Clare Mount Specialist Sports College Role Models and Catalysts for Change
Physical Education
Intent
1. Inclusive for All: Our PE curriculum ensures that every student, regardless of need or ability, has access to meaningful, enjoyable, and personalised opportunities to take part in physical activity and school sport.
2. Safe and Supportive: We provide a safe, nurturing, and structured environment where students feel confident to participate, take risks, and challenge themselves without fear of failure.
3. High Expectations: We set ambitious goals for all learners, encouraging them to achieve their personal best and develop independence, resilience, and self-belief.
4. Challenging and Enriching: Through a broad and balanced curriculum, we expose students to a wide range of activities, ensuring that learning is stimulating, motivating, and tailored to stretch each individual.
Mrs G Kearsley
Head of Physical Education
G.kearsley@claremount.wirral.sch.uk
5. Preparation for Adulthood: PE is a platform for developing vital life skills including teamwork, communication, problem-solving, self-regulation, and leadership – supporting students in their preparation for adulthood.
6. Love of Sport and Physical Activity for Life: We aim to inspire a lifelong love of sport and physical activity, helping students understand the benefits of an active lifestyle for both physical and mental wellbeing.
7. Personal Best Journey: Students are encouraged to recognise and celebrate their own progress, focusing on developing their “personal best” rather than comparing themselves with others.
8. Thriving Beyond School: We promote pathways to participation in community sport and physical activity, ensuring our students have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to continue thriving beyond school.
Implementation
1. Inclusive for All: We design and adapt activities so that every student can take part, succeed, and enjoy PE and school sport.
2. Broad and Balanced Curriculum: Students experience a wide variety of traditional, innovative, and creative sports and physical activities that meet their interests, needs, and abilities.
3. Pathways for Everyone: We provide different pathways – competitive sport, social participation, and fitness-for-life – so that every student can achieve their potential and feel successful.
4. Safe, Comfortable, Supportive Environment: Lessons are delivered in a nurturing, child-centred setting where students feel secure, respected, and encouraged to take part.
5. Opportunities Beyond the Curriculum: Students take part in a broad range of enrichment activities, off-site experiences, residentials, and leadership events, ensuring physical activity extends beyond the classroom.
6. Community Links: We maintain strong partnerships with local and regional clubs and organisations, helping students access lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.
7. Student Voice and Choice: Pupil views are listened to and acted upon, shaping the curriculum so that students feel ownership and engagement in their learning.
8. Leadership and Responsibility: Leadership opportunities are embedded throughout the PE curriculum, enabling students to develop confidence, communication, teamwork, and organisational skills.
9. Fair Competition and Participation: We promote balanced competition and inclusive participation, ensuring all students have the chance to experience the excitement and values of sport.
10. Personal Best at the Centre: Every lesson embeds our “personal best” traits, building confidence, resilience, independence, and skills for life so students can thrive within and beyond school.
11. Finding the Carrot to Success: We take time to identify what motivates each student, ensuring PE provides enjoyment, pride, and the right pathway for lifelong success.
Impact
1. Happy, Engaged Learners: Students enjoy PE and school sport, showing high levels of engagement, motivation, and enthusiasm.
2. Personal Pathways to Success: Every student succeeds in their identified pathway – whether competitive sport, social participation, or lifelong fitness.
3. Love of Physical Activity: A culture of enjoyment, pride, and passion for sport and physical activity is embedded across the school.
4. High Engagement and Achievement: Students achieve personal bests, and the majority represent Clare Mount in competitions, festivals, or social sport events.
5. Health and Fitness for Life: Students develop the knowledge, confidence, and habits to lead active and healthy lifestyles beyond school.
6. Community Connections: Strong links with local clubs and organisations ensure students are supported in continuing physical activity outside school.
7. Confident, Resilient Adults: Students develop resilience, independence, and the ability to regulate emotions, preparing them to thrive in adulthood.
