Deputy Director of Sport
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
6 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS commensurate with experience + TLR2b (£5,350)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-qualified colleague, either male or female, to join our school to becomeDeputy Director of Sportfrom September 2024.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious and talented teacher to join a flourishing team in a high performing Grammar school which has an ethos of engagement and excellence in sport. The successful candidate will lead GCSE PE (PE is a popular KS4 and A level option), have an excellent knowledge of one or more of the school's major sports of rugby, hockey, cricket and athletics and also manage the House Sport part of the department which plays an important part of school life. Extra-curricular sport is a very important part of the role and the successful person is expected to play a full role in this, the school has extensive Saturday morning fixtures across all sports.
What the school offers its staff
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School is a selective boys grammar school with a large co educational sixth form. It was founded in 1701 in order to provide an education to young men who would go on to work at the famous Chatham Dockyard. More than 300 years later we still pride ourselves on providing a superb academic education alongside an unparalleled range of opportunities for personal growth and character development. Awarded ‘outstanding’ in our last Ofsted in March 2023, the school has a track record of exceptional examination performance. Our Ofsted report comments, ‘Pupils and students are thoughtful, polite, courteous and respectful.’ It also comments, ‘Staff morale is high, and turnover is low. Leaders are very conscious of staff well-being.’
In 2012 the School became one of the first 100 National Teaching Schools and in 2021 was successful in converting this into becoming one of the first 35 National Teaching School Hubs. Alongside our work as a National Support School, our position in Leigh Academies Trust and as the lead school in the Kent and Medway Maths Hub the school is in unrivalled position to offer superb support and training to any new member of staff, regardless of their role, or their experience.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1479 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- talent@latrust.org.uk
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School is an outstanding selective school in Medway. It admits boys in years 7-11 and has a large co-educational sixth form. It is a teaching school, running the Medway Teaching School Alliance and is the lead school in the Kent and Medway Maths hub.
Arranging a visit to Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
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