Polo GCSE/diploma Does it exist????

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Permalink Reply by sam on December 28, 2009 at 2:46am

hi there im based in india and currently playin professionally . we have our own setup here and offer training and clinics in polo . we can work out polo diplomas as well as training .
cheers sam

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Permalink Reply by Patra Sukhon on January 31, 2010 at 9:57pm

I know that if you take full course PE for GCSE you can take Equestrian as your sport which polo would fall under.
If the GCSE examination boards are AQA then I'm pretty sure it'll help contribute to the overall GCSE mark. However because it's after school activities and not part of the national curriculum (compulsory) I don't think a polo GCSE is possible at the moment. But if the student does reecieve a PE GCSE and polo has been one of the sports they have studied and because of it they have managed to reach their minium expected grade, then I'm sure it is possible that they can use that as a certificate of polo.

You could try contacting the Edexcel/AQA/CIE examination boards (Depending on which one the school is taking)

Patra.

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Stuart Ross on January 31, 2010 at 10:50pm

hiya, thanks alot for the informative reply. I did some research and discovered that equestrian can be taken as an extra curriculum activity to the PE - where there is some criteria for coursework, improvements, so clearly it doesnt exist as such for Polo. Im not sure of the exam boards, but the head of PE for the school is interested in offering this. Please do let me know if there are other schools out there considering certification in the sport.

BR
Ken

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Permalink Reply by Tess on February 1, 2010 at 12:48am

I am currently studying Alevels at the Dubai British School. One of my Alevel subjects is PE and as part of the course the candidate has to prove that they can play a sport to a high standard. The sport that I pick is polo. I play two or three times a week and have to video a number of my matches to submit as evidence to the exam board to prove I play. So it is possible to incorporate polo into a school curriculum but not as a subject in its own righ, it would have to be part of either the GCSE or Alevel PE course.

Tess

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