Physical Education
The Physical Education department is a growing, thriving subject which has seen A*-C GCSE results in 90% bracket for the past five years and 100% pass rate for OCR Sport since it began in 2004. Physical Education now boasts a department of seven full time PE specialists plus a technician and a graduate teacher. The department offers three academic pathways, GCSE PE, Level 2 OCR Sport (which is equivalent to 4 GCSEs) and BTEC Dance (which is equivalent to 2 GCSEs).
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The atmosphere and delivery in Physical Education is vibrant with lots of activity, learning and fun all encapsulated during the lessons. The department has made positive strides with the use of ICT in PE and this has assisted in actively engaging pupils in their learning and ability to evaluate and improve their own and others’ performances. All lessons throughout the Physical Education department, both practical and theory, are objective-led and have an engaging starter. All practical lessons begin with pupil-lead warm-ups following the learning objectives being displaying using the projectors in the changing rooms or the flat screen televisions in the gymnasiums.
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The department also has a very active extra-curricular programme where pupils give up their free time after school to attend the Out of School Hours Clubs. The school offers boys and girls the chance to participate and improve in sports such as football, rugby league and rugby union, netball, hockey, volleyball, basketball, handball, rounders, cricket, athletics, tennis, lacrosse to name a few of the opportunities available to pupils. Wade Deacon High School continues to be successful in and around Halton in all sports and have also achieved local and national success in individual and team games.
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Physical Education Department
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Name – Mr. A Mitchell
Position – Leader Of Physical Education
Wade Deacon Arrival - 2008
Favourite Sports – Football, Boxing & Golf
Favourite Teams – Man City & Wigan Warriors
Sporting Claim to Fame – Golf Handicap of 10. Won the Masters Cup in only second season of Golf. Scored a goal at Old Trafford in a Wigan Cup Final.
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Name – Miss. H. Scott
Position – Leader of Girls & Key Stage 3 PE
Wade Deacon Arrival - 2005
Favourite Sports – Swimming, Netball & Hockey
Favourite Teams – Sunderland FC
Sporting Claim to Fame – National Swimming Ranking of 35 for 200m Backstroke. North East Counties Finalist for 200m Backstroke and 400m Front Crawl & Durham Under 14 Hockey Captain
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Name – Mrs. J. Locker
Position – School Sports Coordinator
Wade Deacon Arrival - 2005
Favourite Sports – Athletics, Dance & Gymnastics
Favourite Teams – Liverpool FC
Sporting Claim to Fame – National League Volleyball player for Chester Volleyball Club (formally Ellesmere Port Eels)
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Name – Miss. L. Hughes
Position – Teacher of Physical Education
Wade Deacon Arrival – 2007
Favourite Sports – Gaelic Football & Basketball
Favourite Teams – Liverpool FC
Sporting Claim to Fame – Received British University All Star Award for Gaelic Football in 2007. Gaelic Football Ulster Cup Final in front of 32,000 crowd.
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| Name - Miss. J. Lowry | |
| Name - Mr. A. Fitzpatrick | |
| Name - Miss. C. Graham | |
| Name - Mr. M. Campbell | |
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Name – Mr. M. Deeney
Position – PE Technician and Classroom Assistant
Wade Deacon Arrival - 2008
Favourite Sports – Gaelic Football & Athletics
Favourite Teams – Liverpool & Donegal Gaelic FC
Sporting Claim to Fame –British University All Star Awards for Gaelic Football 2006 and 2007. Coached by Republic of Ireland Goalkeeping Legend Pat Bonner.
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| Name - Mr. I. Critchley |