Sports Leader

Aqueduct Primary Academy, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3RP

20 days remaining to apply

Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
1 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,294.00 - £25,979.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Telford & Wrekin, Scale 4, points 7-11, 25 hours per week, 38 weeks per yr (Term time only) salary to be pro rata to actual hours and weeks worked.

Sports Leader job summary

Our Sports Leader will lead on providing enrichment and games during the break, lunchtime and afterschool clubs to contribute towards the overall sports provision, as well as delivering PE lessons planned by the PE lead.. The role will also involve taking responsibility for the organisation of school games, competitions and sports events locally within the sports partnership. This is a role which requires a great deal of initiative, to use time effectively to maximise opportunities to have an impact on pupils’ physical well-being – through lessons, through breaks and lunches, and through clubs and the sports partnership. The appointed candidate will be excited to take the lead in each of these aspects and support PE & Sports at Aqueduct Primary Academy so that we continue to develop our reputation for our sporting achievements.

You will be part of the sport leadership across the school, taking responsibility for the majority of lessons. This will be a flexible role which could be working with all children across the academy, from Early Years to Key Stage 2. The role also includes leading provision and enrichment during break and lunchtimes.

What we’re looking for:

You could be a sports coach outside a school setting, have studied PE at university or wishing to train as a PE teacher. You could be a qualified sports coach/teacher, and wish to make your mark on your own setting, establishing a curriculum and provision from scratch. For us, the most important thing you will bring is your passion for your sports and your ability to coach and teach young children in PE; the qualifications associated with this can be gained on the job as with the experience, but the ability to communicate effectively with young children and teach PE is of paramount importance.

The successful candidate will have:

The motivation and passion to achieve the very best for the children within PE and sports

A good understanding or awareness of the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or a good understanding of the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum for PE

A good understanding of the range of additional needs that pupils can have and how best to support them within PE and sports

The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team

The ability to work on initiative

A ‘can-do’ approach to all aspects of academy life

A willingness to undertake professional development and grow their skills

Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour

There is the opportunity, if desired, to combine this role with a Morning only Teaching assistant role (12.5 hours per week), this would increase the overall hours per week to full time, from 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri. If this would be of interest to you- please see the link here: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/150710/EDV-2024-APA-26776 for details of the Teaching Assistant vacancy. This can be discussed in more detail at interview should you be shortlisted for either role.

For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

Why work with us

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:

▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
 
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
 
▶️ A  support package for staff wellbeing

You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

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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.