The Physical Education Department

	PE nationally 2003	Greenhead 2003	Greenhead 2002	Greenhead 2001	Greenhead 2000
% A to B	31	68	72	46.8	53.4
% A to E	95	100	100	100	100

Last 5 years of results in detail

The PE Department makes a significant contribution to College life in three ways.
Our main responsibility is to deliver the OCR Physical Education A/S A level syllabus and we normally teach about seventy students in four groups in both the A1 and A2 year so that we have 140 students studying our subject.
We contribute a great deal to the College enrichment programme with a variety of sports and activities for students to enjoy such as aerobics, circuits and volleyball.
We coach and manage the many College sports teams and we are proud of our success in the major team games of football, hockey, rugby league and netball.
The department has two full time and four part time staff and they each have their own specialist area of work. We are housed in the newly built "Park Block" with two classrooms and a resource room which doubles as a staff base where students can access books and materials or come and ask a member of staff for help. We use local clubs and sports facilities which are all close by for our practical lessons.

You can find more information on all the above throughout these pages

PE Department Staff Profiles:

Carl Atherton

Carl is the charismatic (?) head of the PE Department having gained his degree in Sports Science at Loughborough during the Dark Ages. He is passionate about rugby league (a mention of Wigan could seriously damage your health) and looks after the College RL and Swimming teams, sports he also teaches at A-level along with the theoretical topics of Skill Acquisition and Sports Psychology. He is married to Claire and has a son George who is a mini Carl 'with hair'! A good listener with excellent counselling skills, Carl 'Proops' is the person to see if you have any problems.

Sue Young

Sue was educated in Newcastle so she has already achieved the impossible. She gained a degree in Physical Education at Carnegie before coming to Greenhead to teach Anatomy and Physiology and take charge of the highly successful college Netball teams. Sue is married to John with son Alex taking up most of her time although she still makes an effort to indulge in her favourite pastime of eating cream cakes and biscuits without gaining weight.

Symond Burrows

Symond, or Simon to his friends, is unique in the PE Department in that he is the only "southerner" in our ranks so it is hard to assess his interests. He gained a degree in Sports Science at Loughborough and joins Greenhead to teach the contemporary issues in PE and help to coach the football teams.

Barbara Farmer

Barbara is involved in the practical aspects of PE being a specialist mountain leader and an excellent coach of racket sports. She has many varied interests but unfortunately she can't stop talking long enough to pursue them. Barbara has two teenage sons and boundless energy.

Carol Walker

Carol is our popular hockey coach and teacher of Comparative Studies. She is married with three daughters and lives in a big house on the outskirts of Huddersfield. She would love to teach in a posh private school but has to put up with Carl instead. Carol's main interest in life is golf and when she can find a club short enough for her she will be a world beater.

Gillian Peers

Aunty Gillian is a very experienced and popular teacher of Athletics and History of sport. She is married with two sons and doubles as a personal tutor. Gillian used to be a great Tennis player until she ran out of excuses for taking a rest between points and finally admitted that age had caught up with her.

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