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Head of Junior School PE

Head of Junior School PE

Bromley High School

Bromley

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
19 June 2023

Job overview

This post offers an ambitious and dynamic PE Teacher an exciting leadership opportunity.

The Head of Junior School PE will be responsible for leading the Junior School PE department and will have the opportunity to build on our excellent reputation for sport and lead on both curricular and co-curricular sporting opportunities.

The role will involve teaching Junior School PE from Reception to Year 6, including swimming from Reception onwards.

The varied sporting co-curricular clubs and an extensive fixture list has enabled the Junior School to build up an excellent reputation over many years for its achievements across a wide range of sports. The Head of Junior School PE will be expected to manage both schedules and lead some of the regular sports clubs held before and after school and at lunchtimes and to accompany girls to fixtures after school, mainly on weekdays but also occasionally on a Saturday.

The successful candidate will have strong experience of teaching girls’ sports, including netball and must have experience of teaching swimming to younger pupils. An excellent degree in PE or a related subject, as well as a passion for PE and the ability to communicate and engage pupils in effective and exciting learning are equally important.

Experience of working in a high performing sporting school would be a distinct advantage.

PE at Bromley High Junior School

Our focus is on providing inclusive opportunities to develop pupils of all abilities, whilst also being able to deliver high quality coaching and support for the squads in many sporting disciplines.

Facilities for sport are excellent. The school is set on a 25-acre site and outdoor facilities consist of one full size astroturf, six netball/eight tennis floodlit courts, plus a 400m grass running track. Indoor facilities include an impressive 25 metre, six lane swimming pool, a traditional gymnasium and a large and well-equipped sports hall.

About Bromley High School

Bromley High School is a consistently oversubscribed, academically selective girls’ school with 900 pupils from 4-18, occupying a 25-acre parkland site in leafy Bickley, in Kent. In 2018, the school was recognised by ISI as a centre of excellence for training and development of new teachers.

As part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities
  • Training grants for qualifications
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Free life assurance benefit
  • Free school lunches
  • A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
  • A Cycle to Work scheme
  • Competitive terms and conditions of employment
  • Access to school multi-gym, swimming pool, yoga classes

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Applications must be received by 8.00am on Monday 19th June 2023.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st June 2023.

Please note that early applications are encouraged and the position may be closed sooner in the event of sufficient suitable applications being received.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

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About Bromley High School

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Bromley High School has been offering an exceptional education to bright and talented girls since 1883.

A leading GDST and HMC girls’ school with superb facilities spread across a leafy 25-acre site, Bromley High School educates approximately 870 girls from pre-prep to Sixth Form.

The school’s academic results are consistently excellent earning a rare ‘Exceptional’ rating for Learning and Achievement from the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. Achievement at A-level in 2022 was 34% A*s, 68% A*-A and 91% A*-B.

Bromley High girls are resilient and well-rounded young women participating with enthusiasm and commitment in music, drama, art, sport, Duke of Edinburgh and an overabundant range of activities – and where they have interest or talent or enthusiasm, it is nurtured so that they learn to excel.

As the first all girls’ All-Steinway School in the world, the school continually invests in the music department, and offers its own Musician in Residence and specialist music wing.  In 2020, the school launched a Steinway Scholarship and Mentoring Scheme offer the winning recipient coaching sessions throughout the year, a masterclass from a Steinway artist at Steinway Hall, private lessons with a Steinway artist and a solo recital at Steinway Hall. In 2021, the school’s first ever Steinway Scholar won a place to read Music at Oxford.

Sport is also exceptional: with 25 acres of top class facilities including a beautiful pool, new fitness suite, sports hall, gym, track and floodlit courts and pitches, providing the perfect environment in which to develop girls’ love of sport. Bromley High School has achieved huge successes in sport at regional and national level. The school’s under 16 team reached the National Hockey finals and were placed 3rd in the country and in 2021, Year 12 pupil Evie Davis won two gold medals with Team GB at the European Swimming Championships.

Pastoral Care is of paramount importance at Bromley High and the school offers an outstanding supportive and caring pastoral system.  In 2021, the excellence of the school’s pastoral care was recognised by the Wellbeing Award for Schools.

Bromley High School provides a beautiful and vibrant environment where bright girls flourish.

The Girls’ Day School Trust

The GDST is the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff and 20,000 students in our 24 schools and two academies. The majority of GDST schools take girls all through, from the age of three to 18 (there are about 6,000 pupils in GDST Junior schools).

Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity).

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