JACKIE BROOKES 

BED HONS 1st Class Physical Education

After a 16-year career teaching secondary PE, I set up PeActive in 2016 to pursue my interest in CPD and training for teachers. Having achieved my AST in 2011, I wanted to continue and expand my work as a lead practitioner and so PeActive was born; working with schools to create academic learning environments that are inspiring, raise engagement and keep pupils moving in the classroom, all to deliver the best possible results and outcomes for staff and students.

I now specialise in engaging teaching and learning of academic GCSE and A Level PE, offering consultations with Heads of Departments and academic leads, teacher workshops and student revision conferences and 1-1 tutoring sessions. Over the last eight years I’ve helped schools build the desired learning environments by blending the supportive nature of my sessions with the array of fun, different and innovative ideas.

I’ve taught all aspects of A Level and BTEC and specialise in physiology, where engaging ideas allow students to grasp difficult concepts. I’m fully involved in the examination and moderation process at GCSE, BTEC and A Level, using this insight to be outcome-focused, and have been recognised by clients for my bespoke and personalised in-school packages. I particularly enjoy in-school sessions, working as an extension of your team to facilitate discussions and support with solutions and strategies to develop the delivery and organisation of academic PE (specifically AQA).

I pride myself on being an active listener and a supportive and empathetic partner – I’ve walked in your shoes so genuinely get it, recognising the need to be agile and adaptable based on internal stakeholder requirements and expectations.

I’m also a tutor for YST (Youth Sports Trust), completing most of my work on the Girls Active,  Game on and Shooting Stars programmes, which all focus on the inclusion of  girls’ participation in sport. This is a topic I’m passionate about and I can use in-school consultation strategies to support you in embedding these powerful programmes and messages