Teacher of Girls PE
Kingsdown School
Swindon
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st January 2017
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2017
Job overview
The Governing Body, Trust and Headteacher seek to appoint an inspiring and engaging teacher to inspire our students from January 2018.
Kingsdown School is at a very exciting stage in its history.
From September we welcomed a
• New Headteacher
• New Chair of Governors and we
• Became an official partner of the River Learning Trust
We are looking for someone who is:
- an dedicated practitioner committed to improving and sharing their practice
- successful in raising standards of attainment and accelerating progress for all
- an excellent team player with a proven record of success
- committed to ensuring delivery of the PE curriculum so that it meets the needs of all students
- able to inspire, engage and enthuse students, staff and parents
- a teacher with real drive, enthusiasm, energy and determination
- ready and wanting to make a real difference to the lives of our students
In return we can offer you:
- the opportunity to work with an incredibly strong, talented and committed team
- excellent facilities and resources
- an ambitious and dedicated student community with supportive parents
- high quality CPD to develop your leadership skills and career
- extended opportunities to network across the RLT
Previous experience of BTEC PE and GCSE dance is desirable.
For an application pack or if you would like to visit the School, please email Ms Hannah Parkin, Human Resources Officer at: recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk or 01793 837102
Closing date: 8.00am on Monday 16th October 2017
Interview date: 18th October 2017
CVs will not be accepted. No Agencies please.
Kingsdown School is a popular mixed 11-16 Academy situated on the eastern outskirts of Swindon. The most recent OFSTED inspection commented “The quality of teaching and learning, and the effectiveness of middle leaders have improved. Governors and senior leaders have moved into a higher gear. Students feel safe, behave well, are polite and get on well together”
Kingsdown School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
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About Kingsdown School
- Kingsdown School
- Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon
- Wiltshire
- SN2 7SH
- United Kingdom
Kingsdown is a mixed 11–16 Secondary School located in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. It offers a vibrant learning environment, one in which its students take great pride in both their learning, their behaviour and their individual aspirations. Our teachers combine a high level of academic expertise with excellent teaching skills and a real and deep concern for the wellbeing of each and every student. Taken together, these allow us to recruit and retain the very best colleagues.
Our vision for Kingsdown School is to become “a School of Excellence bursting with Pride and Ambition”. To achieve this our Mission Statement is that we “Champion each and every student”.
Three Strategic Priorities underpin our school improvement work. These are that we will:
- Know our students
- Teach our students well
- Have high expectations in all we do
As leaders of Kingsdown School we share an unshakable belief in all our students and in all our staff. And unanimously, we believe in the importance and power of the highest quality education to which everyone has the right and which we are determined to deliver.
The principles of both our School and the RLT are a commitment to:
- Excellence – striving for the best possible educational experience
- Everyone learning – creating and taking every opportunity to enhance lives
- Respectful relationships – acting with care, integrity and fairness in all we do
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