The Advanced Higher Physical Education course allows students to investigate their own performance in detail. The course involves: investigating performance, researching how to improve performance, creating and following a Personal Development Plan and evaluating the effectiveness of the Personal Development Plan.

The Advanced Higher Physical Education course is assessed through two components worth a total of 100 marks. The two components are: a single performance, in an activity of the student’s choice (worth 30 marks) and a 5000-word project researching how to develop an aspect of performance chosen by the student (worth 70 marks).