Head of PE Department
Ark Charter Academy
Portsmouth
- £26,356 - £43,271 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS+TLR2b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2022
- Apply by:
- 28 November 2021
Job overview
Ark Charter is growing and there are some very exciting projects taking place such as our new building extension that completed in September 2020. The £4.1million project will transform Ark Charter Academy, Portsmouth, increasing the number of pupil places by 300 students, an eventual total increase in student capacity to 900.
As well as our pupils, facilities, and opportunities, we want our staff to grow too. We recognise that teaching can be a challenging profession. That’s why we give our staff ample periods for planning, preparation and marking and ensure most meetings take place during our working day to protect our valuable free time, and receive regular rewards and recognition from the Principal for our effort and enthusiasm.
For further information on this post as well as the fantastic benefits available, please see the job description and person specification, or contact j.morris@charteracademy.org.uk We look forward to receiving your online application. Closing date is 28th November 2021. Interviews will take place week commencing 6th December 2021.
Reporting to: SLT
Location: Ark Charter Academy, Southsea
Start Date: Easter 2022 (potential to start earlier for the right candidate)
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Salary: MPS/UPS (Depending on Experience) + TLR2b
The Role
As Head of Department, you will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. You will lead the professional community of PE teachers and promote outstanding teaching and learning and a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
· Lead, develop and line manage the department’s staff, through the provision of CPD, inset training days, supervising NQTs, ITT students and support staff, etc.
· Monitor, evaluate and continually improve the quality of planning, teaching, and assessment of all members of the PE team
· Manage departmental budget and resources effectively and efficiently
· Lead behaviour management in the department, securing strong routines for learning, consistent with the academy’s policy, and liaising with tutors and parents when necessary
· Develop strong partnerships and ensure regular communication with parents and carers
Improving Teaching & Learning
· Model outstanding teaching and lead collaborative planning and development, including the sharing of resources and best practice within the department
· Be responsible for tracking student progress across the faculty, analysing all relevant data to make data-driven changes to the curriculum design and intervention strategies and using the data to monitor the performance of subject staff
· Be accountable for student progress in PE across the school at all key stages, ensuring that all students achieve results in line with, or better than, value-added predictions
· Monitor the work of the department through rigorous and regular lesson observations, work scrutinies, and provide detailed, constructive feedback
· Lead joint practice development across the faculty subject teams, ensuring that outstanding practice is shared with all staff in the faculty and the wider school, and work with other department heads to exploit cross-year and cross-curricular links
· Plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate the curriculum provision and enrichment for all year groups within the department consulting with the relevant subject leaders
· Monitor the identification of and provision for students with individual needs, and develop differentiated learning and teaching methods and schemes of learning
· Participate actively throughout the network, by attending relevant meetings, and, as appropriate, delivering network-wide training and initiatives
· Work with colleagues, students and families to develop a strong school community
Other
· Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people
· Ensure compliance with Arks data protection rules and procedures
· Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy
· Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network, to establish good practice throughout the network, offering support where required
· Assist the Principal in maintaining and developing all that is distinctive in our Church of England school
· Participate fully in the Christian Life of the school
· To ensure the Christian ethos, Academy vision and Christian values of the Academy are clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all
· To lead student assemblies and acts of collective worship, ensuring that key messages and aspirations are reinforced, and the Christian ethos of the Academy is developed (where applicable)
This job description is not an exhaustive list and you will be expected to carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager.
Attached documents
About Ark Charter Academy
Charter Academy opened its doors in September 2009. Ark Charter Academy’s ambition is to offer its students outstanding academic opportunities. Ark Charter Academy is a Church of England, mixed, non-selective school, offering places to 11 to 16 year olds.
Aims, Vision and Values
We believe that every young person should feel a sense of belonging to our school community and enjoy their learning. To achieve this we work in close collaboration with our families.
It is our aim that all our students should become confident and resilient young people, assured in their strengths and prepared to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing future. To achieve this we offer an academic curriculum that strives to expose all pupils to the richness of education, allowing them to experience a diversity of subjects during their time with us. This exposure allows individuals to discover their interests and passions setting them on the path to university or the career of their choosing.
Alongside academic endeavour we strongly promote the development of characteristics such as resilience, resourcefulness and perseverance. Necessary life skills that allow our students to continue to flourish whatever challenge life may bring to their door. We achieve this through a strong programme of extra-curricular activities including sailing, Combined Cadet Force, Forest School and community service.
Curriculum
We believe that everyone deserves to be accepted, included, and empowered to sustain the life of their choice whilst making a positive contribution to their community.
Our curriculum is a key driver of this vision and our Christian ethos. We place the curriculum at the heart of school life. It drives all other decisions that we make and is the best means we have of demonstrating as a school what we believe in and what we stand for.
Our curriculum is a broad, balanced and equitable offer; built around the core disciplines of English, mathematics, science, humanities, languages and religious education. All subject areas prepare students for future study within their discipline, with mastery of core and foundation subjects ensuring students have choice later on in their education, as they specialise in key areas of study. The curriculum in each subject area has been designed backwards from university study and A-Level through to GCSE, and into the KS3 phase to ensure students can reach their fullest potential.
Specialisms
Charter Academy specialises in Mathematics and Performing Arts.
Performing Arts
Our performing arts specialism offers students the chance to develop their talents in music, dance and drama. We stage an annual production at a local theatre and have regular smaller in house concerts. We take part in the Ark wide musical events, such as One Voice and the massed choir/instrumental performances.
We cherish our strong relationship with local businesses and groups, such as The Kings Theatre, The Theatre Royal, Express FM radio station, The Old Blacksmiths Recording Studio and the young people's charity, Music Fusion. We are proud that we are involved annually with the Portsmouth Schools Festival, The Shakespeare Schools Festival, The Pyramid Project with a number of local primaries and Evensong at the Cathedral.
We are very pleased to offer music tuition on almost all instruments and we employ a range of talented music teachers.
Mathematics
At Ark Charter Academy we believe passionately that Mathematics is not about solely about teaching students to be numerate but also helping them develop intellectually so that they are better equipped to succeed in life.
We follow the pioneering Mathematics Mastery programme developed by ARK Schools. It is an evidence based approach derived from the principles of Singapore, one of the highest performing nations in mathematics, and adapted to the needs of our pupils.
Our provision stretches well beyond mathematics lessons: we are building a school-wide commitment to both equity and excellence in mathematics. The teaching of mathematics across the curriculum is not a bolt on, it is built in.
Examples of this include the Mathematics led STEM club and charity fundraising events such as the NSPCC Number Day and World Maths Day in support of UNICEF.
Ofsted
Charter Academy was inspected by Ofsted in November/December 2016 and was graded as "good".
Read the full report here.
Ark Charter Academy is a Church of England School. Church schools are recognised for their distinctive Christian ethos and the impact this has on standards and all round education. Every five years Church of England schools will have a SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican an Methodist Schools) inspection. The SIAMS inspection focuses on 'How effective is the school's distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership, at all levels, enabling pupils and adults to flourish', . Inspectors will record whether or not the school meets the relevant statutory requirements, for collective worship and RE as well as a strong Christian ethos. As with Ofsted the main judgments will be rated on the scale as either Excellent, Good, Requires Improvement or Ineffective.
In June 2017 Ark Charter had a SIAMS inspection. The inspection was carried out by Portsmouth CofE diocese. The diocese awarded Ark Charter with a grading of Good.
The Ark network
Ark Charter Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
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