AQA GCSE PE - Grammar and Syntax

Specification Overview

This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.

Subject Content

1. Applied anatomy and physiology

2. Movement analysis

3. Physical training

5. Sports psychology

6. Socio-cultural influences

7. Health, fitness and wellbeing

Stonyhurst rugby players heading out to the match fields

Stonyhurst pupils playing professional tennis in the tennis dome

Papers

The human body and movement

What's Assessed?

Applied anatomy and physiology
Movement analysis
Physical training
Use of data

How it's assessed

Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
78 marks
30% of GCSE

Questions

Answer all questions.
A mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions.

For more information

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Socio-cultural influences and well-being

Practical performance

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

Assessed by teachers
Moderated by AQA
100 marks
40% of GCSE

Questions

For each of their three activities, pupils will be assessed in skills in progressive drills (10 marks per activity) and in the full context (15 marks per activity).
Pupils will be assessed on their analysis (15 marks) and evaluation (10 marks) of performance to bring about improvement in one activity.

Where do you want to go next?

Physical Education

OCR Cambridge Technical in Sport

Athletic Development and Wellbeing

Co-Curricular Sport