Hydesville Tower School aims to maintain and/or stimulate pupil interest and enjoyment in P.E. and to promote health and fitness for current and future lifestyles. We enable pupils to be familiar with a body of knowledge, principles and vocabulary related to P.E. and for pupils to see P.E. as a major feature in our lives related to leisure, employment and culture, and to have part of a wider body of knowledge and skills, e.g. interpersonal and problem solving skills.

The P.E. curriculum enables pupils to develop a range of desirable personal qualities such as safety awareness, politeness, perseverance, concern for others, initiative and independence. The establishment of pupil self esteem through the development of physical confidence is a major aim of the Department. To enable pupils to work independently and as part of a team in varied activities, so as P.E. contributes to the development of core skills such as communication by speech.

In key stages 2 and 3, students have 2 PE lessons each week, within key stage 4 they have 1. Students participate in a wide variety of sports including football, hockey, rugby, cricket, rounders, swimming, cross country, problem solving/team building, orienteering, athletics, squash, badminton, health related fitness and gym.

In key stage 4 students can also take GCSE Physical Education (OCR). Last year the department got 100% A- C.