PE over here is taken very seriously and kids have to do theory, which is biology and nutritional based studies, which they are graded on, as well as the actual PE itself. As a nation, they are obsessed with sport.
I was lucky in that I went to a proper "old school" school, and I played cricket for them, rugby, football and cross country. I also played football for the town as well as rugby, and in my experience there was always lots of opportunity to do sport outside of school as well as within it. Our YMCA ran a lot of sports and I started martial arts there.
RE was compulsory up unt