Teacher of Physical Education
Comberton Village College
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS - with possible TLR for an appropriate candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2019
- Apply by:
- 22 May 2019
Job overview
We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge and are currently seeking to recruit a teacher of Business who can start in September 2019 . We currently have around 1800 11-18 pupils on roll including our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011.
Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 are outstanding: 87% of students attained grades 9 – 4 in Maths and English last academic year and 43% of all grades were 9-7: whilst at A-level 87% of grades were A* - C, and 36% of all grades were A* - A. The Sixth Form’s results are in the top 5% nationally for student progress made against predictors.
The College was for ten years a specialist Sports College. Whilst all specialisms now no longer exist, CVC’s commitment to the Sports College aims continues in three main areas:
- Whole school improvement
- The Community, including partner Schools
- The Physical Education Department
The Physical Education department remains the core element of the initiative. The advent of the status has meant major changes to PE and school sport at CVC. This includes advances in facilities, staffing and the teaching and learning of Physical Education.
Department Ethos
The fundamental beliefs of the department are based upon: Participation and Attitude, Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellbeing and Excellence for All. As a department we aim to build a legacy of: Life-long Activity and Enjoyment while developing Employability Skills.
The department is committed to providing high quality Physical Education and School Sport through outstanding Teaching and Learning.
Facilities
The department is able to teach in first class facilities. The school has a dance studio, multi-purpose performance hall, sports hall, two gymnasiums one of which includes two integral sports laboratories, climbing wall, one fitness suite and separate free weight facility, a high performance full sized astro turf football pitch, eight tennis courts, four netball courts, redeveloped playing fields (space for two full sized hockey/rugby/football pitches). The school is also able to use three on site squash courts and an outdoor swimming pool.
Staffing
The department currently has four part time and nine full time teachers. This includes the Head of Department, an Assistant Head of Department, a Head of Dance and four members of the senior leadership group within the team. The department also has a PE administrator and PE technician, a specialist teaching assistant and a full-time PE specific cover teacher. In addition to the teaching staff there are several coaches linked to the college, specializing in Squash, Tennis and Cricket. The coaches are used to assist in the delivery of high quality PE and develop the provision of extra-curricular activities. There are a high number of non-specialist teachers who assist in the extensive extra-curricular programme offered to all students.
The Curriculum
At KS3 pupils are taught 5 x 50 minute periods of PE in the two week time table. Lessons are taught in doubles every week, with an additional single lesson once every two weeks.
Currently, the department follows the national curriculum requirements teaching a variety of activity areas; Games, Gymnastics, Dance, Swimming and Athletics. Health Related Fitness, Mountain Biking and Leadership are also taught in Yr 9. All Year 7 pupils take part in a week long OAA residential trip.
Pupils take part in Inter-form competition throughout KS3. During one year a form group will take part in at least 6 competitions, including two inter-form fitness runs that take place off school site. The competition culminates in the annual ‘inclusive’ Sports Days.
In addition to the ‘The Core’ PE programme during Key Stage 4, pupils can opt for the full course GCSE PE, Dance and BTEC Sport and Exercise options. These continue to be very popular options. Pupils gain an additional six lessons over the two weeks.
At Key Stage 4 there is a pathway structure, which gives students the opportunity to tailor PE to their needs and interests. Students can opt into Performance, Adventurous, Healthy Active Lifestyles and Leadership pathways at the beginning of year 10 and year 11. Each pathway is unique in what it offers students.
The department successfully offers level 3 courses allowing students to progress beyond the age of 16 at Comberton Village College. The department offers students an A Level PE progression, alongside a BTEC level 3 in Sport and Exercise option and A Level Dance.
The department is committed to an inclusive approach. A significant number of pupils are selected to attend Sports Skills, a programme that develops self-confidence and physical competence in a caring and sensitive environment. Opportunities have been created for our Gifted and Talented students in addition to on-going support and mentoring for our very talented athletes competing at a significant level. The department has also run a long standing programme named the Adventure Club, which supports the less confident students along with more confident and challenging students in an outward bound setting.
Extra-Curricular Physical Education and School Sport
The department provides a flourishing after-schools programme. Our ‘Sport for All’ ethos encourages all pupils to attend the clubs that take place between 3 and 6 pm. Activities offered include Football, Netball, Rugby, Hockey, Basketball, Rounders, Dodgeball, Cricket, Badminton, Tennis, Squash, Running, extensive Dance clubs, Table Tennis, Gymnastics, Trampolining, Rowing and Handball. The broad menu of after school Dance opportunities culminate in a showcase event at the end of each term which allows families to view the progress of the many Dance disciplines completed beyond the school day.
School teams compete against other district school in a series of friendly and competitive fixtures and tournaments. In addition to these, pupils compete in county and national competitions in a range of sports. The competitive opportunities have more recently been extended by the competition management structure, of which one full time representative is based at Comberton Village College.
Partnerships & Further initiatives
The department has worked hard to be part of a range of key partnerships. Comberton Village College is part of the CAM Academy Trust. Comberton have continued their partnership with the Youth Sports Trust (YST) as a premium member. This has given the department the opportunity to be represented on assessment working groups and attend the recent YST Conference. Other partnerships, led by the PDM and specifically employed Primary Specialist staff, work closely with our feeder primary schools and partner secondary schools. Other links in the past few years include work with a number of Higher Education institutes, including Cambridge, Northampton and Essex Universities. The department has been heavily involved in various projects, such as the SKY Living for Sport project.
For further details and an application form please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.
