Teacher of PE
Q3 Academy Tipton, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7NR12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
Potential TLR for suitable candidate.
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Academy is looking for someone who has:
- Excellent subject knowledge in PE;
- A track record of inspiring students in PE, enabling them to achieve outstanding results;
- Inspiring and creative ideas to make PE subjects accessible to a range of abilities;
- The ability to understand and work with assessment data to monitor and intervene as appropriate with students.
- A background in A Level PE would be an advantage but not necessary.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Teaching PE across Key Stages 3-5;
- Responsibility for adding value to every learner in each
teaching group benchmarked against national criteria and data;
- Delivering, planning and preparing lessons in accordance
with the planned curriculum;
- Contribution to curriculum design within PE;
- Working as part of an exceptional team that ensures creative
and innovative learning and teaching occurs in every lesson;
- Being a Form Tutor.
Interview will be held TBC.
Potential TLR for suitable candidate.
What the school offers its staff
Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of nine schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: “To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true” and are passionate about social equality within our community. “Pupils understand expectations and appreciate the positive environment. Teachers treat pupils as individuals, and pupils welcome this. Pupils feel confident to ‘be themselves’ in this inclusive community” (Ofsted, 2022).Following Ofsted in December 2022, we are looking to expand our PE department to continue in our journey of excellence, working to support and develop opportunities for our students within our community.
We are seeking a self-motivated, supportive and inspiring teacher who has experience in curriculum planning and delivery of PE across Key Stages 3 – 4 (Key Stage 5 is desirable but not necessary). You are an outstanding teacher who is passionate about your subject and able to inspire and motivate students to learn. Your passion for PE is demonstrated in your daily work and you are willing to contribute to wider curriculum opportunity for students to further engage and support them in the subject.
The successful candidate will be joining a popular Key Stage 5 subject providing opportunity for A Level teaching.You would be joining a well-established and cohesive team of colleagues, with good links across other schools as part of the Mercian Academy Trust, with excellent opportunities for development.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
All post holders are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) and satisfactory employment references, as well as identification and qualification checks which will be required before commencing duties.
All appointments are subject to two satisfactory references and online search.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Q3 Academy Tipton
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1587 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Q3 Academy Tipton website
- Email address
- jasmine.gill@merciantrust.org.uk
Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of nine schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: “To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true” and are passionate about social equality within our community. “Pupils understand expectations and appreciate the positive environment. Teachers treat pupils as individuals, and pupils welcome this. Pupils feel confident to ‘be themselves’ in this inclusive community” (Ofsted, 2022).
We are a large inclusive and diverse 11 – 19 school. Our students come from many backgrounds, speak different languages and follow different faiths. Students are encouraged to join our advocate groups: anti-racism, anti-sexism, pro-LGBTQIA+ and inter-faith. We are fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We are proud that our staff body reflects the diversity of our student community including our middle and senior leaders.
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