Physical Education

Physical Education (PE) plays a crucial role in the holistic development of individuals, yet traditional approaches often fail to engage or reflect the diverse needs of all learners. Our Physical Education degree is designed to challenge these outdated models and reimagine PE as an inclusive, equitable, and innovative space for all participants.

Through our dynamic, student-centred teaching method, such as interactive lectures, seminars, and practical workshops you will critically explore how PE can evolve to better serve diverse identities and abilities. Core themes include inclusion, equity and inequality, identity and self, curriculum and pedagogy, governance and management, and growth, development and maturation.

The course focuses on innovative and reflective practices in teaching and curriculum design. You’ll be encouraged to question various assumptions in PE, examine barriers to participation, and consider how to create environments that motivate and support lifelong engagement in physical activity. Graduates will be equipped with the critical tools to lead and advocate for transformative change in physical education settings.

Our progressive programme helps you develop throughout the course. Initially you’ll plan and deliver engaging sessions to ensure you can be inclusive but still challenging for your participants. We’ll look at teaching approaches, inclusive delivery and potential barriers to participation.

Moving forwards into your second year we ask you to consider your philosophy of teaching and engage with a broader range of theories. In your final year you’ll refine and reflect on your development and consider classroom-based aspects of the PE curriculum delivered in schools.

Also in your final year you’ll have the opportunity to undertake a major project, carrying out an in-depth study within an area that interests you.

The course is designed to prepare students for various careers including postgraduate teacher training schemes. Our students are guaranteed an interview for a PGCE course at University of Gloucestershire*.

The majority of graduates from this course go on to work as teachers either in secondary or primary settings via a teaching training program. This includes working as a specialist PE teacher, SEND teaching, primary and early years practitioners.

Placements are integrated throughout the course, so by graduation students have built up valuable experience across a range of settings, and gained key skills employers are looking for

Additionally, our graduates have also embarked on a range of careers using the skills they’ve developed at UoG, including the armed forces and local police forces.

*subject to meeting minimum course entry requirements and places being available at the time of application.