Specification/Examination Board: AQA
Through studying GCSE Physical Education learners will acquire the knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being.
This specification gives students opportunities to:
· Be inspired, motivated and challenged, and enable them to make informed decisions about further learning opportunities and career pathways
· Develop knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being
· Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
· Understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport
· Perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
· Develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport
· Understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and well-being
· Understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport.
Summary of subject content
Assessment Objective 1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport
Assessment Objective 2
Apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport
Assessment Objective 3
Analyse and evaluate the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport
Assessment Objective 4
· Demonstrate and apply relevant skills and techniques in physical activity and sport
· Analyse and evaluate performance
| Paper 1: The human body and movement in physical activity and sport | Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-bring in physical activity and sport | Non-exam assessment: Practical performance in physical activity and sport |
| What’s assessed: · Applied anatomy and physiology · Movement analysis · Physical training · Use of data | What’s assessed: · Sports psychology · Socio-cultural influences · Health, fitness and well-being · Use of data | What’s 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's assessed: Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes 78 marks 30% of GCSE | How it's assessed: Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes 78 marks 30% of GCSE | How it's assessed: Assessed by teachers Moderated by AQA 100 marks 40% of GCSE |
| Questions: Answer all questions. A mixture of multiple choice/ objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions. | Questions: Answer all questions. A mixture of multiple choice/ objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions. | Questions: 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. |
The table below shows the weighting of each assessment objective for each unit and for the qualification as a whole.
