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Head of Sport and Leisure

Head of Sport and Leisure

Lawn Manor Academy

Swindon

Salary:
MPS/UPS & TLR1A £8291
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1st September 2021
Apply by:
14 May 2021

Job overview

Head of Sport and Leisure 

Start Date: 01.09.2021

MPS/UOS & TLR1A £8291

Closing Date: 09.00 Friday 14th May 2021

Interview W/C 17th May 2021

Job Overview

We are seeking to recruit a passionate Teacher of PE to lead the Sport and Leisure Department.

You will be

  • An enthusiastic PE Teacher
  • An excellent role model with a desire to share this with pupils and staff
  • Committed to raising achievement and able to deliver excellent outcomes
  • A leader who is able to inspire and motivate others
  • Committed to extra-curricular activities

Why choose us?

Lawn Manor Academy is part of the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust ( RWBAT) based in Swindon. We offer a fantastic benefits scheme, with discounts on food and clothes retailers, to holidays and cinema, with online fitness and recipies from Hello Fresh. Our School is set in the beautiful Lawn Manor Woods in Old Town Swindon.

What we offer? 

  • The opportunity of working within a supportive, friendly and well-run school
  • A strong commitment to your professional development and career management
  • Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching.
  • Onsite parking
  • Pension Scheme
  • Courteous and hardworking pupils

Job Requirements

  • Lead and manage the department on a day to day basis
  • Take a leading role in the delivery of the curriculum and be an exemplar of best practice in the department
  • Inspire pupils to achieve their best
  • Lead and manage the work of other teachers within the department
  • Monitor, evaluate and review the work of the department
  • Create an exciting learning envrionment
  • Work collaboratively with school staff in sharing ideas and best practice
  • Take an active role in finding, promoting and running extra-curricular activities for the department
  • To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support it's distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and pupils to follow this example

The successful candidate will have:

  • Degree status ( First, 1.1. 2,1,2,2)
  • Excellent subject knowledge
  • Qualified Teacher Status and ability to teach PE (desirable to teach KS4 dance)
  • Excellent track record of high attainment & progress
  • Effective management of other adults
  • Lesson quality good or outstanding
  • Passion for teaching and learming
  • Experience of assessing and tracking student progress at KS3 and KS4 and applying the appropiate strategies to sustain and improve pupil attainment
  • Ability to encourage and motivate others 
  • Good sense of humour
  • Have a professional appearance 

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About Lawn Manor Academy

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Lawn Manor Academy is proud to be part of Ascend Learning Trust. We were the first school to join ALT in September 2017 and we enjoy close links with all ALT schools. We believe that within each child there is a real potential to achieve and that as teachers, it is our job to ensure that this potential is met through their academic studies and high expectations.

Lawn Manor Academy is an all-ability school and we place great emphasis on inclusive education. We have an excellent pastoral care system to support pupils and the community. We offer a rounded curriculum to suit children of all abilities with excellent facilities to support this. We take pride in the focus we give to each child as an individual and how we help them to develop and grow to achieve well and be a good citizen.

We have an ambitious vision for our school with a robust strategy for achieving it. Our I Learn values are at the heart of our strategies for success.

Working at Lawn Manor Academy is both rewarding and inspiring. We are an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and different cultures daily. We are committed to extremely high standards of behaviour and have fostered an environment where the relationships that exist within the school, and the polite and respectful atmosphere that we enjoy, are commented on by all who visit our school.

By teaching our pupils how to demand the best of themselves, we will send them out into the world ready to embrace the challenges they will meet; whether they are in the boardroom, on the stage, in the lab or on the sports field at home or abroad. A positive mind-set is important at Lawn Manor Academy.

We take pride in “Inspiring and Creating Futures for All”.

Sandra Muir

Headteacher

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Ascend Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding  and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable  adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   We particularly welcome applications from under-represented  groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability,  sexual-orientation or religion.

Please note any position that involves working with  children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of  whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out  before any employment commences.

In line with KCSIE 2022 and safer recruitment  practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted  candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and  will seek publicly available information on candidates’  suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be  provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online  presence.

References will be obtained before interview at  shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process.  If  previous employment has included working with children, then at least  one referee must be from this employment, regardless  of whether this is the current or most recent employment, any gaps in  employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant  section.

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