Curriculum Intent 

At Chadwick it is an important aim to establish a healthy lifestyle in all of our students, to be continued through into adulthood. This is important as Physical Education, in school, is the foundation for promoting active lifestyles, sport and recreation and provides a route for our students into community sport and lifelong activity. Our aim is to support a significant proportion of our students to actively engage and enjoy PE, despite previous experiences or preconceptions they have of the subject. Following our whole school approach to literacy, we are completing reading weeks within lessons, in which students have been engaging with articles about different sports in order to develop their reading and comprehension skills.

Curriculum Justification 

In KS4 we are running the BTEC Level 1 in Sport. We have been running this course for three years and have achieved a pass rate of one hundred percent. The key attributes of this have been the ability for students to join the school at a later date and still have the opportunity to complete the assignments at different points to their peers. In addition, this qualification allows our students to excel practically, achieving their highest marks within this module. A further benefit of this course is that it offers students the opportunity to identify their next steps, once they leave school.  The qualification also supports their pathways after they leave school by allowing students to study a Level 2 qualification at college.

Curriculum Development 

At Chadwick we aim to offer a diverse and engaging range of activities for all of our students to enjoy. We strive to give students an opportunity to participate in sports and activities that they can enjoy and may not have the opportunity to access outside of school. The majority of our practical lessons are off site which allows access to some state of the art facilities such as the local community club which has a sports hall. We have also used local leisure centres to access their climbing walls and zip wires. Additionally, we have taken the students to a local boxing gym where they develop and build confidence, instil respect and help build their social development.

In November 2023, we secured funding to help promote school sport to under privileged students. We have used this funding to better our facilities at school, enabling students to have better quality after school provisions. The extra-curricular programme runs at lunch times, which students have the option to attend has proven very popular.  Furthermore, we are gathering information from students to help decide where best to spend additional funding which we will receive in April 2024.

Curriculum Map

BTEC Level 1 Introductory Award in Sport

Two units are completed: the compulsory unit and ONE from the list.

BTEC Level 1 Introductory Certificate in Sport

Learners must complete both core units and choose three sector units