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Key Stage 3 – Physical Education

Westholme’s 21st Century curriculum prioritises whole-person development, lifelong wellbeing, character, leadership and resilience, habits that support success beyond school, and high expectations and purposeful challenge. Within that framework, Physical Education is a core pillar, not an optional extra.

The 21st century presents unprecedented challenges to young people’s physical and mental health: sedentary lifestyles, high screen use and rising anxiety and stress.

Physical Education equips students with physical literacy and confidence, understanding of health, fitness and wellbeing, and positive attitudes towards exercise that extend beyond school.

Physical Education aligns with Westholme’s curriculum by:

  • Supporting students to flourish, not just achieve
  • Embedding habits that sustain performance, resilience and balance
  • Reinforcing the school’s commitment to educating the whole person

A truly future-focused education prepares students to live well, not just work well.

Physical Education places students in situations of challenge and pressure, environments requiring perseverance and self-control, and contexts where effort, not just outcomes, matters.

Through Physical Education, students learn:

  • To cope with success and failure
  • To persist through difficulty
  • To regulate emotions and respond constructively to setbacks
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