The Physical Education Department

The school and college have excellent facilities for both indoor and outdoor activities, with large playing fields, a sports hall, fitness suite and a gymnasium.  We offer a wide range of activities during lessons and after school. 

The Physical Education curriculum is designed to offer experience in as many activities as possible, sometimes in single-sex groups and sometimes in mixed groups.  These include football, rugby, cricket, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross-country running, tennis, netball, badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, trampolining, athletics, softball, dodgeball, extreme sports, orienteering, dance and health-related fitness activities. 

Clearly not every activity can be available to every year group. In Key Stage 3 students will follow a programme in line with the National Curriculum gaining experience of a range of team sports as well as individual activities.  In Key Stage 4 students are offered more choice and can select from a range of activities and games each half term during their core PE lessons.  They can additionally chose either OCR National Award in Sport Studies or GCSE as an examination option.

In Grove College students also have the option of A level PE or the OCR course in Sports Studies.

There are clubs in all the major sports and school teams are selected from those who attend practices regularly to compete with other schools and enter county competitions.

 

The large department is led by Mr A Barber and Miss L Bright is Second in Department. Also teaching PE are Mrs R Whittaker, Mr J Granger and Mr D Littleford. Miss L Wilson is currently covering for Mrs V Lightfoot who is on maternity leave.