Head of Physical Education
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham, London, SE12 8PD3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,766 - £60,092
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS (£38,766 - £60,092)
Additional allowances
TLR 2b for Head of PE (£5,685)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- Degree
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Enhanced DBS check
- Further / Continued Professional Development
Teaching experience
- Experience of working in at least one Key Stage
- Experience of planning and delivering fun, engaging and challenging lessons
- Experience of working successfully with pupils with Special Educational Needs
- Evidence of securing good or outstanding progress for whole cohorts, individuals or groups
Experience managing own or others’ performance
- A reflective practitioner who sets high expectations of themselves
- Experience of working successfully with teaching assistants and/or other support staff
- Evidence of successfully leading a subject which involved whole school responsibilities
Knowledge
- Sound knowledge of the National Curriculum or Development Matters documentation
- An understanding of curriculum and pedagogical issues relating to learning and teaching
- Knowledge of effective strategies to include, and meet the needs of all pupils, in particular underachieving groups of pupils, pupils with EAL and SEN
- Familiarity with KS1 and 2 Standardised Attainment Tests or the EYFS profile
Skills/abilities
- Sound ICT knowledge and skills relating to class teaching, able to demonstrate effective use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning
- Able to use assessments of pupils’ learning to inform future planning
- Ability to plan and work collaboratively with colleagues
- Experience of using positive behaviour management strategies to reinforce good learning behaviours
- Skills in the creative areas
- Any area of interest or expertise which can make a positive impact on children’s learning
Philosophy, beliefs, values
- Personal values mirror those of the Trinity Ethos Statement
- A belief in restorative justice
- Demonstrates a passion for closing the gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Personal Qualities
- Has excellent inter-personal skills
- Is constantly striving to be the best practitioner they can be
- Can work as part of a supportive team
- Has a (good) sense of humour
- Please see job pack for more details
What the school offers its staff
Trinity is a fantastic place to work with motivated and well-behaved pupils, a committed and experienced governing body, dedicated staff and supportive parents.
Further details about the role
About Trinity PE Department
PE at Trinity Trinity all through school is a thriving community, where our staff and pupils are enthusiastic, conscientious, talented and caring. We take appointing new staff very seriously and seek other professionals who are committed to young people and supporting Trinity to continue to move forward. We are very proud of our school and are seeking likeminded people to join us with our vision and ethos of making all pupils succeed in a happy and caring environment. The successful candidate will help support our inclusive vision in providing the very best education for all children and help us to achieve the next level of success. The Trinity secondary site is a modern purpose built building that has all the latest facilities. The building has a sense of space for all the school community. The Secondary site has a sports hall, activities room and a MUGA. We also have access to a large outdoor cage next to the school during the school hours and we hire the use of a field as well.
We have a team of 5 specialist teachers (including the head of department) running all sporting activities and events at the school. We also work closely with the PE lead in the primary to ensure our curriculum is shared and progressive right from Early Years up to the end of year 11. Our secondary pupils run sports leadership with the primary pupils and our sport ambassadors also run the sports day events for the primary phase. Our curriculum is very progressive and we do get many pupils to get fully engaged with after school clubs and competitions. We have pushed this year with hand ball – very successfully. We also run a skiing trip every two years and have run sporting touring events. Our big push is to further engage girls in competitive sports, especially as they move up into KS4.
We currently offer one group of GCSE PE each year as an option and a further group of OCR Sport Studies as well – getting approximately 50% of the cohort a sport qualification before they leave. We do wish to keep expanding this provision as we do see sport as a crucial part of our curriculum provision right up until the end of year 11.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic leader to come and continue to drive up standards in PE at Trinity, especially enthusing girls to enjoy sport.
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.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1031 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham website
- Email address
- u.ezirim@trinity.lewisham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02088523191
Trinity all through school is a thriving community, where our staff and pupils are enthusiastic, conscientious, talented and caring. We take appointing new staff very seriously and seek other professionals who are committed to young people and supporting Trinity to continue to move forward. We are very proud of our school and are seeking likeminded people to join us with our vision and ethos of making all pupils succeed in a happy and caring environment. The successful candidate will help support our inclusive vision in providing the very best education for all children and help us to achieve the next level of success.
Arranging a visit to Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email u.ezirim@trinity.lewisham.sch.uk.
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