Sports Studies
St Edward's College - Liverpool
01512811999
Sandfield Park, Liverpool, L12 1LF
Course summary

You will gain knowledge of the effects that participation in physical activity can have on the body systems and how this in turn can impact a person’s physical and mental health. You will also gain knowledge of how health can be measured and the wider goings on in society in relation to sport and physical activity. A Level 3 Cambridge Technical in Sport and Physical Activity qualifications will allow your students to achieve their potential and progress to the next stage of their lives, whether it be Higher Education, an apprenticeship, or employment. It is a recognised qualification designed to take you to university. It is a qualification, which involves diverse theory knowledge and sports participation in a variety of units. All units of the qualification are delivered by specialist PE staff and will be supported by classwork, homework and recall tasks in addition to independent work, internal and external examinations.

Entry requirements

Grade 5 in GCSE PE (and grade 5 equivalent in the theory component of GCSE) or Distinction in BTEC Sport Level 2 and an ability to compete in team and individual sport to a competitive level.

How you'll be assessed

A wide range of centre assessed units with practical and wider project-based assessment opportunities, as well as examined units on the body systems and the long and short term impacts of sport and physical activity; how sport is organised and the purpose of sports development; health and safety requirements in sport and physical activity; the purpose of, and how to conduct, research in sport and physical activity; and how businesses in sport are organised and what success looks like to them.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth West
Local AuthorityLiverpool
Ofsted RatingRequires improvement
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressSandfield Park, Liverpool, L12 1LF