PE & Sports Studies

 

Sport

Youth Sport Trust Gold Quality Mark 2023 - 2024

National School Games Gold Award for 2023 - 2024

Association of Physical Education Quality Mark 2022 - 2025

National School Games Platinum Award for 2025

National School Games Gold Award for 2024 - 2025

National School Games Gold Award for 2023 - 2024

National School Games Gold Award for 2022 - 2023

National School Games Gold Award for 2021 - 2022

Lincolnshire Active School Awards 2020

Active Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity Awards 2019:

Sport Department of the Year (Secondary, HE/FE)

Vision Statement 

Maximising Participation, Developing Excellence

• For all to experience high quality Physical Education (PE), Physical Activity and School Sport that will lead to lifelong participation.
• To provide an excellent academic route through GCSE and A Level.
• To continue to be at the forefront of teaching and learning to maximise every student’s potential in the subject.

The Aim of Physical Education

Physical Education at QEHS should inspire all students to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for students to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. We will provide opportunities to compete in sport in order to develop values such as fairness, respect and teamwork. 

All lessons are in line with The National Curriculum. 

All lessons at QEHS will focus on:

• Developing competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities. 
• Making sure all students are physically active for sustained periods of time. 
• Engaging students in competitive sports and activities.
• Ensuring students lead healthy, active lives.

There are a number of key concepts that underpin the study of PE. Students need to understand these concepts in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge, skills and understanding.

The QEHS PE Department Aims To:

1.  Ensure Physical Education is enjoyable, fun and challenging. 
2.  Extend each student’s knowledge and understanding and to develop the ability to perform skills with increasing control and fluency.
3.  Educate every student about their bodies and how to enjoy participating in sport.  
4.  Encourage every student to perform to their ‘Personal Best’. 
5.  Manage classes of students to allow for every child to learn to their full potential.  
6.  Offer a wide variety of opportunities for students to experience within lessons.  
7.  Offer a wide variety of opportunities for students within the extra-curricular curriculum.
8.  Deliver examination courses to a high standard, allowing students the opportunity to achieve grades which are in line with their own ability.  
9.  Take QEHS PE Department into the public eye through teams and individuals performing to the best of their abilities in a suitable and sporting  manner.
10.  Encourage students to participate in sport outside of school and to continue to participate in sport on leaving Queen Elizabeth’s High School.

Physical Education (PE)

Pupils should be taught to: 

• Use a range of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in direct competition through team and individual games.
• Develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports.
• Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges and be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group.
• Analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.
• Take part in competitive sports and activities outside school through community links or sports clubs.

Focus across the Year Groups:

Year 7 – Believing in myself and ensuring social belonging.

Year 8 – Learning to learn, lead and developing growth mindset (Performance*/Participation**).

Year 9 – Building aspirations and developing resilience (Performance*/Participation**).

Year 10 – Believing in myself and ensuring social belonging (Performance*/Participation**).

Year 11 – Making active lifestyle and career choices (Performance*/Participation**).

*Performance – Developing excellence/GCSE Pathway/Lifelong love of physical activity.

** Participation – Maximising participation/Lifelong love of physical activity.

Importance of Physical Education

PE and sport have an important role to play in raising standards and narrowing the achievement gap. Research has shown how placing PE and sport at the heart of a broad and balanced curriculum can improve attendance, behaviour and attainment. PE and sport build self-esteem, teamwork and leadership skills. PE and sport are also important because they can help build an inclusive society, raise levels of participation in sport after young people leave school and positively affect the health of the nation.

Physical Education at QEHS has three key strands:

• Healthy Active Lifestyles - Lifelong Interventions 
• School Sport - Competition, Coaching, Clubs and Commitment 
• Physical Education - Learning, PE for ALL

As a department we place a huge emphasis on the physical and emotional well-being of our students, as we strive to promote a lifelong love for physical activity. Our primary focus is on the three key strands within our PE curriculum and the Physical, Social and Emotional Well-Being of our students, with the learner at the centre of our model.

Team Achievements / Department Achievements

• LEAD LCV (Leadership, Coaching and Volunteering) School (2021-2025)
• Continue to hold the Youth Sport Trust Gold Award (from July 2024).
• School Games Gold Mark (July 2024) for five years running – Applied for Platinum in June 2025 – confident this will be achieved following conversations with the incoming Lincoln and Gainsborough School Games Organiser last week.
• AfPE Quality Mark (with distinction) 2025-2028
• Over 170 of our Year 9 Sport Leaders successfully completed their Sport Leaders Level One Award.
• Nine Year 12 students successfully completed their Sport Leaders Level 3 Award, pending moderation (will not be any issues). A course we have run for the first time this academic year.
• Hosted / Supported six Primary school physical activity and sport festivals across a range of Primary school ages (Year 1 students – Year 6 students).

2024-2025

• Year 11 District Netball Champions (2024-2025)
• U15’s Lincolnshire Cricket League Champions (2024-2025)
• Year 8 & 9 County Cup Semi-Finalists
• Year 7 District Rounders Champions (2024-2025)
• Year 7 Boys Football District Football Runners Up (2024-2025)
• Year 8 District Netball Champions (2024-2025)
• Year 9 Netball County Representatives (2024-2025)
• Year 8 District Rounders Champions (2024-2025)
• Year 10 Boys Football District Football Champions (2024-2025)
• Year 11 Boys Football County Cup Champions (2024-2025)
• U13 Girls Football County Cup Runners up (2024-2025)
• Northern Schools Golf National Champions (2025) – Scott F
• Lincolnshire Schools Individual runner up (Jude Nicholls) and Team Champions (Jude N and Scott F)
• Competed as a team at the NSEA National Championships (Equestrian) (2023-2024 & due to compete in August 2025).

Sporting Achievements

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Sports Fixtures and Results 

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