PE teacher
Lawdale Junior School, London, E2 6LS8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Thursday and Friday 8:30-4:30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Unqualified teacher or qualified teacher pay scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
SELECTION CRITERIA
1. Qualified teacher status or a graduate in a relevant subject eg sports coaching.
2. Evidence of being a good to outstanding PE teacher.
3. To ensure the Principles of a Rights Respecting School are upheld.
4. To have a positive, enthusiastic attitude to all aspects of work, promoting the schools’ ethos and policies.
5. The ability to work as part of a team, and to establish and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues and other professionals.
6. Evidence of good professional relationships with pupils, parents and other stakeholders e.g. governors.
7. Knowledge and understanding of the PE curriculum, recent issues and research and a willingness to learn new skills.
8. The ability to judge when to make independent decisions, when to consult with others and when to defer to the head-teacher or other senior manager.
9. Ability to prioritise appropriately, work calmly under pressure, meet deadlines and generally manage time well.
10. Evidence of a commitment towards the development of links with parents.
11. Evidence of being flexible and responsive to change.
12. Evidence of being proactive and able to use own initiative.
13. To have a good level of ICT competence including Microsoft Office (word/excel/outlook/publisher/PowerPoint).
14. To have a high level of written and oral skills, including presentation skills.
15. To have a good attendance record.
16. To be committed trustworthy and hard working.
17. A commitment to the Local Authority and school’s policy on equal opportunities and inclusion.
18. To have a commitment to and understanding of the school’s child protection policies, prevent and safeguarding procedures.
What the school offers its staff
“Lawdale is a good school”,
“Pupils are happy and enthusiastic about learning here.This is reflected in the school’s values that guide pupils to be safe, caring and responsible.
“The prevailing atmosphere is calm, happy and busy.”
Ofsted 2023
We can offer a very positive, calm working environment with high levels of professionalism and CPD opportunities.
We offer counselling, flu jabs and a good work- life balance to support staff health and well being.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Lawdale Junior School the protection and safeguarding of children is a central part of our role and of primary importance. We are a Rights Respecting school and ensure that the needs of the child and their health, safety and wellbeing are central to everything that we do. All staff must put the needs of children first and respond immediately to any child protection concerns.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Lawdale Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 202 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lawdale Junior School website
- Email address
- arook.211@lgflmail.org
- Phone number
- 02077396258
We are a small, 2 form entry junior school in the heart of the East End of London with a large Victorian building. The school has a music room, D&T room, 2 large halls, play structures, outdoor musical instruments, a large playground with gardens and a larger than average astro-turfed football pitch. We are well staffed and well resourced. Our staff are hard-working, friendly and professional.
We are surrounded by great history, local venues and amenities which are used by the school pupils to enhance the curriculum and for recreation for the staff.
We are close to York Hall swimming pool, Victoria Park, Brick Lane, The Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, Weaver's Fields, Broadway Market and London Fields. We are also only a short distance away from the fantastic Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Arranging a visit to Lawdale Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email arook.211@lgflmail.org.
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