Headline Information
Our A*-C GCSE results increased by a massive 14.6% this year. With a 100% pass rate for full course GCSE PE students.
Our BTEC Sport students in year 11 achieved a 93.3% pass rate.
Our BTEC Sport students in year 12 and 13 achieved a 100% pass rate.
Our A level students achieved a 100% pass rate.
Not only do our students achieve academically they all take part in a leadership course and run sports festivals in local middle and lower schools.
Information About the Department
Our Sports facilities are exceptional with a sports hall, dance studio, fitness suite, Astroturf and field space, along with a dedicated computer suite for Physical Education and Sports lessons. Our extra curricular program offers the opportunity to take part in a vast array of physical activities. We provide opportunities for traditional physical education in the form of football, rugby, hockey, tennis, dance and netball, alongside the less traditional tchoukball, touch rugby, ultimate frisbee and disco badminton. We run regular school trips, which include wakeboarding, golf, climbing, surfing and annual ski & snowboarding and scuba diving trips, leadership tours to South Africa, to name a few.
Our curriculum both through the academic route (GCSE, BTEC and A Level) and the compulsory core Physical Education offers a personalised learning experience for all. For students who excel in leadership within sport, there is the opportunity to be part of the leadership academy. Within the academy they have the opportunity to gain additional qualifications in leadership.
We celebrate our students' success through a number of schemes. Each week, two students are nominated by PE staff to be our Athletes of the Week (the names go up on our website). Nominations can be offered due to commitment, effort or excellence in and outside the classroom. We also issue half and full School Sports colours, which are awarded to students who have represented the school and take part fully in the practices that are on offer at Biddenham. The achievements of the year are then celebrated during our National Sports Week and our annual Sports Presentation Evening, where all students' sporting achievements are celebrated.
There is a lot more information about sport at Biddenham in the PE and Sport section of this website.
Staffing
Phillipa Copley - Head of Department and Head of Akabusi House
Maggie Jackson - Director of Specialism
Cathy Eckett - Director of Timetable and Curriculum Innovation
Paul Livesey - Director of Key Stage 3
Claire Davies - Assistant Head of Sixth Form and teacher in charge of A level Physical Education
Paul Ray - Head of Radcliffe House and Teacher in charge of the Leadership Academy
Alan Brown - Head of year 9 and Teacher in charge of BTEC Sport courses
Fiona Kirk - Teacher of Physical Education
Michael Evans - School Sports Co-ordinator and Teacher of Physical Education
Cameron Clark - Head of Physical Education at Westfield Middle School and School Sports Co-ordinator
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