Our Physical Education curriculum follows the National Curriculum and equips children to be active, well-rounded individuals, whilst also allowing them to experience a variety of different sports and activities. Our dedicated approach goes above and beyond the basic requirements of the National Curriculum, by delivering key concepts relating to health and fitness and sports science.

By the time our pupils leave at the end of Year 6, we want them to have achieved 5 main aims:

At Ryecroft, our intention is that physical education is taught discretely, but will link in to other areas of our curriculum. Examples of this would be through the use of times tables to bring pupils together as a group during lessons, or the use of technical vocabulary as a result of our higher level sports science content.

Physical Education is vital in our school as it provides a means of demonstrating our creativity and allows participation in healthy competition. Additionally, it also provides a great opportunity for children to work on and develop a range of skills that are transferable to everyday life. Pupils’ experiences within PE and experiences beyond the curriculum that link to PE and school sport embody the school’s key drivers.

We want to broaden pupils understanding of the different ways to keep healthy and active and how this can have a positive impact on all aspects of their lives.  Through practical based learning, our curriculum aims to expose our young people to these areas so that they can enter KS3 with a secure understanding of key concepts. Many of our pupils arrive at Ryecroft Academy with misconceptions relating to sport and society. Our aim is to use Physical Education as a method of broadening students’ understanding of these issues and, in turn, develop their ability to form their own educated and well-thought opinions.  This will be achieved through discussion-based learning on Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural topics as well as around Modern British Values that are both recent and relatable. An example of this is how we are teaching students the importance of tackling the current obesity crisis, equipping students and staff alike with the education and opportunities they need to achieve healthier, more active lifestyles that will vastly improve the quality of lives for years to come.