Teacher of Physical Education
Walthamstow Hall Senior School
Sevenoaks, Kent
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2018
Job overview
We are seeking a well-qualified and inspiring teacher of Physical Education to join a thriving department to teach and coach a variety of sports across Years 7-13. The person appointed will be able to encourage students to lead a healthy lifestyle and participate fully in PE. The post-holder should have an interest in one, or more, of our main sports and may also be required to contribute to the teaching of GCSE and A Level PE.
The successful applicant will be expected to be involved in the school’s extensive extra-curricular sporting programme at lunchtime, after school and at weekends, and to contribute to the wider life of the school.
The post will be full-time.
The Department: Physical Education is taught throughout the Senior School. The main sports at the school are netball, lacrosse, swimming, badminton, tennis, rounders, athletics and cross-country.
In addition to our main sports, in Year 7-11 Senior School girls also experience hockey, handball, volleyball, football, tag rugby, gymnastics, cricket, ultimate frisbee, and a variety of fitness related activities. Sixth Form students have team sports available, as well as opportunities to use the Fitness Room, pool and badminton courts. The school also has curling, judo and equestrian teams.
The Department offers both GCSE PE and A Level PE. Teams from all year groups play in regular matches and tournaments in a wide variety of sports, both after school and at weekends at local, County and National level. All squad members attend regular team practices, before, during and after school. In addition, extra-curricular clubs are held in aforementioned sports, as well as taekwondo, pilates, dance and squash.
Trips to international/national matches are organised and students are taken on skiing trips and sports tours. Recent sporting trips include the Lacrosse tour to America and a skiing trip to Italy. Girls regularly participate in large numbers in the residential netball and swimming events that are organised during the school year.
The department consists of 3 full-time and 3 part-time specialist teachers. In addition, there are also 8-10 specialist coaches. Facilities include a new indoor Sports Centre (2015) which includes; a sports hall, 6-lane 25 metre swimming pool, fitness suite and dance studio. There are 4 netball/tennis courts and a field area for athletics and games. The neighbouring Astroturf is also available to use for lessons and extra-curricular clubs. There is also a hall with a full-sized sprung floor for gymnastics, and the main hall which can be used by the department. We are extremely proud of all sporting achievements at Walthamstow Hall, and enjoy recognising student success in this area.
The school has an impressive record of high level achievement across a range of activities and sports. For example, in the past year girls have reached the National School’s Finals in: cross-country, gymnastics, swimming, curling, lacrosse, and badminton. In netball, teams have reached the quarter finals of two national competitions. As a result, School Sport magazine has ranked Walthamstow Hall 22nd place in their ‘Top Independent Sport Schools in 2016’ league table. The magazine ranks the UK’s Top 100 independent schools based on performance in many sporting competitions across the year. Girls compete at County, Regional and National level in a variety of sports, these include Lacrosse, Hockey, Athletics, Badminton and Cross-Country. The school has a strong reputation for its sport and offers generous sports Scholarships at 11+ and 13+: there are currently over 30 sports award holders at Senior School level.
Please contact the Headmistress's PA, Ms Kate Lippiatt, for further details and an Application Form. Email: hmpa@whall.school
Applications should be made on the School’s Application Form and should be accompanied by a handwritten covering letter to the Headmistress, Miss S Ferro.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 7 February (by 12 noon).
Interviews will take place Monday 19 February - Tuesday 20 February.
Walthamstow Hall Holly Bush Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3UL
About Walthamstow Hall Senior School
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in working at Walthamstow Hall. We educate girls with academic potential to lead confident, challenging and fulfilling lives in the 21st century.
School Ethos
We believe in a true understanding of the root meaning of the word education, from the Latin verb educo: I lead forth, I raise up. Not, ‘I cram full of facts or I make to jump through hoops’. At Walthamstow Hall, pupils will discover that learning is an active process which enables them to get personally involved, not one which just passively happens to them.
We offer pupils an environment based on trust, security and friendship, where they have the confidence to try to be their best. And by confidence we don’t mean brash or arrogant. We mean that, whether innately ebullient, or whether quite shy, Wally girls are characterised by a quiet assurance that comes from knowing who they are and, moreover, that they are valued for who they are, by us and by each other. This, we believe, is the best preparation for whatever life has in store.
School Details
There are approximately 580 pupils in the School 3 - 18, of which 442 are currently at Senior School. The Junior School (2 - 11 years) is on a separate site. The majority of girls from our Junior School join us at 11+, along with pupils from other feeder Schools locally. We also have entry at 13+ and 16+, and retention into Sixth Form is strong.
Employee benefits include:
- Enhanced salary scale based on DfE scales
- Fees concession for daughters. The School has a separate fees concession arrangement with Tonbridge School for sons of staff (13-18 years) and at Prep level with the New Beacon School for sons of teaching staff
- Membership of the relevant School’s Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Refreshments/meals during term time
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Use of the School’s Fitness Room and Swimming Pool (at allocated times)
- Free onsite parking
- Wellbeing package
- Ongoing training and development
For all enquiries, please contact Ms Louise Chamberlain: headmistress@whall.school 01732 451334.
Walthamstow Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
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