Physical Education
Head of Department
Mr T Dunn (tdn@priorycofe.com)
Teaching Staff
Mrs C Harrison (chn@priorycofe.com)
Mrs S Hastings-Holland (shd@priorycofe.com)
Ms H Taylor (htr@priorycofe.com)
Mr P Harrison (pha@priorycofe.com)
Mr N Noriega (nna@priorycofe.com)
Department Information
The PE department benefits from an experienced team of teachers and we teach a broad range of sports highlighted at the bottom of this document.
We have amazing facilities including:
- A large 9 badminton court sports dome which can also be used for many other activities such as trampolining, netball, basketball, football, table tennis, hockey, volleyball, short tennis, and many more.
- A 25m 4 lane indoor swimming pool
- A large playground that has:
7 full size tennis courts
2 Basketball courts
3 netball courts - A gymnasium with extensive gymnastic equipment that hosts our annual gym and dance show.
- A large sports field that includes a full size football and rugby pitch (which can also be converted to a 9 a-side U12’s football pitch and an U13’s full size football pitch and an astro-turf cricket wicket.
In the summer our field is transformed into a 400m 8 lane running track, with purpose built discus and shot put throwing areas, long jump pit and javelin throwing area. We host our annual sports day that is the traditional athletes day with students competing for their houses in a variety of track and field events on our own sports field.
Within the PE department we also have the Dance department who we work closely with who run an annual Dance show and collaborate with the PE department to run the annual Gym and Dance show.
Curriculum Journey
PE Timetable 2024
KS3 Overview
In KS3 our aim is to ‘find a sport for all’ through teaching a varied curriculum that includes traditional invasion games such as rugby and netball to aesthetic sports such as Dance and trampolining to problem solving activities in outdoor education. We follow the national curriculum.
Activities/Sports taught throughout KS3:
Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Dance, Football, Hockey, Netball, Outdoor Education, Rounders, Rugby, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Trampolining, Vaulting, Volleyball.
KS4 Overview
In KS4 all students have three ‘core’ PE lessons where we aim to ‘promote physical activity for all’ to encourage students to continue physical activity when they leave school.
We continue to teach the traditional sports such as football and netball, along with new sports such as Ultimate Frisbee, American Football, Korfball, Waterpolo and Gaelic Football in the ‘sports around the world’ block of activities.
Activities/Sports taught in KS4:
American Football, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Benchball, Cricket, Dodgeball, Fitness, Football, Gaelic Football, Korfball, Netball, Pop Lacrosse, Rounders, Rugby, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Trampolining, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball.
Exam Board Specification
Enrichment Opportunities
PE has many after school clubs on every lunchtime and most days after school. We run sports teams and compete in our sports partnership, county and national competitions in most sports for both boys and girls which include: Football, Netball, Rugby, Badminton, Cross country, Athletics, Cricket, Table Tennis, Basketball, Rounders
We have extensive links with local sports teams such as Dorking Wanderers FC and Dorking RFC to aid transition from school sport to external provision.
Please visit our Enrichment page for an up to date PE Clubs timetable.