Physical Education

The Physical Education team aim to:

• Provide opportunities through sport and physical activity to build character, resilience and embed values such as teamwork, fairness and respect.

• Empower students with skills in communication and leadership boosting their confidence to become more employable and help lead others. 

• Equip students with the skills, knowledge and physical ability to access a broad range of Sports and enhance their performance. 

• Gain memorable experiences from that inspire lifelong participation, igniting a passion for sport and a love of healthy active living.

• Find enjoyment through a rich and varied programme of Sports and physical activities that have relevance, meaning and purpose.

In KS3 students in year 7 will develop their basic skills and physical fitness levels specific to the sports they are focussing on. Throughout each half term students will complete a block of two sports. Within each of these sports students will develop their skills in a range of isolated and conditioned practices. 

In year 8 students are challenged to apply the skills they learnt and developed across year 7 whilst further improving their physical fitness levels. They will be expected to enhance their knowledge of the rules and continue to apply them in competitive situations. There is an emphasis on decision making assessed across a variety of scenarios, conditioned games and matches designed to challenge our students' thought processes, giving them the opportunity to think tactically about their choices of skills that they use in different situations.

In year 9 students will focus on mastering skills and demonstrating them effectively in fully competitive situations. Students will continue to show high levels of physical fitness and demonstrate the essential social values expected of them pre, during and post-lesson time.

In KS4 students the core PE curriculum is designed to promote lifelong participation and further awareness of leading a healthy, active lifestyle and making positive life choices. Students are given a choice of activities in each lesson to promote high levels of activity levels in lessons. Students are equipped with the knowledge  to take ownership of their own health and fitness and personal development. Some students will choose to study our level 2 qualification in Community Sports Leadership. Students also have the option to study an additional level 2 course with either GCSE PE or BTEC Tech award in Sport available.

In KS5 students have the opportunity to study the level 3 Pearson BTEC National Extended Certificate in Sport.

Hours of lessons per fortnight for this subject:

- KS3: 5

- KS4: 4 Core PE plus an additional 5 PE lessons for the option to study GCSE PE or BTEC Tech award in Sport

- KS5:8

• AQA GCSE PE 

• Pearson BTEC Tech award in Sport

• Pearson BTEC National Extended Certificate in Sport

Our sports facilities are state of the art: 1 3G pitch, 1 astroturf pitch, 2 sports halls, a large field area, Tennis/Netball courts, a Dance studio and a fitness suite.

At TLA we offer a broad range of extra curricular opportunities in PE, including a range of afterschool sports clubs and alternative activities such as skateboarding and boxing. We have a range of teams which represent the academy in different Sports in local and county level competitions. As well as this we offer 2 international trips including a ski trip to Austria and a football tour to Holland.