Karen Breen Lead Physical Education Advisor
About Love PE
My name is Karen Breen and I am the Lead Education advisor at Love PE CPD. I have been teaching for 22 years which has included many roles within secondary settings such as Head of PE, Head of Year and Deputy Head. I have over 10 years experience now working within primary schools and continue to support schools with innovative CPD solutions. We work locally in the East Midlands and across the UK to offer Schools, Colleges, Universities , Teaching Alliances, SCITT providers and private Coaching companies support with all aspects of primary PE.
We are a small team of Physical Education and school sport specialists who deliver creative CPD to upskill and enrich staff. We develop subject knowledge and practical experience from physical development to physical literacy. We travel all over the UK to do this and enjoy working in a variety of settings by engaging with staff to develop a sound PE provision for their students.
We are delighted to say that we continue to receive 100% positive feedback!
Picture: SCITT students enjoying team building activities as part of their annual ‘Introduction to Primary PE Training’
The Love PE Team
As all of our PE specialists have extensive teaching experience you should be rest assured that you will be treated professionally and in a friendly and knowledgeable manner. After all, just like you we are dedicated to instilling a love of learning in to the pupils we teach, our job is to equip you with the right PE pedagogical skills in order to inspire you and your children to love the PE lessons that are at your school.
‘Love what you teach, Love PE’
Picture Trainee teachers ‘Introduction to primary Gymnastics’
We believe in working with staff in their own school/setting and with their children and equipment/apparatus to help develop their confidence and skills to ensure that they are working towards a lasting legacy for their pupils.
We help to audit, plan, deliver and quality assure a school’s progress as they strive to make the best possible use of the Government granted PE and Sport premium. Our skilled and highly experienced advisors are at hand to ensure that a programme of sustainability is designed for your school and that you are fully OFSTED ready when the time comes.
Our key objectives
- Improving teachers’ subject knowledge and expertise.
- To raise levels of confidence and competence to deliver all aspects of Physical Education.
- To promote a sustainable professional development programme for both staff and children.
- To extend physical activity to all areas of school life through a manageable programme both in and out of the classroom.
- To quality assure external non- teacher providers.
- To foster an active school and playground culture for all children.
How can we help you?
Our work is school improvement and developing people. We fully believe that each school is different and of course each staff member will have a different perspective of PE. 
We are realistic, we know that not every member of staff is a lover of this subject for various reasons, time restraints, schools pressures, length of subject training. However, having worked in 100s of schools we can guarantee our interactive sessions will encourage even the most resistant members of the school.
That includes all staff: teachers, teaching assistants and mid day supervisors
What services can we offer?
A sample of our most popular requests for CPD are below to give you an example of what is on offer:
- Developing staff confidence in the delivery of Gymnastics, Dance, Games, Athletics, Early years PE and Outdoor and adventurous activities.
- Practical sessions on how to move from good to outstanding in PE.
- How to assess in PE and practically apply this in lessons.
- One to one bespoke support with the PE Co-ordinator- updating essential documentation pre/post Ofsted and for routine review.
- Demonstration lessons with classes previously unseen to all age groups with staff observing.
- Paired lessons with SLT or the PE Lead to ensure quality assurance.
- Mentoring and one to one support.
- Evidencing the impact of the PE and Sport Premium.
- Meeting the requirements of the new National Curriculum and Ofsted expectations.
- Identifying gifted and talented children and how to sustain high quality provision for all.
- How to show progression from Foundation through to Key Stage 2.
- Supporting the PE Lead and developing targeted support in areas such as: Action planning, developing a PE folder, paired lesson observations for monitoring and quality assurance, writing a bespoke PE policy.
- Quality assurance of external providers to ensure high quality and safe practice is being delivered.
- Developing an easy to use assessment system to ensure planning and progression.
- How to develop an outstanding Physical Education provision.
Training
We can deliver bespoke inset development days, half day sessions, twilight training and team teach (demo lessons) in all areas of the curriculum. Some schools book a member of staff to work for 1 day over a 6 week block or several months. Discounts are available for this.
**Academy Trusts often prefer to choose to focus on several areas with their group of schools and so packages of support are tailor made.
We are passionate about Physical Education and school sport and the numerous benefits they bring to a child’s life. We believe Physical Education should maintain a core stability within the timetable of a school to not only develop a child’s physical, mental and social skills but also develop aspects of a child’s character that may go unnoticed or unaddressed in other subject areas. It is crucial that school leaders dedicate time and invest in their own staff. As in a lot of cases PE is delivered by external agencies and so teachers do not see the ‘other side’ to a child’s development.
We fully believe that this subject is crucial to the holistic development of our countries children and must be given a reasonable and consistent proportion of the school timetable.
Advice and consultancy
We also offer high quality, bespoke support for all colleagues working in schools. We continue to receive excellent feedback from our work in schools and many head teachers have commented that working together has proved to be an invaluable support system to raise the status and overall development of Physical Education, Physical Development and Physical Activity in their school.
Our focussed sessions also work with existing or new PE co-ordinators in order to help them plan their PE provision and ensure they are creating a healthy school environment and putting physical activity at the heart of school life.
Updates
Many schools wish to keep updated with regards to the ongoing developments in Physical Education and school sport.
