Dunottar School - Teacher of PE & Girls' Games

Dunottar is a co-educational school for pupils aged 11-18 set in extensive grounds of 15 acres on the outskirts of Reigate. With a new Headmaster in September 2017, the school is on a very exciting journey. The school is experiencing fast growth in pupil numbers and has completed a £6.6 million capital development programme. The new Sixth Form Centre opened in the summer term 2019 and a whole school Assembly Hall in 2021. 

Dunottar is a great place to work, with a team of highly professional and committed teachers and support staff. We incorporate best practice from independent schools and academies right across the United Learning Group, whilst retaining our unique, friendly ethos in Reigate where pupils are nurtured to make significant personal progress at the same time as achieving excellent academic results. United Learning is an outstanding organisation which prides itself on providing a working and learning environment which encourages ‘the best in everyone’. You will join a network of staff belonging to 80 other schools, with opportunities to engage with fellow professionals which far exceed what one school could achieve on its own. Personal development and career opportunities are excellent. They will also play an active role in the extensive and varied co-curricular program, both during the working week and Saturdays.

Overview 

This is an exciting opportunity for an aspirational teacher to join the Dunottar PE Team. We are looking to recruit a full-time teacher of PE & Girls Games with a preferred specialism in Netball. The desired candidate should also be able to teach up to A-Level with the ability to teach anatomy and physiology. The PE Department at Dunottar is a developing, forward thinking and dynamic department which focuses on promoting a love, passion and enjoyment of sport and physical activity through enthusiastic, outstanding and innovative delivery. Pupils enjoy over three hours of timetabled physical activity each week, with a broad co-curricular programme to support this. The majority of sporting fixtures take place on Saturday mornings, and a healthy fixtures calendar is established in the girls’ major sports (Netball and Cricket). AQA GCSE PE is offered to our students, as well as the provision to study A-Level PE. 

As a result, both of our school’s expansion, and the ever-increasing uptake of Physical Education (both as an academic subject and for co-curricular activities), we are looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic Physical Education teacher who shares our passion for physical learning and can help us build on our thriving sporting community. The ideal candidate will have the vision, enthusiasm and energy to help develop further the work of the department, alongside contributing to the school’s co-curricular programme.  We would be pleased to hear from a Graduate, NQT or more experienced teacher. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Enable pupils to acquire new knowledge and to make good progress according to their ability to increase their understanding and develop their skills in the subject being taught. 
• Display evidence of well-planned lessons, and effective teaching methods, activities and management of class time.
• Show a good understanding of the aptitudes, needs and prior attainments of the pupils, and that these have been taken into account when planning lessons. 
• Display a high level of knowledge and understanding by the teacher of the subject matter being taught and communicate this enthusiastically to students.
• Employ an excellent range of teaching strategies, high-quality resources and activities, thus enabling all students to fulfil their academic potential.
• Ensure that marking of pupils’ work is both regular and thorough and that full records are kept in line with the Assessment, Recording and Reporting Statement.
• Ensure that pupil assessment is used to inform lesson planning so pupils can make progress and evaluate pupil performance both in terms of the school’s stated aims and national norms.
• Use effective strategies for managing behaviour and encouraging students to act responsibly.
• Have high expectations of students.
• Create a stimulating and positive learning environment. 
• Keep abreast of current thinking and development in relevant subject area(s).
• Assist the Head of Department with the development of appropriate specifications, schemes of work and teaching styles. 
• Share resources and training materials with colleagues. 
• Work with other members of the department to ensure that all resources are well looked after and that departmental areas provide a stimulating environment for teaching. 
• Contribute to departmental activities, e.g. enrichment work, clubs, societies and trips
• Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils.
• Attend Parents’ Evenings.
• Attend fixtures on Saturday mornings
• Attend and contribute to relevant meetings when required.
• Be involved in a House, attend House meetings and support House events.
• Take part in the co-curricular life of the school.
• Attend and support assemblies and co-curricular events e.g. concerts, plays.
• If the candidate also has an ability to offer a second subject, they should state this on their application. 
• Pastoral Care is the responsibility of all members of teaching staff at Dunottar, staff must:
• Contribute to the pastoral care and personal development of pupils.
• Report any pastoral concerns to the Head of Section or in serious circumstances the Deputy Head Pastoral.
• Be fully conversant with the Child Protection policy and report any concerns or allegations to the Senior Designated Person.

 This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the post holder may perform other duties reasonably required by the Headmaster. 

The School reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage during the recruitment process.