2023 Ofsted Subject Report PE

Description

Levelling the Playing Field: Ofsted Subject Report for Physical Education (PE)

This report evaluates the common features of PE in primary schools and secondary schools visited between November 2022 and June 2023. It identifies strengths and areas for development in how pupils are taught the subject. It builds on Ofsted’s physical education research review, which was published last year.^{[Link to Report]}

In this report, Ofsted summarise the main findings from both primary and secondary schools and share their recommendations. They then set out more detailed findings in primary schools and secondary schools separately. These 2 sections focus on:

• curriculum design and organisation
• what pupils have learned
• pedagogy and assessment
• school-wide systems and policies

Inspections evaluate schools against the criteria in the school inspection handbooks. Inspectors will not use these findings in this report as a ‘checklist’ when they inspect schools. Ofsted know that there are many different ways that schools can design and teach high-quality PE.