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Free Pearson Edexcel GCSE PE PEP Step-by-Step Workbook
A complete 62-page student workbook for the Personal Exercise Programme. Students learn how to analyse their fitness and performance data, plan and monitor a six to eight week programme, then evaluate what changed and why.
No email or sign-up. A4, designed to be printed and written in by hand.
What it is
Step-by-step preparation for the Personal Exercise Programme
Every skill page follows the same four steps: Learn it (what you need to know), See it (a short example about a made-up performer), Try it (practise on a made-up performer) and Your turn (apply it to your own performance, in notes, ticks and numbers only). Support fades as students move through the four parts.
- For students taking Pearson Edexcel GCSE PE (1PE0) and the teachers preparing them
- Covers Component 4: the PEP (20 marks, 10% of the GCSE), all five strands
- A photocopiable training record for every session
- Fictional examples across many different activities
- Check-your-understanding answers and a theory toolkit at the back
What's included
Four parts. Support fades as you go.
Part 1 · Understand
The task, the rules and how it is marked
- Understanding your PEP
- How the PEP is marked, and what strong work looks like
Part 2 · Plan (Strands 1 and 2)
Data, weakness, aim and programme
- Starting point: profile, PAR-Q and performance data
- Fitness testing and choosing your weakness
- Your aim and SMART targets
- Methods of training
- Principles, intensity and your programme
Part 3 · Train & evaluate (Strands 3 and 4)
Monitor, re-test and explain the change
- Monitoring: records, progression and adaptations
- Mid-PEP and post-PEP testing
- Evaluating your PEP
- Recommendations
Part 4 · Check & write (Strand 5)
Check, plan and write independently
- High-level writing and your word count
- Final checks: planning, comparison and evaluation
- How strong is your evidence?
- Evidence map and verbal presentations
- Final requirements check
Playing fair
Built around the JCQ rules
JCQ instructions say centres must not provide model answers or writing frames specific to the task, and Pearson's NEA guidance adds that templates are not permitted and candidates design their own structure. The workbook is designed for the teaching and preparation phase. It never contains a structure, paragraph or sentence students could hand in.
Exam Vista's advice: use the workbook for teaching and preparation, not during the assessed write-up. Once assessed work begins, give general advice only, and follow the current Pearson Edexcel and JCQ requirements and your centre's policy.
The requirements were checked against the Pearson Edexcel GCSE PE specification, the PEP marking grid (first used in 2023), Pearson's GCSE PE NEA guidance for 2026 and the JCQ instructions, in October 2026. Always check the current specification and your school's instructions.
For teachers
Edexcel GCSE PE PEP Teacher Companion
A 26-page companion for teaching the PEP with the student workbook: a delivery sequence, marking maps for planning (Strands 1–2) and evaluation (Strands 3–5), section guides with questioning prompts, a cross-activity fragment bank, feedback phrases and admin checks.
- Task at a glance, suggested delivery sequence and marking map
- Section guides with questioning prompts
- Cross-activity fragment bank of teaching examples
- Feedback phrases and an admin and authentication checklist
The Teacher Companion is a teacher version and is not for student distribution, so it is not available as a public download. Teachers can request a free copy through the contact page, writing from a school email address.
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Is the PEP workbook really free?
Yes. It is free to download, with no email address or sign-up. Teachers may print and photocopy the complete workbook for students within their own school or educational setting, and students may download and print one copy for personal study.
Which specification is it for?
It is written for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) PE specification (1PE0), Component 4: the Personal Exercise Programme (PEP).
Can students use it while writing their assessed task?
No. The workbook is for teaching and preparation. It never contains a structure, paragraph or sentence for students to use, and it must not be submitted or copied from for assessed work. Follow the current awarding body and JCQ requirements and your centre's policy.
Is there a teacher version?
Yes. A free 26-page Teacher Companion is available to teachers on request. Email from your school address through the contact page.
Is it endorsed by Pearson Edexcel?
No. It is an independent publication. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with or approved by Pearson.
Can I share it with another school?
Please direct colleagues at other schools to this page so they can download their own copy. The licence does not allow the workbook to be modified, rebranded, resold or commercially redistributed.
Independent publication. Not endorsed by, affiliated with or approved by Pearson. Pearson and Edexcel are trademarks of Pearson Education Limited. Pearson Edexcel is the awarding body for GCSE (9–1) Physical Education (1PE0); the specification, the PEP marking grid and the NEA guidance belong to Pearson.