Are you under pressure to secure outstanding grades in GCSE and vocational courses at level 2?

Do you want some new and innovative ways to liven up your classroom delivery to inspire and create a culture that maximises outcomes for all?

What about assessment in PE, have you struggled to find a meaningful way to ensure it is motivating for students and manageable for staff?

Look no further! Join us for a day of two halves, with a morning dedicated to enhancing your delivery of classroom lessons and an afternoon to unpick and refine your assessment policy and practices to ensure it meets the needs of all.

Aimed at curriculum leaders and PE teachers eager for fresh and innovative ideas, this one-day event equips you with the necessary tools to refresh your practice and improve your offer.

This in-person CPD course is led by Will Swaithes who has built a strong reputation nationally for supporting teachers, schools and Multi-Academy Trusts. 

Will, an educator with 20+ years of experience, is the Curriculum Design Lead for our Oak National Academy project and continues to receive outstanding feedback for the conference keynotes, workshops and in-school support he provides. Drawing on his previous roles, including Advanced Skills Teacher, Assistant Headteacher, Head of PE for the Youth Sport Trust (YST) and Senior Lecturer at a number of universities, he helps schools and teachers make sure PE stands for a Positive Experience for all.

Aims for the day

• Opportunity to experience and reflect on current best practice in terms of classroom teaching to include cooperative learning and implementing cognitive science with a competitive twist.
• Hear the latest insight and expert guidance on best ways to maximise student achievement in mixed ability groupings to include considerations around the best course to follow given your unique context.
• Understand the true purpose of assessment and how to ensure your policy and practice promotes learning, progress and celebration of holistic development.
• Network and collaborate with other physical educators keen to sharpen their practice and share ideas.
• Develop your own assessment framework with the support of course organisers and other delegates to ensure it meets the needs of your students.

Event Tickets

EARLY BIRD pricing is available for bookings made before Friday 20th September 2024!

Due to venue capacity spaces are limited, so please register now to avoid disappointment. Please contact us if you have any questions/issues purchasing tickets. We may also be able to offer additional group discounts (5+ places).

Venue & Travel Information

This event will be held at the Castleview Suite, Durham County Cricket Club, Chester Le-Street, DH3 3QR. For travel information, please see below.

Event Schedule

10.00am – Registration and refreshments

10.10am – Understanding the examination PE landscape

• Review of the PE/ Sport qualification marketplace at level 2 and level 3
• Reflection on your current offer and opportunities for improving outcomes

10.40am – Cognitive Science

• A reminder of the features of successful classroom teaching
• A review of research-informed PEdagogical strategies that will enhance your practice and a pack of one pagers to take home with you

11.10am – Morning break

11.20am – Applying the best teaching, learning and assessment strategies

• The good, the bad and the ugly – a reflection on the very best and worst practice seen in classroom teaching
• Theory into practice – a practical exploration of some of the best teaching, learning and assessment approaches to include cooperative learning 
• Ten top tips – a chance to reflect on my favourite ideas for classroom teaching and to share more of your own
• Exam board specifics – opportunity to discuss specific issues and ideas to support examination and coursework elements of AQA, OCR, Edexcel/Pearson GCSE and BTEC/ CNAT vocational courses at level 2

12.15pm – Lunch

1.00pm – Assessment in Physical Education

• Big picture thinking – making the connection between curriculum, assessment and pedagogy
• Assessment without levels 
• Assessment tools every PE teacher needs 
• A 4M framework for effective assessment 
• A selection of assessment models to review and reflect on

2.00pm – Afternoon break

2.10pm – Moving to a more holistic approach to assessment

• Sharing your current assessment policy, practice, opportunities and restraints 
• Tweak to transform – an opportunity to start planning some simple steps to improve assessment practice in your school
• Reflections and actions – capturing your commitments to change in the short, medium and long term using our KISS framework

3.00pm – Workshop ends

About The Instructor

Will Swaithes

Will is an experienced teacher, teacher educator and leader of teaching and learning. With over 20 years’ experience in education, he is currently Curriculum Design Lead for a project we are doing for Oak National Academy. Will was previously Senior Lecturer in Physical Education at Birmingham City University leading the secondary PGCE programme and continues to contribute to that programme and Initial Teacher Education at several other institutions including Loughborough and Buckingham universities. Will is Education Director at PE Scholar, a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for Redhill Academy, previous Head of Physical Education and Achievement for Youth Sport Trust (YST), previous Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning and author of an OCR GCSE PE textbook. He achieved Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) status in 2006 and also holds a Masters in Educational Leadership. Will has a reputation for high-quality consultancy services, mentoring support and training with an ambition to ensure PE stands for Positive Experiences for all children in all schools.