Teacher of PE
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2021
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational Physical Education specialist to join our outstanding PE and Sport team at Borlase. This is a fantastic time to be join the Sports Team as we are about to open stunning new sports facilities on the campus. We have invested over £5 million in sport, with a brand-new Sports Hall due to open in the summer term; this houses a full-size indoor Hockey pitch, well-equipped fitness suite and dedicated classroom space. We will also open a brand-new Hockey Astro, a new grass Football pitch and new Netball/Tennis courts ready for use in the summer too.
The successful candidate will have experience of teaching up to GCSE, and either experience of teaching A Level or the potential to teach A Level in future, along with experience of teaching a wide range of sporting disciplines. The candidate will have a passion for PE and Sport and will be dedicated to creating extracurricular opportunities for young people, running clubs and teams. They will need the necessary skills and experience to contribute in multiple areas of our extensive extracurricular programme. We are interested in specialists in netball, rugby or football in particular. This position provides the opportunity to be part of our busy sports programme where you will play an integral role in developing initiatives to bring out the absolute best in our students. The post would suit an NQT or experienced teacher.
We are very proud of our successful PE and Sport department, which continues to strive for further excellence whilst also offering a broad range of inclusive activities. As a team, all of our teaching and coaching colleagues understand the importance of inspiring students. Our shared ethos allows us to provide a broad range of competitive opportunities whilst also implementing a sport for all approach. The school has a national reputation for girls and boys Hockey and Rowing and achieves impressive success in Netball, Football, Rugby, Athletics as well as having fixtures in Basketball, Tennis and Cricket.
Please do contact us with any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first.
For an application form please visit www.swbgs.com and click on Job Vacancies or email asummerfield@swbgs.com for more information.
Closing date: 26 February 2021
Interviews will take place in the first week of March 2021
Applications submitted via email should be sent to Mrs Anna Summerfield at asummerfield@swbgs.com
The school is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council's guidance on Safer Recruitment and Selection in Schools.
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About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- West Street, Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2BR
- United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning.”
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