Here at MHSG, we offer a Physical Education course that expands on many of the ideas and concepts already experienced at Key Stage 4 and GCSE. The course enhances students’ knowledge and increases their understanding of the factors that affect performance and participation in Physical Education. Study PE in our Sixth Form and find out why your body responds in certain ways when you play sport, from your muscular and skeletal system through to your mental psyche. Physical Education is an extremely varied subject which encompasses physiology and anatomy, psychology, as well as the history and sociology of sport. Studying A-level PE provides our students with the opportunity to trace the history of sport from its popular ‘mob games’ origins, through to its rationalisation and commercialisation today. We study the elite sports stars who have become household celebrities in their own right. We consider the effects of technology and equipment innovation and specialised training aids that give them the edge when it comes to setting world records. We delve into the cardiovascular, respiratory, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems, along with biomechanical principles to understand and apply to physical activity and performance. We also look at how the mind influences the individual, as well as team dynamics, and how this can be controlled and altered to achieve a high level of performance. As the course progresses, we research deviance in sports through violence, performance-enhancing drugs as well as sports and the law. The new AQA specification that we follow offers students the opportunity to experience and develop an interest in a variety of roles in sports, such as a player or performer and coach. The course is divided into six sections. All six sections are studied in the Junior Sixth and Senior Sixth and are examined through two papers. In Senior Sixth, the work is revisited and additional topics are covered. Paper 1 – Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport Section A – Applied anatomy and physiology. Section B – Skill acquisition. Section C – Sport and Society. Paper 2 – Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity in sport Section A – Exercise physiology and biomechanics. Section B – Sports psychology. Section C – Sport and society and technology in sport. You will be required to carry out a non-examined assessment (NEA). This is the practical side of the course, for which you are expected to perform or coach in your chosen sport. This part of the course is worth 30% of your overall marks and is assessed by the PE Department, as well as through external moderation by AQA.
We welcome applications for admission into the Sixth Form, which is normally conditional upon students achieving at least a grade A or 7 at GCSE in the subjects they wish to study, good passes in English and Mathematics and having at least five GCSEs at grade 7 or above. Applicants studying Science and Additional Science at GCSE should note that a grade 7 or above in Mathematics is required if they wish to study a Science subject at A level.
The first two components are papers assessed by written examination lasting 2 hours, worth 35% each towards the final mark. The third is a practical performance (internal assessment and external moderation) in physical activity and sport with students assessed as a performer or coach in the full-sided version of one activity plus a written/verbal analysis of performance. This is worth 30% of the A-level marks.
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Manchester |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £14,160 |
| Address | Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS |
Here at MHSG, we offer a Physical Education course that expands on many of the ideas and concepts already experienced at Key Stage 4 and GCSE. The course enhances students’ knowledge and increases their understanding of the factors that affect performance and participation in Physical Education. Study PE in our Sixth Form and find out why your body responds in certain ways when you play sport, from your muscular and skeletal system through to your mental psyche. Physical Education is an extremely varied subject which encompasses physiology and anatomy, psychology, as well as the history and sociology of sport. Studying A-level PE provides our students with the opportunity to trace the history of sport from its popular ‘mob games’ origins, through to its rationalisation and commercialisation today. We study the elite sports stars who have become household celebrities in their own right. We consider the effects of technology and equipment innovation and specialised training aids that give them the edge when it comes to setting world records. We delve into the cardiovascular, respiratory, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems, along with biomechanical principles to understand and apply to physical activity and performance. We also look at how the mind influences the individual, as well as team dynamics, and how this can be controlled and altered to achieve a high level of performance. As the course progresses, we research deviance in sports through violence, performance-enhancing drugs as well as sports and the law. The new AQA specification that we follow offers students the opportunity to experience and develop an interest in a variety of roles in sports, such as a player or performer and coach. The course is divided into six sections. All six sections are studied in the Junior Sixth and Senior Sixth and are examined through two papers. In Senior Sixth, the work is revisited and additional topics are covered. Paper 1 – Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport Section A – Applied anatomy and physiology. Section B – Skill acquisition. Section C – Sport and Society. Paper 2 – Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity in sport Section A – Exercise physiology and biomechanics. Section B – Sports psychology. Section C – Sport and society and technology in sport. You will be required to carry out a non-examined assessment (NEA). This is the practical side of the course, for which you are expected to perform or coach in your chosen sport. This part of the course is worth 30% of your overall marks and is assessed by the PE Department, as well as through external moderation by AQA.
We welcome applications for admission into the Sixth Form, which is normally conditional upon students achieving at least a grade A or 7 at GCSE in the subjects they wish to study, good passes in English and Mathematics and having at least five GCSEs at grade 7 or above. Applicants studying Science and Additional Science at GCSE should note that a grade 7 or above in Mathematics is required if they wish to study a Science subject at A level.
The first two components are papers assessed by written examination lasting 2 hours, worth 35% each towards the final mark. The third is a practical performance (internal assessment and external moderation) in physical activity and sport with students assessed as a performer or coach in the full-sided version of one activity plus a written/verbal analysis of performance. This is worth 30% of the A-level marks.