Teacher of Physical Education
Walton Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7JRThis job expired on 17 May 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
17 May 2024 at 1:13pm
Date listed
10 May 2024
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time: 1 FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M2 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Walton Academy has an opportunity for a PE Teacher with a commitment to academic excellence and helping every learner succeed to teach across all years. We are looking for a passionate individual to deliver innovative and creative lessons which engage and challenge students to achieve their full potential as part of a highly successful and dedicated Physical Education faculty.
The successful candidate will:
- Have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of students.
- Be an excellent teacher and a committed team player.
- Have a proven track record of success and raising student attainment.
- Deliver innovative and creative lessons which engage and challenge students of all levels to achieve their full potential.
- Be committed to the academy’s ethos of high aspiration through high expectations.
- Committed to supporting engagement of young people through extra-curricular activities and fixtures.
What the school offers its staff
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
- Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14% OR Teacher Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 23.68%.
- Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
- Full support and induction.
- A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
- Networking opportunities with peers across the Diverse Academies Trust.
- Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
- Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – anonymous emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
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.
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About Walton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 997 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Walton Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- abatten@walton-ac.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01476 563251
Our most recent results were phenomenal and place us in the top 10% of all schools nationally, demonstrating that we have the expertise to allow all students to fulfil their potential and achieve their dreams. We strive to be the best secondary school in the country and are committed to continually improving our offer and the quality of our provision.
We fundamentally believe that every student should achieve their full potential and all staff are committed to ensuring this happens. Our academy is underpinned by our core values of ‘Excellence, Courage, Commitment and Ownership’. We consider these to be integral to our students’ success and wellbeing. Alongside a commitment to academic excellence, students are expected and encouraged to become fully involved in Walton life.
Developing character is hugely important to us too, we want our students to be strong of mind, will and heart and we offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities to ensure this happens. All students will follow our LORIC curriculum that develops Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Initiative and Communication skills in readiness for the world of work. At Walton our culture of kindness is of equal importance to academic success; we want our students not only to be successful but leave with a robust moral compass.
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