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Athletics Pacing Resources
These resource cards will help you with teaching for understanding around time and distance before target setting and challenging for pacing against world record marathon times. Sawe’s Sub-2: How long can your pupils hold the World Record pace? 🏃💨History was made on the streets of London this summer. Sabastian Sawe has officially broken the 2-hour…
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England policy and frameworks update – June 2026
Are you ready for the wave of new government guidance hitting schools this year? To save you time, we’ve put together a comprehensive, easy-to-digest guide breaking down everything teachers, leaders, and PE departments need to know about the latest educational reforms and policy updates. Inside this guide, you’ll find: Don’t spend hours trawling through policy…
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Think like an AQA examiner – GCSE PE word lesson
This slide deck will help you to prepare students for AQA 6 mark GCSE PE exam questions.
Research
Academic articles and policy documents all in one place, helping you to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making it easier to advocate the value of physical activity and physical education.
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Experiences, influencing factors, and perceived outcomes from physical literacy interventions
Authors: Jaime Barratt, Hannah Goss, Noah Erskine, Maeghan James, Clemens Töpfer, Klaus Pfeifer, John Cairney & Johannes Carl Abstract Purpose: This study synthesised qualitative findings from physical literacy (PL) interventions, focusing on participants’ experiences and perceived outcomes. It also explored the key factors influencing these experiences and outcomes to inform future PL interventions. Methods: A…
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Integrating Physical Literacy Into Blue Physical Activity Promotion, Drowning Prevention and Aquatic Education
ABSTRACT Physical literacy (PL) is a foundational concept in physical education, physical activity, and long-term sports development. It is a human capability nurtured through learning processes and interactions with varied environments through movement and physical activity. Blue spaces can support the development of PL, health, quality of life, and environmental sustainability. However, PL research has…
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Achieve and thrive: A research-based guide to pupil motivation and engagement
About this publication Pupil engagement with school is a growing priority for school leaders. This comes in the context of a decline in school attendance since the Covid pandemic, and UK pupils reporting lower scores than most of their OECD counterparts on measures related to wellbeing. The Labour government has called achieving and thriving the…
Insight
Stay up to date and informed with the latest insight and announcements from across physical education, physical literacy, sport, education, health and wellbeing.
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Physical Literacy Begins Before PE: Reflections from Baby Swimming
As PE teachers, we spend a lot of time talking about physical literacy. We often discuss how we can develop confidence, competence and motivation within our lessons, encouraging young people to lead active lives and foster a love of movement that extends beyond the school gates. However, one of the biggest reminders of what physical…
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Episode 86 – Exam PE Series: Deep Dive 4 – Cambridge National in Sports Studies/Sports Science with Kate Thompson and Mark Johnson
Introduction In Episode 86 of the PE Insights podcast, host Nathan Walker and co-host Will Swaithes continue their series on examination Physical Education. They are joined by Kate Thompson and Mark Johnson, who both serve as Physical Education and sport subject advisors at Cambridge OCR. The conversation provides a comprehensive deep dive into the Cambridge…
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Beyond 25m: rethinking school swimming and water safety for every child
Trigger Warning: This blog contains some content that may be triggering around the important subject and statistics around drowning, please read on with care. Why school swimming and water safety matters Imagine a classroom with 33 empty chairs, each one representing a child in England who loses their life to drowning each year (Royal Life…
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