Head of Academic Pe

2 weeks ago

Reigate, United Kingdom Dunottar School Full time

**Salary**

United Learning Pay Scale

**Contractual hours**

37.5

**Basis**

Full Time

**Region**

Reigate

**Job category/type**

Physical Education

**Date posted**

01/12/2024

**Job reference**

REQ002447

**The Department**

This is an exciting opportunity for an aspirational teacher to join the Dunottar PE Team as Head of Academic PE. The PE Department at Dunottar is a developing, forward thinking and dynamic department which focuses on promoting a love, passion and enjoyment of sport and physical activity through enthusiastic, outstanding and innovative delivery. Pupils enjoy over three hours of timetabled physical activity each week, with a broad co-curricular programme to support this. The majority of sporting fixtures take place on Saturday mornings, and a healthy fixtures calendar is established in all major sports (netball, cricket, rugby and football). AQA GCSE PE is offered to our students, as well as the provision to study A-Level PE.

**The Role**

**Main Responsibilities**

The applicant will be expected to fulfil the usual professional responsibilities of a teacher at Dunottar including:

- Have high expectations of pupils
- Create a stimulating and positive learning environment
- Show a good understanding of the aptitudes, needs and prior attainment of the pupils, and that these have been taken into account when planning lessons
- Attend staff and departmental meetings
- Maintain up-to-date records of attendance, assessment, planning, reports and communication with parents
- Contribute to curriculum planning, including the development of schemes of work
- Contribute to the departmental extra-curricular programme
- Participate in ongoing professional development related to new developments in Academic PE and PE

**Person** **Specification**

**Professional Qualifications and Skills**:

- A record of excellent academic achievement including a relevant honours degree
- PGCE/QTS or the ability to obtain ITT at Dunottar via United Teaching

**Personal Qualities**:

- High levels of personal and professional integrity
- Self-confidence, personal energy and dynamism
- Personal warmth, good rapport with pupils, colleagues and parents
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent oral and written English skills
- Appropriate levels of personal presentation

**Teaching and Learning**:

- Enthusiasm for, and an excellent knowledge of, the relevant curriculum
- Evidence of creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning including the appropriate use of ICT
- Commitment to improving, monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning
- The ability to teach PE and Academic PE up to GCSE and A Level and the ability to teach and lead BTEC would be desirable
- An ability to make all pupils feel valued and involved in your lessons
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- To keep abreast of educational research and pedagogy so that lessons enable all pupils to make progress

**Philosophy & Ethos**:

- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- High expectations for pupil attainment, personal development and conduct
- Commitment to best practice in pastoral support and student welfare
- Commitment to helping with extra-curricular activities and curriculum enrichment

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