Teacher of PE

Teacher of PE Girls PE

Salary: Main Pay Range £30,000-£41,333

Contract type: Full time, Permanent (Part time would be considered)

Reporting to: Head of Department

Start Date - September 2024

The Role

This is an opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled sports person to join the PE department at Bohunt Farnborough. We place a high emphasis on PE and sport offering a wide range of sporting activities, and all students actively participate in lessons. We are keen to appoint the best teacher, therefore you need to be able to demonstrate excellent sporting skills, irrespective of sport. The head of PE is passionate about PE and sport and is looking to appoint someone who will ensure lessons are engaging, enjoyable, challenging so that students make rapid success. Teachers that are passionate about their subject motivate students therefore you will need to show a passion for sport and an interest in engaging all students in physical activity. A keen interest in extra-curricular activities is expected and a willingness to run clubs is essential. While the main focus is the development of practical skills needed in various sports, the skills of organisation, teamwork and leadership play a vital role in developing young people. We have a good tradition of developing talent and students have gone on to represent GB in their chosen sport. Our students are lively, keen to learn and characterful.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate independence, resourcefulness, great

commitment and enthusiasm alongside the willingness to work as part of a tight knit team. All members of the department also currently teach a second subject and you will be expected to be able to teach another subject in the short term. We would welcome applicants who can also teach Health and Social Care, Science or Mathematics.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and skilled sports person who is keen to make a difference to students & their lives through a passion for sport. You should have a good understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of PE and a desire to continually develop as a teacher. This role would suit either an ECT and an experienced teacher.

You will:

● have a passion for Physical Education and Sport which is evident in your teaching

● demonstrate the ability to consistently deliver inspirational learning experiences for

students

● have an understanding of how to promote effective and inclusive teaching and learning

● be able to evidence success in raising student achievement across a broad range of abilities

through successful assessment, monitoring and evaluation of student progress, and the

range of strategies that could be used to address underachievement

● possess good communication skills with students, colleagues and parents

● demonstrate a strong desire to undertake Continuing Professional Development to inform teaching

The Department

The Physical Education department has 3 members of staff who all teach a wide range of sports.

Bohunt Farnborough has good sports facilities, with extensive football pitches, a modern Sports Hall, large Fitness Suite, a School Gym and outside courts for netball and tennis. PE is popular and a number of students study it at GCSE. The Head of Department is highly experienced and you would be joining a passionate team who can support a new member of the team. The department has a specialist room for GCSE PE, equipped with Smart TV and Chromebooks and the whole department is well resourced.

The department is well supported by a Lead Practitioner within the Trust and all lessons are pre designed and resourced, enabling you to personalise your teaching materials rather than creating resources. This is aimed at reducing planning and preparation time and supports our commitment to a healthy work-life balance.

Our School

Bohunt Farnborough is a vibrant and truly comprehensive school that supports the development of the whole child and celebrates success in the widest sense. It has a reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong traditional values, exceptional pastoral care and high academic expectations. . You will play a key role within a passionate, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff, utterly committed to making Bohunt Farnborough the school of choice within its community.

Bohunt Farnborough is also a school on the move. You will be joining us at the best possible time, with the school having recently joined Bohunt Education Trust, an outstanding multi-academy trust, deeply committed to the development and support of its school teams. As a teacher, you will benefit from being part of a trust-wide specialist Inset days, exceptional support and CPD.

We acknowledge that we are on a journey of improvement, which is well underway and are looking for dedicated staff who wish to play a part in the improvement of the whole school. This is a team approach and it is often commented on about how warm and welcoming staff are, and how well supported they feel. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with children, can build good relationships and is a good communicator. We welcome applications from those that are interested in a career in teaching but require school-based experience or people who are keen to have a rewarding job working with students. We are committed to becoming a great school and our ethos of ‘Enjoy; Respect; Achieve’ applies equally to staff and students. 

We Offer

● A culture of bespoke professional development from our own leadership Academy

● Robust focus on staff wellbeing

● The opportunity to make a difference

● Dedicated co-planning time during the school day to support your workload

● Happy and enthusiastic students who want to learn

● The benefit of being part of a multi-academy trust offering collaboration, support of

experienced colleagues across our schools and greater opportunities for career progression

Interviews will take place 12 June 2024

Details and an application form can be found on our website www.fernhill.hants.sch.uk/joining-

us/staff-vacancies 

Please email applications to Cindy Reynolds, PA to the Headteacher

creynolds@bohuntfarnborough.com

Bohunt Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and

young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation,

pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate their commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in line with the school’s policies and procedures.

Appointments will be made subject to pre employment checks, receipt of satisfactory

references enhanced DBS check including online/social media checks. The school is

committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.