CCEA GCSE Physical Education 7210 Past Papers

The 2025 CCEA GCSE Physical Education examination consists of two structured papers: Paper 1 (Factors Underpinning Health and Performance) and Paper 2 (Developing Performance), each carrying 100 marks over 1 hour 15 minutes. The assessment effectively balances recall and basic classification with extensive data analysis, training prescription tables, tournament draws, and extended Quality of Written Communication (QWC) 6-mark and 9-mark responses. Key high-tariff focus areas include training methods (circuit design and progressive overload), event organisation, learning theory, and population physical activity guidelines.

The 2024 CCEA GCSE Physical Education examination consists of Paper 1 (Factors Underpinning Health and Performance) and Paper 2 (Developing Performance), each worth 100 marks with a 1 hour 15 minute duration. The assessment provides balanced coverage across anatomy and physiology, health choices, leisure event management, training principles, fitness testing, and skill acquisition. High-tariff extended responses assess Quality of Written Communication (QWC) via structured analytical scenarios.

The 2023 CCEA GCSE Physical Education examination across Papers 1 and 2 provided comprehensive syllabus coverage across anatomy, physiology, health lifestyle decisions, leisure active industries, principles of training, and skilled performance. While recall items on definitions and multiple choice provided solid accessible marks, discriminator questions centred on multi-variable data interpretation, training programme design using precise FITT/RM parameters, and extended 6- to 9-mark QWC responses.