Teacher of Girls PE
Tanfield School, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8AYThis job expired on 21 January 2022
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 January 2022 at 9am
Date listed
5 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31/08/2022 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full time equivalent salary
- £25,714 - £41,603
Teacher of Girls PE job summary
We seek a passionate Teacher of Girls PE with immediate effect to provide maternity cover on a fixed-term basis until 31 August 2022. The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of hard work, trust and fairness and completely committed to our mission: the school will get students to attend the best university, or real alternative, succeed in their dream job and thrive in all aspects of their life. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to motivate students.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tanfield School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 739 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Tanfield School website
- Email address
- vacancies@tanfieldschool.co.uk
You would be joining a very strong staff team who are determined to drive further improvements at Tanfield. Our school is a vibrant and exciting place to work. I feel privileged to be the Headteacher of Tanfield School. The day I started in July 2017 was the proudest day of my career so far. I’m lucky to lead such fantastic students and staff and I truly believe their potential is limitless.
We have been a rapidly improving school. In 2018 we had the lowest progress 8 score in County Durham at - 0.96. However, in the last 3 years our progress 8 score has placed us third, second and now top in Durham with +0.83. This also placed us second in the North East and in the top 5% of schools in the country. Whilst we are pleased with the results, we are striving to be in the top 1% of schools in the country within the next two years.
So, what is leading to the rapid improvements?
As Peter Drucker says, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” We believe that the main driver to success is creating an achievement-oriented culture. A culture where it is cool to be smart and where all students work hard to attend the best university or a real alternative. We do this by having a ‘no excuses’ approach. We believe this instills strong learning habits, which ultimately helps students to become better qualified, more successful and happier. We expect students to follow homework and equipment rules, wear uniform with pride and always be ‘on task’, fully engaged and ready to learn.
We aim to provide high-quality education to all children, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. It is widely recognised that pupils from deprived sectors of society are less likely to have had a knowledge-rich start to life and may already begin school at a disadvantage. Therefore, we have implemented a knowledge-based approach to address this and close any gaps in attainment. It is working - our disadvantaged students achieved +0.49 which was the highest in the north east.
We know that teaching is the most rewarding, exhilarating but exhausting profession. We are guided by a philosophy of simplicity that aims for maximum impact on pupil learning with minimal workload for staff. We reduce burnout by applying this effort-to-impact ratio to everything we do. For example, our slimmed-down marking, centralised homework and detentions minimise work. We use whole class feedback to reduce workload. We want staff to nurture a healthy, sustainable balance between their school and home lives.
As an individual, I am driven to be the best that I can be, and I expect the same from students and staff. Therefore, we are constantly looking to take the best ideas from academies, schools, the independent sector and abroad. We don’t believe in off-the-shelf strategies or practices; there is no silver bullet. It is really about being values driven, having clear vision, focusing relentlessly on results, operating strict routines, doing the simple things well every day, and building strong relationships at all levels.
If you are wholly committed to our mission, have the persistence and humility to return to it every day; to sustain our routines and live our values over and over, we would love for you to apply for this vacancy.
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