Teacher of Physical Education

Thank you for your interest in joining Glossopdale School. Glossopdale school is an oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive secondary school which serves the Glossop community. We are a warm and caring school that has the highest expectations of students and ourselves, where every student is expected to work hard, behave well and contribute positively to the school community.

We are looking for someone who has a real passion for Physical Education and their teaching and can demonstrate excellent subject knowledge. The ideal candidate will have a range of skills and experiences that they can bring to our school to complement our current talented team of teachers. Our students require a teacher of PE who has the ability to deliver high quality teaching and learning for our students. 

The successful candidate will be join a highly ambitious and talented faculty. This vacancy is advertised as a female only role, this is due to a key part of the role being to monitor the girls’ changing rooms. Please specify clearly in your application your teaching experiences and accredited KS4/5 courses you have the ability to teach. Applications are welcome from both experienced and recently qualified teachers.

Students have 2 lessons a week of Physical Education in Years 7 - 11 and 3 additional lessons for students studying BTEC Sport. We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully re-built our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern PE teaching, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

We exist to empower our students to find their purpose, develop high aspirations and thrive both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes students to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed to seize the opportunities that exist. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our students but for them to thrive - continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our students to succeed. At Glossopdale School, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching students the right and successful ways to do things. 

While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We are a research-based school with the aim to develop highly effective evidence-based practices including teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.

We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully rebuilt our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

I am extremely proud to be the Headteacher of Glossopdale School and consider it a privilege to be a part of such a vibrant and caring learning community. If you think this sounds like your sort of school, then we very much look forward to receiving your application to join us.