School Games Organiser
Outwood Academy Acklam
Middlesbrough
- £16,443 - £17,986 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 9 SCP 22-25
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- September 2021 until 31 March 2022
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2021
Job overview
22.5 hours (3 days per week) - Whole Time
Do you want to work in a good school where “leadership is highly effective, students feel safe, staff are proud and morale is extremely high?” - Ofsted 2019. Outwood Academy Acklam is looking for a reliable, dynamic, and enthusiastic School Games Organiser (SGO).
The role of the SGO is to support all schools in the local area by promoting the importance of physical activity and coordinating appropriate competitive opportunities to be enjoyed by all young people across Key Stages 2-4. In addition, the SGO will recruit, train and deploy students, PE apprentices and volunteers as sports leaders/officials and support the development of club opportunities for all young people.
The post holder will work with national guidance from Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust and within a local partnership of School Games Organisers, the Active Partnership and wider stakeholders. Please note this position requires driving.
The SGO will be responsible for meeting the following Key Performance Indicators:
- To maintain school engagement and support schools to continue to prioritise and to deliver 60 active minutes for every child thus providing opportunities for young people to improve their physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
- To ensure physical activity and competition provision supports young people’s wider development including their ability to re-socialise and supports their psychological and physiological fitness.
- To identify and have ongoing provision that targets young people for who physical activity levels have been most negatively impacted by COVID-19 (those particularly from low socio-economic areas, BAME, SEND and Girls).
- To have a continued focus on secondary school engagement – with a focus on supporting those young people who have just transitioned into Year 7/8.
- To ensure that the local offer provides opportunities for young people to take on leadership and volunteering roles.
As part of the Outwood Grange Family of Schools, you will be offered high quality support and programmes of professional development, which provide many opportunities for colleagues at all levels.
If you require further information, please contact j.lamplough@acklam.outwood.com
For more information and to apply online, please go to: www.outwood.com > Careers.
Closing date: Midday on 28 June 2021.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
About Outwood Academy Acklam
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Graham Skidmore
Outwood Academy Acklam became part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust in 2013 and strives to be an exemplar of best practice for schools across the North East of England. Outwood Academy Acklam is rated Good by Ofsted with Outstanding leadership and we are delighted to be based in the friendly North East town of Middlesbrough.
We are proud that in its report, Ofsted noted that ‘Staff morale is extremely high’ at the academy and that our staff ‘are proud to work at Outwood Academy Acklam’, and highlighted that our staff ‘say that senior leaders listen to and value their opinions.’
We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
Our objective is to create well-rounded and successful citizens who deeply embrace British Values: respect for democracy and the rule of law, passion for individual liberty, a commitment to mutual respect, and tolerance for differing faiths and beliefs.
We aim to create an environment where every student leaves with an enquiring and open mind, ready to deal with all of life's challenges and engage with a diverse, thrilling and constantly changing world.
We have won numerous awards as a school and we are proud to have been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and Inclusion Centre of Excellence by IQM.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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