Teacher of PE and School Games Organiser

Part Time - 22 hours per week

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Ellowes Hall Sports College is looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Physical Education (PE) teacher who can successfully fulfil the role and responsibilities of the School Games Organiser (refer to job description) as well as teaching primary PE and where appropriate mentoring primary teachers.

Key focuses of this combined role:

• Encourage schools to engage in inter school competitions offered through the School Games

• Support schools to develop intra competitions as part of the School Games competition pathway

• Increase opportunities for all young people to engage in appropriate physical activities

• Support schools and individual teachers to achieve high quality outcomes for young people through PE and school sport 

• Use PE and sport as a catalyst for whole school improvement 

• Encourage and support schools to provide a broad, rich and engaging PE curriculum and School Sport programme.

• Assist schools to review and update schemes of work in line with national curriculum. 

• Assist staff to develop confidence and competence by modelling good practice and acting as a mentor to improve the quality of PE 

For an informal discussion about either the school, the post, or to organise visit, please contact Ian Smith, Head of Department; ismith@ellowes.dudley.sch.uk  

Closing date: Monday 18th July 2022, 12 Noon. 

Interviews: Due to the urgency to fill this position, interviews will be held on a rolling basis, shortlisted candidates will be offered an interview and should a successful appointment be made the advert will be closed and candidates informed.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2021-  KCSIE 2021 

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (2020) 

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. 

DBS Filtering Guidance 

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.