To apply for this position please submit a completed application form and covering letter to Mrs L Atherton, HR Manager, via email on latherton@combertonvc.org by 3pm on Wednesday, 22nd May 2019. Interviews will be held on Friday 24th May 2019. Please note that we do not accept applications by CV.
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About Comberton Village College
- Comberton Village College
- West Street, Comberton, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB23 7DU
- United Kingdom
We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge. We currently have around 1,800 11-18 pupils on roll including our new sixth form centre that opened in September 2011. Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 are outstanding: 78% of grades including Maths and English were A*-C and 39% of grades were A*/A: At KS5, the Sixth Form’s results are in the top 5% nationally for student progress made against predictors, with 38% of all grades in 2016 at A*/A grades.
The College
Comberton Village College was opened in 1960. As a Cambridgeshire Village College, it was designed to be a centre for the life of its community and to provide quality education for pupils aged between 11 and 16. This remains the case today.
In 1974, the school became fully comprehensive and, in April 1993, it became grant-maintained. It changed to a Foundation School and more recently became a Foundation School with a Trust: the Comberton Educational Trust. In February 2011 the school became an Academy overseen by the CAM Academy Trust. The pupil roll is around 1,800 while over 2,000 adults use the college for a wide range of continuing education and leisure activities. A £7 million building programme was completed in 2003 that has significantly enhanced a whole range of the school’s facilities, including major new leisure facilities. A further £4 million building project provided further specialist teaching and learning facilities across a range of subject areas and has been in use since September 2009.
Our Sixth Form opened in September 2011 following the completion of a £9.5 million building project. It offers a strong suite of academic courses, across the subject areas in conjunction with The AQA Baccalaureate, as well as applied courses. This exciting development has enabled students from Comberton to complete their sixth-form studies with us as well as providing opportunities for students from other local schools. There are already over 320 students in the Sixth Form and this is set to expand further.
The Cam Academy Trust
In 2011, the Comberton Academy Trust (C.A.T.) was formed, enabling Comberton Village College to convert to Academy status in 2011. the Trust has continued to expand and in 2016 was renamed the Cam Academy Trust. The Trust now has the following schools:
· Comberton Village College, an 11-18 Academy, is the initial school which formed what is now The Cam Academy Trust
· Melbourn Village College, an 11-16 Academy in Cambridgeshire. This Academy joined the Trust in September 2013.
· Cambourne Village College, an 11-16 Academy in Cambridgeshire, close to Comberton Village College. This has been opened as a new Free School by the Trust from September 2013, initially with an intake of Year 7 students only. It serves the new and developing community of Cambourne that was formally in the catchment area of Comberton Village College. Numbers of staff are now teaching at both Cambourne and Comberton Village Colleges as both Academies work extremely closely together.
· Gamlingay First School and St Peter’s, Huntingdon, both joined us in September 2016.
· Hartford Infants and Hartford Juniors joined us in January 2017.
Jeavons Wood Primary School is set to join the Trust this year and there is the possibility that the Trust could develop further, although this remains an open question. We are seeking to ensure that all Academies in the Trust work in effective partnership with each other and that there are opportunities for staff to share ideas and resources. For some staff, there will be opportunities to work in more than one Academy.
Standards
Comberton Village College has received a full Ofsted inspection on three occasions since 2000: in 2004, 2007 and 2013. On each occasion, the overall effectiveness grade has been ‘outstanding’. In the latest inspection in 2013, every aspect of the school’s provision was judged to be ‘outstanding’. This included the first ever judgement on Sixth Form provision where both teaching and achievement were both clearly deemed already to be ‘outstanding’. The short summary was:
“Comberton Village College is a highly successful school which enables its pupils to achieve not only academic excellence but also to become mature, confident, thoughtful and rounded individuals with clear goals for their future lives”.
Broad Education
The school’s formal day runs from 8.30 a.m. to 2.50 p.m. with 6 timetabled lessons of 50 minutes each day. Pupils see their tutors daily and have a weekly assembly.
However, we believe that true education is broad and should develop character and individual interest. Given this, there is also a very full and wide-ranging extra-curricular programme that runs each day from 3.00 p.m. There are also many school trips and visits, both national and international. We have significant school partnerships that involve exchanges in Europe, Peru, South Africa and Mozambique.
We consider the following as very important:
· Our major Duke of Edinburgh programme. Most pupils do the Bronze award with many continuing to Silver. Some now also progress to the Gold award in our Sixth Form.
· We have held the Arts Mark Gold Award for a number of years, a symbol of our commitment to excellence and breadth in Arts education and provision.
· We have been accredited as a British Council International School since 2002, a sign of our commitment to the international dimension of education.
Aims and Values
At the heart of what we do are fundamental aims and values relating to education. The Cam Academy Trust has five core principles that must be central to all Academies in the Trust. These have been at the heart of Comberton Village College for many years:
· The Excellence Principle. Education must be of highest of standards and lead to high achievement.
· The Comprehensive Principle. Excellent education must be for all pupils of all types and abilities.
· The Henry Morris Principle. Education should be rooted in and serve its local community.
· The Partnership Principle. We should always look to work in effective partnership with others for mutual benefit.
· The International Principle. There must be a clear international dimension to education.
Within these over-arching principles, we seek to ensure that all of our pupils reach their full, positive potential and become:
CAPABLE in the skills relevant to their future lives and in having the knowledge which will increase their understanding, appreciation and interest in the world in which they live.
CARING of others and considerate of the mutual dependence human beings have on each other.
CONFIDENT of their worth because they have developed their strengths, understood their weaknesses and learnt that they can achieve success.
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