GCSE | Physical Education – Leighton Park

GCSE in Physical Education

Exam Board: AQA
Syllabus Code: 8582

Why choose PE?

The course encourages students to make informed choices about getting involved in healthy physical activities that meet their needs and develop knowledge and understanding of the roles that the active participant can adopt and what constitutes effective performance in these different roles. As well as being ideal preparation for further study at Sixth Form, the GCSE PE course develops transferable skills and key skills that employers are looking for, leading to a wide variety of employment opportunities.

Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport – 1 ¼ hour written exam – 30% weighting

What is assessed:

• Applied anatomy and physiology
• Movement analysis
• Physical training
• Use of data

How it is assessed:

• answer all questions (78 marks)
• mix of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions

Paper 2: Socio-cultural Influences and Well-being in Physical activity and Sport – 1 ¼ hour written exam – 30% weighting

What is assessed:

• Sports psychology
• Socio-cultural influences
• Health, fitness and well-being
• Use of data

How it is assessed:

• answer all questions (78 marks)
• mix of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions in the form of six and nine mark questions

Practical Performance in Physical Activity and Sport – Non-exam assessment – 40% weighting

What is assessed:

• Practical performance in three different physical activities in the role of player/performer (one in a team activity, one in an individual activity and a third in either a team or in an individual activity)
• Analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity

How it is assessed:

• assessed by teachers, moderated by AQA (100 marks)
• for each of their three activities, students will be assessed in skills in progressive drills (10 marks per activity) and in the full context (15 marks per activity)
• students will be assessed on their analysis (15 marks) and evaluation (10 marks) of performance to bring about improvement in one activity

If you have any queries about this course, please contact Head of Department: Simon Bradbury.