Would you do a skateboarding GCSE?

Marks are given for landing, how well moves are performed and technique

Would you try skateboarding for your GCSE?

In several schools in Northern Ireland the sport is now offered as part of the PE GCSE curriculum.

Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to include skateboarding in the list of sports that can be studied in PE GCSE.

Examining body the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) said skateboarding has been included because of its growing popularity.

What are you tested on for a skateboarding GCSE?

Like gymnastics and ice-skating marks are given for landing movements

Like other sports on the curriculum, skateboarding has a GCSE syllabus and mark scheme.

Marks are given for landing movements, how well the movements are performed and what technique is used.

Jared Purvis, a teacher in Northern Ireland, developed the GCSE syllabus.

He said: "Skateboarding should look effortless - if you're trying something at your maximum level you're probably going to land it roughly, toe touching the ground - to have a top candidate they would be doing everything required but effortlessly,

What do pupils think about GCSE skateboarding?

Theo is currently taking skateboarding as part of his PE GCSE

16-year-old Theo started skateboarding when he was 14.

He is now taking the sport as part of his PE GCSE at his school in Northern Ireland.

When he found out it was on the list of sports he could take at his school he was very excited.

"Usually people wouldn't think of skateboarding as a sport that you could even do in school - I was so surprised - it's a pretty good thing," he said.

Skateboarding at the Olympics

Sky Brown is currently ranked 3rd in the world

Skateboarding has increased in popularity since it was added to the Olympics as a sport in 2020.

It will continue its run in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.

At the Olympics athletes must show their most impressive tricks whilst meeting criteria for difficulty, speed and range of moves.

In 2020, British skateboarder Sky Brown became Great Britain's youngest Olympic medal winner of all time.