Physical Education

The Physical Education department supports the school's focus on healthy living by offering a broad and balanced curriculum that encourages active participation and high performance in PE, Games, and Sport. We believe all students should be motivated to engage in lifelong sport and exercise.

Our goal is to build pupils' confidence across a variety of sporting activities, fostering a passion for physical activity that supports their health and well-being. We aim to help students appreciate the value of sport, teaching them to embrace both winning and losing, and to experience the satisfaction of contributing to individual or team success.

Our Staff

Mr Danny Dudley (Director of Sport)

Mr Sam Ford (Head of PE, Head of Rugby & Athletics)

Mr Mark Palmer (PE, Sports Programme Coordinator, Head of Tennis & Squash)

Mr Alex Rees (PE)

Mr Chris Wells (Head of Football)

Mr Barry Wilde (Lead Football Coach)

Mr John Fry (Head of Cricket)

Mr Mark Cody (Lead Cricket Coach & Table Tennis)

Mr Alex Karamath (Strength & Conditioning Coach)

Mr John Molyneux (Badminton)

Key Stage 3

In Years 7 and 8, the curriculum offers students the chance to experience a range of sports while developing the Wilson’s core concepts. Each term, pupil’s complete fitness tests, including Speed and Agility, Coordination, Cardiovascular Fitness, and Power, which are used as baseline assessments to track progress from Year 7 to Year 10.

PE lessons for Years 7 and 8 are taught in house classes for 1 hour a week, with sports taught in six- to seven-week blocks, such as Rugby, Basketball, Badminton, Fitness, Cricket, Futsal, Volleyball, and Athletics.

Games afternoons are held in smaller, differentiated groups for 1 to 1½ hours a week. In the Autumn and Spring Terms, students participate in sports like Representative Football, Representative Rugby, Football, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Fitness and Dodgeball. In the Summer Term, they focus on Athletics, Cricket, and House Competitions, which are a key part of the sports program and involve all students across various sports.

KS3 Core Concepts

Technical	Attacking and Defending Control and Accuracy Preparation and Execution Scoring and Success Sending and Receiving Exceeding. Performs the correct technique consistently in varying situations, Regularly shows excellent control and accuracy in practices/game play. Demonstrates the ability to adapt and execute skills in competitive situations with consistent success. Secure: Performs the correct technique in varying situations with some consistency. Occasionally shows good control and accuracy in practices/game play. Demonstrates the ability to adapt and execute skills in competitive situations with some success. Developing: Performs the correct technique at times. Rarely shows control and accuracy in practices/game play. Demonstrates the ability to adapt and execute skills in competitive situations on occasions.
Physical	Agility and Balance Coordination Endurance Power and Speed Strength Exceeding, Demonstrates excellent fitness when performing various skills and techniques in competition. Demonstrates excellent fitness in the areas needed to meet the demands of the activity. Secure: Demonstrates a good level of fitness when performing various skills and techniques in competition. Demonstrates a good level of fitness in the areas needed to meet the demands of the activity. Developing: Fitness levels undermine the ability to perform various skills and techniques in competition. There is a need to improve fitness in the areas needed to meet the demands of the activity.
Psychological	Decision Making Positioning Rules and Regulations Tactical Awareness Understanding Exceeding: Has an excellent knowledge of all rules and regulations of the Sport. Demonstrates outstanding level of tactical awareness and positioning, with the ability to make excellent decisions in competitive environments. Shows excellent understanding of when, why and how to use various techniques and tactics in different sports Secure: Has good knowledge of all rules and regulations of the Sport. Demonstrates good level of tactical awareness and positioning, with the ability to make good decisions in competitive environments, Shows good understanding of when, why and how to use various techniques and tactics in different sports, Developing: Has limited knowledge of all rules and regulations of the Sport. Demonstrates a limited level of tactical awareness and positioning, with a need to improve decision making in competitive environments. Shows minimal understanding of when, why or how to perform various techniques and tactics in different sports.
Social	Attitude Coaching Communication Leadership Teamwork Exceeding: Demonstrates excellent leadership and teamwork in Sport. Communication skills are strong, displaying enthusiasm and expertise to help others. Demonstrates an impeccable attitude towards sport. Secure: Demonstrates good leadership and teamwork in Sport. Communication skills are secure, displaying some enthusiasm and knowledge to help others. Demonstrates a very good attitude towards sport. Developing: Rarely demonstrates leadership and teamwork in Sport, Communication skills are limited; displaying occasional enthusiasm to help others when in need. Regularly demonstrates a good attitude towards sport, although this can be inconsistent.

Key Stage 4

In PE lessons, Year 9, 10, and 11 students will participate in either Football, Badminton, Table Tennis, or Fitness during the Autumn and Spring Terms, and Cricket, Athletics, Football, or Fitness in the Summer Term. Fitness tests are carried out once per term to monitor progress and fitness levels.

During Games afternoons in Years 9–11, students can choose from various sports. In the Autumn and Spring Terms, options include Representative Football, Representative Rugby, Football, Basketball, Badminton, Table Tennis, and Fitness. In the Summer Term, students can select from Representative Cricket, Representative Athletics, Cricket, Tennis, Squash, Football, Fitness, and other summer sports like Ultimate Frisbee and Softball. House competitions remain a key part of the sports program, with all pupils participating in differentiated events across various sports.

Key Stage 4 Academic PE (Years 9-11)

Examination Board: Pearson Edexcel GCSE Physical Education (2016)

Key Stage 5

Games afternoons are on Wednesdays. The boys have the option to play for representative teams in local, county and national competitions. The Sports that they can represent the School in are: Football 1st–7th XI, Rugby 1st XV, Basketball, Badminton, Table-Tennis, Cross-Country, Cricket 1st -3rd XI, Tennis and Squash. Pupils also make very good use of the state of the art Fitness Suite at lunch times and after school.

Departmental Co-Curricular, Trips and enrichment Opportunities

We take pride in having one of the most robust school sporting fixture lists in the country, covering a wide range of sports. Saturday mornings in the Autumn and Spring Terms feature football fixtures, while cricket takes place in the Summer Term. Rugby, Basketball, Badminton, Athletics, Table Tennis, Cross-Country, Tennis, and Squash fixtures occur during games afternoons and at lunchtime and after school clubs. We compete in National, County, and Borough competitions, achieving success at various levels. All details of our fixtures can be found on the social media platforms and links below:

Examples of marked work

See below for examples of marked work which demonstrate the level of work and ‘green pen’ engagement required to maximise progress in each Key Stage. Whilst we expect students to engage with this positively and if necessary, seek clarification from teachers, please be assured that in-lesson support is always available.