AQA A-Level PE: Reviewing The 2025 Exams

Course Code: T0371 £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This brand-new in-depth course has been designed to transform common mistakes from the 2025 AQA A-Level PE exams into opportunities for growth and improvement. The course will provide valuable insights into student performance, highlight key areas of concern, and offer practical strategies to refine your teaching approach. Through expert-led sessions, you will explore ways to better prepare students for future exams, develop their written responses, and ensure they meet the demands of A-Level PE assessments.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Gain a detailed understanding of key lessons from the 2025 exams
  • Enhance your ability to compare performance across different papers and question types
  • Identify areas of concern and develop innovative strategies to address them
  • Improve student responses to extended and short-answer questions
  • Learn how to create a progressive teaching culture that continually improves

PROGRAMME

10.00am: Understanding the 2025 Exam Performance
  • Key takeaways from the 2025 exams – what worked well and what didn’t
  • Identifying patterns in student performance across the different papers
  • Understanding common errors and misconceptions
  • Developing a plan of action for improved student outcomes

10.45am: Break
11.00am: Mastering Extended Answer Questions
  • How student responses compared to examiner expectations
  • Structuring high-quality answers to meet AO1, AO2, and AO3 requirements
  • Managing synopticity effectively in extended responses
  • Strategies to improve depth of analysis and evaluation 

11.45am: Overcoming Challenges in Short-Answer and Data-Based Questions
  • Common pitfalls in short-answer responses
  • Teaching students how to interpret and use data correctly
  • Ensuring precision and clarity in written responses
  • Techniques to build confidence in handling applied questions

12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: NEA Spotlight – Improving Written Coursework and Practical Performance
  • Understanding the AQA standard at different grade boundaries
  • Why students miss out on marks and how to address these issues
  • Structuring high-quality coursework that meets assessment criteria
  • Developing a clear and effective approach to practical performance evaluation 

  2.30pm: Break
2.40pm: Moving Forward – Maximising Success in 2026 and Beyond
  • Lessons to take forward and how to implement them in teaching
  • Preventing recurring mistakes with targeted intervention
  • Developing a progressive teaching culture that continually improves
  • Practical takeaways and action planning for the year ahead

3.30pm: Depart
 
A-Level - Code: T0371

AQA A-Level PE: Reviewing The 2025 Exams

COURSE LEADER

Jackie Brookes is an experienced teacher of 16 years, with 5 years working as an AST and as a lead practitioner focussing on whole school teaching and learning. Her results at all levels are consistently above the national average. She has taught all aspects of A Level and BTEC and specialises in active teaching and learning approaches and in physiology in which these engaging ideas allow students to grasp difficult concepts. She is fully involved in the examination and moderation process at GCSE, BTEC and A Level with both AQA and Pearson. She is proud of her work within schools nationally to support teachers and students with the demands of the AQA GCSE and A level qualification.

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