Head of Physical Education
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College, Woking, Surrey, GU21 8TLThis job expired on 28 March 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
28 March 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 February 2024
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 per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,350 to £47,839
Additional allowances
TLR 1d £9,272
What skills and experience we're looking for
Head of Department Physical Education
Start date from September 2024
Salary: MPS or UPS (Fringe pay scale)
(£31,350 to £47,839) + TLR 1d £9,272
‘Leading the Winston PE Department offers an incredible opportunity to promote sports and healthy living to the benefit of all our students. The department has extensive sporting knowledge, which is shared and developed, to enhance each other’s practices, along with possibilities to grow the curriculum outside of mainstream sports. Our team is upbeat and honest and supportive.
Our leader will have a passion for the needs of our students and for the development of our staff team. Join us, lead us, there is so much opportunity to enhance and develop this department.’
Jack Fuller ECT
At The Winston Churchill School, we believe that participation in PE will shape the future of our students. You will be empowered to lead with confidence. Our staff team is looking to you, as a role model and to develop the department.
Ofsted, in November 2023, said: ‘This is an inclusive school, with high expectations for pupils’ conduct and achievement.
Do you have the creativity, imagination and passion to inspire our staff and students?
We empower our teachers as trusted professionals. You can be yourself, learn, and develop your unique teaching practice.
Do you aspire to lead a team of trusted, creative, and innovative professionals?
We take pride in our record of developing exceptional teachers and leaders. In recent years we have recruited and trained fourteen graduates who have become outstanding teachers within our school and beyond. Furthermore, nine middle leaders have successfully transitioned to senior leadership roles.
Do you want to lead and grow a dynamic team while advancing your own leadership journey?
Our well-resourced PE department has consistently achieved strong GCSE results, demonstrating year-on-year progress. The department is now poised to build on these outcomes and set the standard for excellence in PE across Surrey and Nationally.
Do you want to see if we really do what we say? Visit Winston.
Winston welcomes prospective candidates to visit the school. Seeing is believing, and we are confident that experiencing our school first-hand will help you determine if this is the right place for you to learn, lead, and develop.
Further information and an application form are available on the school website.
Come and visit the school and discover what Winston can do for your career.
Applications must be posted or emailed to the Mrs Lisa Rutland, PA to the Headteacher, on l.rutland@wcsc.org.uk
Applicants should also include a statement of application outlining their suitability for the post in relation to the job description and person specification, with two sides of A4 as a maximum.
Closing date: Wednesday 28th March 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed (this school reserves the right to interview promptly should a suitable candidate apply
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required prior to commencement.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Shortlisted applicants will be required to supply details of any unspent convictions and conditional cautions and any spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended).
If you are appointed, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
What the school offers its staff
- Training to enable you to be the best that you can be
- New facilities including a Library, Planetarium and Performance Space
- Excellent training and leadership development programmes
- Subsidised professional gym
- Coffee shop, run twice a week
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 The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1524 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- l.rutland@wcsc.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01483476861
Arranging a visit to The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.rutland@wcsc.org.uk.
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