Director of Sport
The Ravensbourne School
Bromley
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly Competitive depending on candidates’ level of experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2022
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2022
Job overview
The Ravensbourne School are excited to announce the new role of Director of Sport. We are seeking a dynamic, inspirational and experienced leader and classroom practitioner to lead our Physical Education and sports department.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an exceptionally talented colleague to join our School at an exciting and important stage of its journey. With a new Headteacher joining the school in January 2022 we are looking to recruit an ambitious leader to make a vital contribution in shaping the school’s vision in improving the life chances and outcomes of all its students. We believe that Physical Education and sport is uniquely positioned to influence the development of young people and its our commitment to educate the whole person and nurture potential wherever that lies.
Managing PE and sport in its core as well as academic elements, the successful candidate will be able to show leadership, teaching and organisational skills, as well as the intellectual capacity to help secure academic success for our pupils, the department and the school.
The school wants to develop an outstanding extra-curricular provision and its exciting partnership with Bromley Football Club which plays an integral part of our KS5 curriculum offer. The successful candidate will be expected to discuss these areas at interview and explain how they will play a full part in delivering an exceptional sporting offer for all our students.
The ideal candidate will have high expectations and maintain rigorous high expectations for staff and students alike. They will also be similarly passionate about their own learning and engagement with continuous professional development, recognising that meaningful learning is much more than what happens in the classroom alone and the importance of enriching the curriculum through meaningful contributions towards our broad extra-curricular provision.
In return we can offer you unparalleled support within an ambitious and growing organisation. The school offers competitive working conditions and packages include:
• Free on-site parking
• A knowledge rich curriculum
• High quality CPD
• Trust wide conferences and support
• Access to school fitness suite
• Excellent career opportunities within the trust
• Research driven approaches to teaching
• Clear instructional coaching culture to help drive improvement
• A positive and supportive department of enthusiastic and motivated teachers.
You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of like-minded leaders, teachers and a strong central team, all working together to build sustainable excellence in our schools.
The Ravensbourne School is a large and truly unique 11-19 school, set in the heart of Bromley. There are 1500 students, with 440 students in Post 16. Some of the buildings are Grade II listed, dating back to 1911 whilst other additions are more recent. The buildings, coupled with the extensive 22 acre grounds, make up elegant and inspiring surroundings. Our sporting facilities include 4 grass football and rugby pitches, full size 4g floodlit pitch, sports hall, gym, dance studio and fitness suite. There is funding available to further develop our fitness studio and make this a hub for training and exercise. In addition we have access to the outstanding state of art facilities at Bromley Football club which has just undergone a multimillion pound investment.
Our vision is that every student is prepared to be the best they can be in life and able to create their own future. We believe that every student is different and has unique talents. Through developing these talents and knowledge each student can be the best they can be and in control of their own future. We value an inclusive learning environment that accepts no excuses and builds partnerships with all stakeholders.
If you share the School’s vision and ambition to raise standards for our students then we would be delighted to hear from you. Get in touch for an informal (and confidential) conversation about how you can make a real difference, or a tour of the school which is highly recommended - Samantha Hudson shudson@e21c.co.uk
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About The Ravensbourne School
The Ravensbourne School is a mixed comprehensive school with a thriving school population of over 1600. We are very proud of our students and invest all that we have in making our students and staff the best that they can be.
We believe in achievement: educating the whole person, developing all the talents that any individual may have.
Our aim is to provide a seven year journey to adulthood and equip young adults to be confident, full of self esteem and ready to take a lead part in the 21st Century.
The Ravensbourne School is forward looking, centralising creativity and innovation in all that we do. We have a superb learning environment, excellent staff and a real sense of community in which all thrive.
The School has a growing sixth form, and an affiliation with Bromley Football Academy.
School History
Bromley County Grammar Schools for Boys and Girls, later Bromley Grammar Schools, opened in 1911 in Hayes Lane and Nightingale Lane respectively. When the plans for the Hayes Lane school were first drawn up they were exhibited at the Royal Society as an example of the ideal school design and construction.
The school in Hayes Lane was ceremonially opened on Wednesday 18th October 1911 with 79 pupils. In his speech the Headmaster, Mr Airy, urged his pupils to be:
"Still unsatisfied, still seeking for a better thing than best, a fairer thing than fairest, without rest."
The proceedings closed with the National Anthem, "After which the visitors were entertained to tea."
The buildings in Hayes Lane were considerably extended in 1933, using the original architect. The continuity of the neo-Georgian design was such that it is very difficult today to distinguish between the original and the extension.
The new buildings comprised the Great Hall (connected to the original building by an open cloister) the Science block, the Dining Hall and Gymnasium on either side of the hall. The old gymnasium was converted into the War Memorial Library as a "Memorial of the boys in the School who fell in the war". Sadly this memorial was added to again after World War II. The new buildings were officially opened on the 30th November 1934. Many of the School's early buildings are recognised as being of historic interest and are Grade II listed.
In 1988 demographic changes persuaded the Education Authority that the two separate single sex schools should close and a new co-educational comprehensive school be opened at Hayes Lane. There started a £6 million building programme designed to reflect the elegance of the existing buildings and to ensure that the new school would enjoy outstanding provision in every respect.
In 2003, with over subscription in Years 7 to 11 and an expanding VI Form, yet more building work was undertaken. A new dedicated VI Form block was created, the Drama studios expanded and the War Memorial Library refurbished in the original style. A new Lower School Library was installed in what was, in 1911, the dining hall for the original 79 boys.
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