Teacher of PE (maternity cover)

Jesmond Park Academy is a large, thriving and fully subscribed comprehensive school, which is rapidly making progress towards our vision of being outstanding. As a member of the Gosforth Group we are working in partnership to lay the foundations for what promises to be an exciting and rapid period of change and development in the school’s history. Our academy offers a positive working experience, with an enthusiastic staff firmly focused on us becoming a leading academy in the city. If you want to be part of realising our vision, play your part in helping us to build on our already significant progress and development, and have a genuine desire to do the best for our students, then come and join us on our journey to being outstanding.

We are seeking to appoint from September 2022, an enthusiastic and versatile teacher of Girls PE to join our successful PE team. You will be required to teach PE across key stages 3 and 4.

Physical Education is a popular subject in school which enjoys a reputation for excellence in a range of sporting activities including significant success at regional and national levels.  You will teach a wide range of activities within the PE curriculum.  This post offers a superb opportunity for a teacher with excellent skills to develop further within an experienced and dynamic department.

What we need:

• An outstanding practitioner with a passion for PE

• An unstinting commitment to extra-curricular activities    

• A proven track record of excellent achievement across all key stages

• A commitment to fresh and exciting methods of delivering the curriculum.

• A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for students of all abilities

• Excellent communication and ICT skills

Please note this post is fixed term to cover a maternity leave for up to one year or on the return of the permanent postholder.

The school is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.

Further details and an application form are available from the school website www.jesmondparkacademy.org.uk

You will be employed by the Gosforth Group and may need to work across all locations within the Multi Academy Trust as required.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 6th June 2022.

Interviews will take place shortly thereafter.