Teacher of Physical Education
Aylesbury High School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- The responsibility part of this post attracts a TLR 2a (£2,794)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- From September 2022 (though a January 2023 start would be considered)
- Apply by:
- 13 June 2022
Job overview
(with the possibility of KS4 Responsibilities)
From September 2022 (though a January 2023 start would be considered)
We seek a full time teacher of PE, with the possibility of responsibilities for the KS4 curriculum for the right candidate. A genuine interest in teaching OCR GCSE and A Level PE to our highly motivated and engaged students, and the ability to lead on a co-curricular sport would be desirable.
The successful candidate will be part of a committed and forward-thinking Physical Education Team and will work alongside other members of the teaching staff in leading the development and delivery of the curriculum. If taking on the KS4 role, they would have responsibility for monitoring and leading teaching and learning initiatives linked to KS4 and reporting on the progress of KS4 students, putting appropriate interventions into place. Additional responsibilities would also include deputising for the Subject Team Leader of PE as necessary, teacher appraisal of PE staff and mentoring of student teachers.
The post would suit an ECT or a teacher with a range of experience. Above all, we are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner to inspire our students by teaching with expertise and enthusiasm. The successful applicant will almost certainly act as a form tutor.
Our aim at AHS is to Inspire every student to seek Challenge, realise their potential and Prepare for the world of today and tomorrow, and this is incorporated into our school motto of ‘Prepare, Challenge and Inspire.
Our students benefit from their education being at the only girls’ grammar in North Buckinghamshire, whilst having the geographical advantage of having our brother school, Aylesbury Grammar School (AGS), literally across the road. This ‘best of both’ gives an unparalleled breadth of opportunities and experiences that allows our students to thrive.
Our academic success is long-established, with excellent exam results that place us amongst the best schools in the county and the country – and we are a school that constantly looks to improve. Whilst these outstanding academic successes are important to us as they give our students a wealth of choices, we are so much more than this.
Our values of Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment are embodied in ‘CREATE’ and we want all of our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering. Our students evidence these values on a daily basis, they are our greatest ambassadors.
We are a busy school, we are an inclusive school, we are a girls’ school where students can take risks without a fear of failure, and we are a high-achieving school. Above all, we are a happy school with a terrific future ahead of us.
For full details & our application form, please visit our website: https://www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk/about-the-school/staff-vacancies/
Closing date: Monday 13 June, 9.00 am
Interviews: Friday 17 June
AHS is an equal opportunities employer
We encourage early applications for all vacancies and reserve the right to close our vacancies at any time should the right candidates be found.
If you are shortlisted for this post, you will also be required to complete a self-disclosure form as part of the recruitment process; this will not be used for shortlisting purposes.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding Statement is here. The appointment will be subject to references which are satisfactory for the advertised post, an enhanced DBS check with a Child Barred List check, identity checks, prohibition orders and qualification checks as appropriate.
About Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury High School is a friendly community with a real sense of purpose, preparing students for life in a fast-moving world which they will play a major role in shaping and leading. We serve the towns and villages of Aylesbury Vale and the neighbouring counties.
AHS is modern and forward-looking with a curriculum and philosophy to suit the twenty-first century needs of our diverse community. We are not a stereotypical grammar school and visitors often remark that they have their preconceptions overthrown within a short time of being here.
Our learning environment is very good, with a range of new buildings and facilities made possible through successful development campaigns and a planned programme of further refurbishment.
Students are able, motivated and rewarding to teach but they also bring exactly the same challenges and demands as any group of 11-18 year olds so we have a strong support systems starting even before students join us. Whilst high attainment should be expected in a selective school, our value added/progress scores, both overall and for different groups, confirm that students really do flourish here.
We believe in providing a broad and balanced curriculum for all of our students, which we term our ‘STEAM’ agenda (Science Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths). We have a strong reputation for valuing all areas of the curriculum but we also appreciate that not everyone has to be good at everything, and provide a supportive framework that recognises that each of our students is unique in their abilities, achievements, ambitions and aspirations.
Teaching is best when it actively involves our students and stretches their imaginations. We encourage our students to look outwards and to develop the confidence to live, work and make friends anywhere in the world. They get involved in a wide range of extra-curricular activities, as well as a full programme of educational visits in Britain and abroad.
We have a strong emphasis on community links both locally and further afield. With over 60 feeder primary schools, we have well-defined strategies for liaison and outreach activities, many with a focus on providing our students, in all year groups, with leadership opportunities. A very large number of students each year take up volunteering opportunities and we are a Champion School for the National Citizen Service.
Our students have an amazing capacity for hard work in the classroom, but also participate in a range of inter-house competitions run by Sixth Form students, fund raise and campaign for their chosen charities, take part in a very popular Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme (we have the highest participation and completion rates in the region), link with partner schools in Europe and Asia, joint music and drama productions with Aylesbury Grammar School, and much, much more.
Our school ethos produces students who are grounded and altruistic but we also encourage them to be exceptional in their chosen fields. Our students have enjoyed considerable success in recent years, with sports teams, chefs, musicians, Young Enterprise teams, technologists, writers and mathematicians all performing at the highest levels; we have National, Regional and County Champions in a variety of team and individual pursuits.
None of this success happens by chance. Staff would describe their jobs at AHS as demanding but recognise that whatever they invest in their job tends to reap real rewards. The school has a strong induction programme for all new staff, a commitment to continuing professional development and an excellent system for supporting newly qualified teachers. There is an expectation that our staff will want to develop their careers and we offer plenty of support and encouragement for them to do so. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is linked to our wireless network and can be used off-site. There is encouragement for innovation and experimentation in teaching and there has been considerable investment in the ICT infrastructure and teaching facilities. Our 1:1 scheme means every student in the school has their own computer in lessons and staff have embraced the change in learning style enthusiastically and creatively. This has been recognised by us becoming a Google Reference School through our ‘exemplary’ work with these devices.
As the lead hub school for Astra Aylesbury Hub, we lead on Initial Teacher Training recruitment in the Aylesbury area for the ASTRA Teaching School. Additionally, we run CPD and provide support to other schools, and all of this will continue to grow.
Non-Teaching staff make an invaluable contribution to the smooth and effective running of the school and provide administrative, technical and pastoral support to students and staff.
The enthusiastic and committed Governing Body works alongside the Leadership Team and other members of staff to create, deliver and evaluate the annual School Improvement Plan and develop the strategic direction of the school. In July 2011 we became an academy and are therefore independent of the local authority, although we continue to work closely with them where appropriate, and with local primary and secondary schools. We see our autonomy as a definite advantage to help us tackle the challenges ahead.
Aylesbury High School is a very busy school, we are a friendly, outward-looking school, we are a girls’ school where students can take risks, and we are a high-achieving school. We believe in preparing our students for the tests of life, rather than a life of tests and above all, we are a happy school with a terrific future ahead of us.
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