 4 are given opportunities to compete in competitive sport. SASS PE department aims to be a high performing sports school, competitive at local and regional level.

Academic rigour: Students will develop a deep knowledge and understanding of sports science to enable them to perform above average nationally in KS4 and KS5 accredited courses.

Key Stage 3 PE

Up until year 11 students take PE as a compulsory lesson:

Year 7, 8 & 9 – Four lessons over every two weeks

The Curriculum is varied; students follow the National PE Curriculum Programme of study and take part in:

Football                       Fitness

Netball                         Handball

Badminton                   Basketball                   

Athletics                      Cricket                       

Swimming                   Dance

The KS3 Curriculum is designed to prepare students for the practical and theoretical challenges of KS4 PE exam subjects, as well as educating them of the benefits of physical activity. Students have the option to choose GCSE PE or Cambridge Nationals Sports Studies at Key Stage 4. There is also a Level 3 BTEC Sport course for those students that choose to study PE at KS5.

There are also extra-curricular clubs available to students in football, basketball, swimming, cricket, trampolining, multi sports, netball and badminton. There are inclusive clubs where all students are welcome, regardless of ability, and clubs which are specifically for team training (trials are at the beginning of the year.)

The School also enters inter-school competitions, such as the Tower Hamlets League and London Cup in football, and a variety of tournaments in most sports mentioned above. The school has a proud record of winning trophies in a range of different competitions.