Physical Education / Sports Studies

Course summary

PE is one of the most popular and successful subjects in the Repton GCSE curriculum. In their first year of study, pupils engage in the anatomy and physiology of the human body. They will learn how their body responds to exercise and how best to prepare it to increase their own performances on the sports field. Later in the course, they begin to look more broadly at the sporting world – psychological aspects that impact performers, the barriers to participation faced by certain groups and societal issues associated with professional sport. Through their coursework task, pupils gain an appreciation of how to evaluate themselves as a performer, recognising strengths and planning detailed training programme to develop their weaknesses.