Head of PE
King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark MPS/UPS (Inner London): + TLR either 2a (£2,873) or 2b (£4,784)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2021
- Apply by:
- 21 May 2021
Job overview
Head of PE
We seek an exceptional PE teacher with a passion for fitness and for transforming the lives of the young people they teach through sport. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious and high-performing PE teacher who is committed to pushing themselves further and achieving amazing things with and for their pupils. We believe in high expectations and a sense of collaborative and positive enthusiasm which brings out the best in our team. Through your leadership and coaching you can help our teachers excel in creating a successful environment for our pupils. As the head of PE, you will work closely with the other staff to develop our PE curriculum and to raise the profile of PE across the academy.
KSA is rare in that it is a genuine all-through school. Our pupils join at 3 years old and stay with us until they are 18. By joining KSA, you play a part in showing what is possible when children’s education is seen as a long-term commitment. We are growing a team of exceptionally committed teachers and leaders who value each and every year of a child’s education equally. If you too are motivated to redress educational disadvantage in the UK, King Solomon Academy is beginning to show what is possible and you could be part of defining the future of education in our country.
At King Solomon Academy, pupils enjoy PE from nursery upwards, and the PE curriculum and sports offer is an important part of our all-through identity. With a range of facilities and a varied programme of sports clubs and teams, the PE department is having real impact on the life and health of the school and our local community. As an all-through school all pupils gain access to sports spaces, for example the sports hall, MUGA and dance studio. We have a PE Lead in Primary, so we are looking for someone who can lead PE in Secondary, and contribute to the all-through delivery of PE.
Head of PE – Job Description
Reports to: Appropriate member of SLT
Start date: September 2021
Salary: Ark MPS/UPS (Inner London): + TLR either 2a (£2,873) or 2b (£4,784) dependent on scale or responsibility and experience (TLRs are reviewed on an annual basis
The Role
• To provide outstanding teaching and learning to ensure exceptional progress of all pupils;
• To be an active part of the delivery of PE all-through, with some teaching across phase
Key responsibilities in leading
• Review and develop the Secondary PE curriculum and assessment model
o Develop innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike and feed into standards based assessments
o Produce periodic assessments with marks schemes
o Ensure assessments are moderated internally and externally
o Ensure end of year assessments reflect each pupil’s overall level which is both externally valid and provides an accurate baseline for the next academic year
o Analyse progress and attainment data to make data-driven changes to curriculum design, and pupil interventions
• Work in collaboration with teachers and SENDCO to ensure pupils receive high quality interventions
• Ensure that long term planning is in place.
• Support teachers with medium and day to day planning
• Organise electronic and physical resources
• Support other non-specialist teachers in delivering the PE curriculum to the same high standard
• Contribute to the PE action plan as part of the Academy Development Plan, and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan on a half-termly basis
• Assist SLT in the monitoring and evaluation of the quality of learning through observations and lesson, work and planning reviews where appropriate
• Take a leadership role in organising special curriculum events including sports day, fixtures and other sporting celebrations and events
• Conduct termly evaluations of the quality of teaching and learning of individual classes and as a department, agreeing implementing and holding teachers to account on changes to teaching and learning
• Create and sustain a positive department culture, where teammates feel collectively supported and developed
Key responsibilities in teaching
• Role model excellent teaching in all your own classes across a range of ages
• Use regular, measurable & significant assessments to monitor progress and set targets.
• Respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring.
• Ensure that all pupils achieve at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at level.
• Maintain regular and productive communication with parents, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications.
• Participate in an exciting and motivating extra-curricular and enrichment offer including university links, trips and residentials.
• Organise and lead sports fixtures and trips outside of core academy teaching hours
• Help create a strong academy community, characterized by consistent, orderly, caring and respectful relationships
• Form teacher (teachers will usually be required to perform the role of form teacher or co-tutor):
o Create and sustain a positive class culture
o Care for each pupil as an individual and ensure that they succeed academically and develop emotionally and socially
o Hold each pupil to account in every aspect of their school life by maintaining frequent phone/email contact with parents
Other
• Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal.
Person Specification: Head of PE
Qualification criteria
• Qualified to degree level and above required
• Qualified to teach in the UK required
• Right to work in the UK required
• Relevant coaching qualifications desirable
Experience
• Experience of raising attainment in a challenging classroom environment
• Experience of teaching or coaching a wide age range
Skills and attributes
We are looking for these skills and attributes or at the very least, a clear, demonstrable capacity to develop them organised around our four school values:
“Aiming high”
• Prepares for success with excellent organisational skills
• Works hard to achieve goals
• Never gives up on ourselves, our teammates or our mission
• Willingness to play a full part in school life and go above and beyond to ensure success
• High energy and driven by a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude.
“Working together”
• Works effectively as part of a team
• Seeks out opportunities to build on own and others’ strengths and helps others to be better through a culture of clear, kind feedback
• Makes a strong contribution to assessments and child-led planning
“Being kind”
• Able to create a safe, happy and successful environment for everyone in our community
• Shows gratitude
• Takes care of others
• Exhibits pride in achievements of self and others
“Leading the way”
• Has a passion for working with children
• Is a positive role model to others
• Is brave
• Shows initiative
• Feels passionate about creating a better future.
Other
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About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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