Physical education involves children in the continuous process of planning, performing and evaluating all areas of activity, with the emphasis upon performance. Pupils are taught in six areas of activity: games, gymnastic activities, dance, athletic activities, outdoor and adventurous activities, and swimming. All children have two sessions of PE every week. 

School Games Awards

The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

In 2017/18 we announced that we had achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 3rd year in a row! The following year we went one better! In recognition of our track record of being consistently awarded the Gold Mark, we have were awarded the School Games Platinum Mark Award which we still maintain today. We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded.

Curriculum Implementation

The 'real PE' programme we teach at Dorridge aims to teach the child and not just the sport with teachers focused on present performance and equipping children with the key essentail abilities to maximise potential and long term participation. Football, netball, basketball, rugby, dodgeball, tennis, badminton, cricket, rounders, hockey, gymnastics, swimming, cross-country and athletics are fully integrated into PE lessons. We also use PE as a vehicle to develop a range of personal, social, cognitive and creative abilities alongside the physical. The foundations of the scheme are based on fundamental movement skills (agility, balance and co-ordination), broader essential holistic skills and inclusive competition in sport.