Teacher of Physical Education
Chipping Campden School, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6HU29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 February 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 December 2024
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
Contract type
- Fixed term - TBC - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education and qualifications
Relevant educational qualifications at school/college
Educated to degree level
PGCE (or equivalent)
Good honours degree (1st or 2:1)
Professional knowledge and experience
Appropriate experience of teaching classes across the age and ability range across traditional and modern sports
Ability to plan and deliver motivating and appropriately challenging lessons that engage, motivate and stretch students
Excellent knowledge and understanding of Physical Education at KS3/4 and KS5
Ability to build good relationships with young people with effective behaviour management strategies
High expectations for young people and what they can achieve, ability to engage and inspire them to achieve their full potential
Excellent practical skills combined with strong classroom management and organisational skills
Aware of current developments in the subject and curriculum and appropriate interventions for students
Creativity in using new technologies or teaching practices to help students learn and make progress
Knowledge of cross curricular approaches
Traits and competencies
Committed to and good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection practice and procedure
Outstanding oral communicator
Written communications are appropriate for the intended audience, grammatically correct and showcase high levels of written literacy
Willing to develop skills, embrace new ideas and able to develop exemplar practices
A ‘self-starter’ with the ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
Someone who:
- is reflective, with high levels of personal resilience and able to accept constructive feedback from others in order to further improve performance
- prioritises ‘the team’ above ‘self’, and contributes wholeheartedly to the life, culture, spirit and ethos of our school
- thrives on challenge, with the necessary drive and determination to get a job done.
Willingness to be involved in and contribute to the development of the department and extra-curricular activities
What the school offers its staff
Staff benefits
Every school is unique and ours is no exception. One of our unique selling points is the relatively high average length of service of our staff, and relatively low rate of staff turnover. Neither of these are by chance and are the product of staff feeling trusted, empowered and recognised for leading the roles they do. We feel that a mark of the outstanding school we are is symbolised by the number of staff who choose to send their children to be educated with us.
Below is a list of just some of the ‘pull factors’ that contribute to making our school a great place to work:
- An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school
- An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
- Access to a beautiful property at below market rent situated a short distance from our school (subject to availability)
- An iPad to use in school and at home, to enable seamless remote working, using cloud-based technology.
- Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
- Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, including gymnasium, swimming pool and fitness equipment.
- Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
- Generous allocation of directed time - for the 2024/25 year, all teaching staff have at least 14% of the timetabled week allocated as non-contact periods; more for TLR postholders.
- Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
- Outstanding, tailored CPD
- Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
- Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
- The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.
Commitment to safeguarding
Chipping Campden School is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@campden.school
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Chipping Campden School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1480 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chipping Campden School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@campden.school
Chipping Campden School is an outstanding school (OfSTED 2017) with a long and distinguished history dating back to 1440, and a reputation to match. However, it is also a forward-looking school, striving always to provide the best opportunities for students to achieve their potential in a time of rapid change.
We provide a relevant and challenging curriculum to meet student developing interests and ambitions and our school environment is one which promotes high quality learning. However, education for life is about much more than the academic content of courses, and Chipping Campden School offers a wide range of enriching opportunities to prepare its students for their futures.
It is difficult to put into words the very special ethos of Chipping Campden School but is an inclusive and affirming place to be, both as a student and member of staff.
Located in such an outstandingly attractive town in the Cotswolds, you can enjoy living/working in such an area that is only a short journey from Stratford-Upon-Avon, Cheltenham and Evesham. Moreton has a main line station with direct link to Oxford and London.
There are approximately 1418 students in School, including 323 in the Sixth Form. Every student is treated as an individual while being developed into an active and positive member of the school community and a global citizen. The school offers a very wide range of extra-curricular activities including sport, music and drama and standards here are also very high.
We have a stable staff of well-qualified and talented professionals, united in our desire to ensure that all students reach their potential. We work collaboratively with parents, partner schools and colleges and external agencies to support individual students in this. There is a well established provision of staff development and regular meetings allowing opportunities to communicate, share good practice and challenge and ensure all are secure in the part they play in the success of the school.
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