Contents
All 90 sections
Taken from the book’s own contents page, so the page numbers are the real ones.
THE CASE
01 Two Subjects, One Department p3
02 What Physical Education Is Actually For p4
03 Where PE Departments Drift p5
04 What Excellent Physical Education Looks Like p6
THE THEORY
05 Pillar 1 — Curriculum: What Builds on What p7
06 Pillar 2 — Competence: Movement Before Sport p8
07 Pillar 3 — Knowledge: The Sixty Per Cent Nobody Chose p9
08 Pillar 4 — Participation: The Whole Cohort, Not the Team p10
09 Pillar 5 — Standard: One Department, One Mark p11
CURRICULUM
10 Three Years That GCSE Depends On p12
11 Core PE at Key Stage 4 — The Forgotten Timetable p13
68 Scheme of Work: Years 8 and 9 p70
69 Scheme of Work: The GCSE Two-Year Plan p71
TEACHING
12 Demonstration, Explanation and the Thirty-Second Rule p14
13 Questioning and Teaching Decisions p15
14 Feedback That Changes the Next Repetition p16
15 Practice Design: The Real Skill of the Subject p17
16 Behaviour in a Sports Hall p18
17 Lesson Structures: 30, 45, 60, 75 and the Double p19
18 Fundamental Movement Skills: The Alphabet of the Subject p20
THE ACTIVITIES
19 Invasion Games: The Same Problem, Five Sports p21
20 Net and Wall Games: The Space Behind the Skill p22
21 Striking and Fielding, Athletics and the Individual Sports p23
22 Swimming, Outdoor Education and the Activities That Cost Money p24
23 Gymnastics and Dance: The Two Departments Avoid p25
24 Outdoor and Adventurous Activity p26
FITNESS
25 Components of Fitness and the Principles of Training p27
26 Fitness Testing Without Humiliation p28
27 Health, Wellbeing and Activity That Outlasts School p29
GCSE
28 GCSE Physical Education: The Shape of the Qualification p30
30 Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Teaching the Hardest Theory p32
31 Psychology, Society and the Extended Answer p33
32 The NEA: Practical Performance p34
33 The Activity List Trap p35
34 Moderation, Evidence and the Mark of Zero p36
THE BOARDS
29 The Four Boards, Compared from Their Own Specifications p31
A LEVEL
35 A Level Physical Education: What Changes p37
36 What Separates an Average Answer from an Excellent One p38
37 Teaching the A Level Content: Where Cohorts Actually Lose Marks p39
ASSESSMENT
38 Assessing PE Without Just Measuring Athleticism p40
39 Data and Impact in a PE Department p41
EVERY STUDENT
40 SEND in Physical Education p42
41 Girls’ Participation and the Year 9 Cliff p43
42 Culture, Faith, EAL and the International Context p44
43 The Talented Performer and the High Attainer p45
44 Transition: What Arrives in Year 7 p46
BEYOND THE LESSON
45 Extra-Curricular: Elite and Everyone p47
46 Fixtures, House Sport and Sports Day p48
47 Sports Leadership: The Most Under-Used Asset p49
SAFETY
48 Safeguarding in Physical Education p50
49 Risk Assessment and Safe Practice p51
50 Heat, Weather and Teaching Outdoors p52
FOR LEADERS
51 The Head of Physical Education p53
52 Quality Assurance in a Subject Without Books p54
53 The Head of Department Rhythm p55
54 Facilities, Equipment and the Budget p56
55 Developing PE Teachers p57
56 Technology and AI in Physical Education p58
57 Inspection and the PE Department p59
58 External Coaches and Providers p60
59 AI and the Future of Physical Education p61
84 The PE Department Improvement Plan p86
OUTSTANDING LESSONS
60 Year 7 Football: Receiving Under Pressure p62
61 Year 8 Basketball: Teaching the Decision p63
62 Year 9 Badminton: Tactical Play p64
63 GCSE PE: Training Principles, Taught in the Gym p65
64 GCSE PE: The Cardiovascular System p66
65 GCSE PE: Movement Analysis, Taught Standing Up p67
66 A Level PE: Biomechanics on Your Feet p68
67 Inclusive PE: Adapting an Invasion Game p69
WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE
70 Curriculum and Teaching p72
71 Assessment, Inclusion and the Examined Course p73
72 Leadership, Provision and Student Leadership p74
THE TOOLKIT
73 Templates 1–4 — Curriculum and Planning p75
74 Templates 5–8 — Assessment and Progress p76
75 Templates 9–12 — Participation and Inclusion p77
76 Templates 13–16 — Quality Assurance p78
77 Templates 17–20 — Safety, Facilities and Equipment p79
78 Templates 21–24 — GCSE and A Level p80
79 Templates 25–28 — Leadership and Development p81
80 Template 29 — Department Self-Evaluation p82
81 The Teacher’s Page — Physical Education p83
TROUBLESHOOTING
82 Common PE Department Problems — Teaching and Curriculum p84
83 Common PE Department Problems — Students, Results and Provision p85
PE, DRAWN
85 Four Diagrams a PE Teacher Explains Every Week p87
86 The Same Lesson, Two Ways p88
CLOSING
87 The First Ninety Days p89
88 Recommended Reading and Where to Look Things Up p90
89 References and Evidence Base p91
90 One Department, One Subject p92
