Physical Education

In Middle School, students build fundamental movement skills, teamwork, and an understanding of the benefits of physical activity through a broad curriculum covering individual and team sports.

The focus is on skill acquisition, personal development, and fostering a lifelong appreciation for active lifestyles. This stage lays the groundwork for progression by instilling core competencies in movement, resilience and collaboration.

The IGCSE Physical Education course refines these foundational skills, integrating theoretical knowledge with practical performance.

Students explore key concepts such as anatomy and physiology, skill acquisition, and the socio-cultural influences on sport, alongside personal performance assessments.

The curriculum promotes independent learning and critical thinking, preparing students for advanced study while reinforcing the importance of well-being and physical literacy. The IGCSE also introduces principles of training and fitness, bridging the gap between physical activity and scientific understanding.

Syllabus Cambridge IGCSE™ Physical Education

IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SEHS) is an experimental science that applies biology, physics and psychology to human movement and performance. It counts as a Group 4 science and is offered at Standard and Higher Level. The course is organised around three areas: exercise physiology and nutrition, biomechanics, and sport psychology and motor learning.

Much of the learning is practical. Students test themselves and each other in the laboratory and the sports hall, collect data on fitness, energy use and technique, and apply what they find to real athletes, training programmes and injuries. They also consider the wider effects of sport on health and society, and the ethical questions raised by performance enhancement and new technology.

Assessment is through two examinations and an individual scientific investigation based on the student's own research question. SEHS suits students with a strong interest in sport and health and leads on to degrees in sport science, physiotherapy, sports medicine, nutrition, coaching and physical education.

IB Diploma Programme Subject Brief Sciences: Sports, exercise and health science

BTEC Sport is a two-year vocational course for students with a sporting background who want to turn that interest into a career. It combines the science of the body with the coaching, business and development side of sport, and students apply what they learn in practical settings throughout.

Diploma students study health, wellbeing and sport, careers in the sport and active leisure industry, applied sports anatomy and physiology, sports development and practical sports performance. They then choose further units to suit their own plans, from sports psychology, nutrition, fitness testing and performance analysis to sports injury management, coaching, event management and business in sport.

Most of the course is assessed through coursework, including practical assignments, projects and portfolios, so the final grade is built up steadily over two years rather than depending on one set of examinations. The course can be taken as a Subsidiary Diploma, equivalent to one A Level, or a Diploma, equivalent to two, and leads on to university courses in sport science, sports management, physiotherapy, coaching and physical education, or to work in the sport and leisure industry.