Teacher of Girls' PE - 12 Month Maternity Cover
Little Lever School, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL3 1BTDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time: Inline with STPCD
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 Month - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084
Pay scale
- T1 - T9
What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills, Competency and Knowledge:
- To have a detailed knowledge of the PE Curriculum & PE health and well being
- Conversant with the planning and delivery of KS3 & KS4 PE courses with a view to improving progress and attainment
- The ability to accurately assess the quality of the work of students against national standards
- Proven organisational skills
- Ability to teach up to GCSE standard and/or Cambridge National Sports Studies/BTEC Sport
- High level teaching skills
- Set high expectations for student behaviour and establish a clear framework for classroom discipline promoting self-control and independence whilst managing students’ behaviour constructively
- Good communication skills
- Work effectively as part of a team developing positive relationships with colleagues, students, parents/carers and other agencies, as appropriate
- The ability to lead and use innovative ICT to facilitate learning
- The ability to promote the social, moral, spiritual and cultural development of pupils through PE teaching
- The ability to promote RWCM through PE teaching
- Valuing Diversity - Listen, support and monitor the diverse contributions made to service development without prejudice. Challenge behaviours and processes which do not positively advance the diversity agenda whilst being prepared to accept feedback about own behaviour. Recognise people’s strengths, aspirations and abilities and help to develop their potential. Understand how Valuing Diversity can improve our ability to deliver better services and reduce disadvantage
- Caring for Customers - Listen and respond to customer need, seek out innovative ways of consulting service users and engaging partners. Network with others to develop services for the benefit of the service users
- Developing Self and Others - Ability to question, and request appropriate training and development that links to the post, to seek opportunities that add to skills and knowledge, to respond positively to opportunities that arise. To support colleagues in their learning and share learning with others
- Health and Safety - The ability to identify risk to self and others when undertaking work activities and appropriate actions needed to minimise risk
- Confidentiality - To acknowledge the need to maintain confidentiality at all times and to become aware of the National, Council and school/setting policies on Confidentiality, and the management and sharing of information
- Energy Efficiency - To be aware of the energy efficiency issues in own area of work and throughout the organisation
Essential Requirements:
- Commitment to extra-curricular activities
- Proven enthusiasm for the subject PE
Experience / Qualifications / Training
- To hold a good Honours Degree in PE or relevant sport degree
- DfE Qualified Teacher Status
- Hold, working towards or committed to working towards a post qualification professional development/sport coaching qualifications
- Successful teaching experience to, at least, GCSE level and/or Cambridge National Sports Studies
Personal Qualities:
- Clear dedication to teaching as a career
- Energy and enthusiasm and a liking for work with young people
- Flexibility and an ability to respond creatively to changing circumstances
- Ability to relate well with colleagues and students
- Constant and consistent expectations of high standards
- Commitment to involving parents/carers as partners in the education process
- Appropriate professional dress and appearance
- Sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
Financial Wellbeing
Flexibility and Time Off
Family Support and Care
Professional Development
Little Lever Extras
Further details about the role
‘Helping every person achieve things they never thought they could’
Little Lever School was one of the most improved schools in the country and our outcomes remain in the top 100 schools nationally for similar schools. Our school was graded Good by OfSTED in March 2022 and has continued to move forward at pace. We are a Teach First partner school and support schools from across the North West in a range of areas. The systems and structures we have established, our clear expectations and relentless focus on our praise culture, routines and behaviour have created a positive environment where students can learn, and teachers can teach.
This is an exciting time to join Little Lever as we look to expand, providing the best educational experiences for more pupils. Our ambition is to become ‘the best in class’. We put students at the heart of our thinking and we continue to help every person achieve things they never thought they could!
Please visit our website to gather a flavour of what we are all about!
This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational, talented and driven Teacher of Girl’s PE to join our enthusiastic team as we aim to create a ‘world class’ school.
We recognise the people that work within the Lever Academy Trust are the decisive element in helping all our students to achieve great things. We value the wellbeing of our staff and know how important it is to invest in initiatives to support staff wellbeing throughout the school year. We expect the very best from everyone every day and are focused on people. We want our students to achieve the very best outcomes. We ensure our students model our values of being kind, working hard and taking responsibility in all that they do so they are ready to take their place in the world!
The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Little Lever School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1049 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Little Lever School website
- Email address
- recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk
Little Lever School is one of the most improved schools in the country! The school has been on a rapid improvement journey since 2017. The systems and structures we have established, our clear expectations and relentless focus on our praise culture, routines and behaviour have created a positive environment where students can learn and teachers can teach.
Arranging a visit to Little Lever School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk.
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