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Teacher of Physical Education - January 2024 start

Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX

This job expired on 28 September 2023

• Start date details

  January 2024

• Closing date

  28 September 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Physical education
• Working pattern: Full time: Normal working hours during term time and training days will be 8.15am – 5.15pm Monday – Thursday and 8.15am – 3.45pm on Friday. Full-time/Part-time will be considered.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main or upper pay range, as appropriate

What skills and experience we're looking for

QTS status

Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in PE or a related subject

Knowledge and understanding of PE at KS3 and KS4 of strategies that improve understanding

Good classroom practitioner with evidence of setting appropriate expectations to advance learning and engage and motivate students.

Ability to encourage and maintain a good standard of discipline in the classroom through well focused teaching, positive relationships and good classroom management

Ability to use appropriately a range of teaching and learning strategies for whole classes, individuals and groups which stimulate, challenge, engage and motivate students

Ability to set clear and appropriate targets, feed back to students and make use of assessment information to promote each student’s attainment and progress, and to plan future lessons

Ability to reflect on own practice

Ability to differentiate tasks appropriately

Secure knowledge and understanding of the knowledge, concepts and skills in teaching PE

Determination to encourage the highest quality of learning experience for all students

A commitment to equal opportunities

Ability to establish good and productive working relationships, and work well in a team

Ability to communicate effectively to staff, students, parents, orally and in writing

Ability to meet deadlines

Able to empathise with young people and yet be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them

Excellent attendance and punctuality

Ability to work in and to lead a team

Enthusiasm, personal dynamism, edge and stamina

Sense of humour and perspective

Ambition

Personal presence

What the school offers its staff

For further information about the Academy, please take a look at our website at this link: https://walsallacademy.com/

Commitment to safeguarding

Walsall Academy is committed to safeguarding our students and all posts will require enhanced DBS check and standard pre-employment checks.

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2023, refers to the role of online searches as part of due diligence within the recruitment process. In response, all short-listed candidates will undergo an online search prior to interview.

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Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION - Learning Area Information.pdf - 744 KB (opens in new tab)

Information for Prospective Applicants for Teaching Posts.pdf - 7.99 MB (opens in new tab)

WA Prospectus 2023.pdf - 5.47 MB (opens in new tab)

Person Specification PE Teacher.pdf - 108 KB (opens in new tab)

Information for Prospective Applicants for Teaching Posts.pdf - 7.99 MB (opens in new tab)

About Walsall Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Walsall Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: enquiries@walsallacademy.com
• Phone number: 01922 493 910
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-academy (opens in new tab)

Walsall Academy in Bloxwich, Walsall opened in September 2003. The student enrolment is 1390 with 1060 in the lower school and a further 330 students in the Sixth Form. The School is one of a number of City Academies established in England prior to the expansion of the Academies Programme in 2010 and was originally sponsored by The Mercers’ Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School.

We are a founder school in the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust.

Arranging a visit to Walsall Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@walsallacademy.com.

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