Teacher of Physical Education
Avon Valley Academy
Wiltshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TPS dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 1st September 2016
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2016
Job overview
Avon Valley College is seeking to appoint a talented, dynamic and innovative teacher to teach Physical Education to Key Stage 3 – 5 students during a maternity cover.
This post will also be suitable for an NQT. The successful applicant will have a commitment to achieving excellence and will possess the necessary skills to deliver high quality lessons. The successful candidate will be asked to teach a wide variety of activities to both boys and girls. Experience of teaching netball is desirable.The College was last inspected by OFSTED in March 2014 and was judged to be a good school.
Extracts from OFSTED report
“Students make good, and often very good progress”.
“Teaching is good and this is reflected in the work produced by students”.
Interested applicants should apply by letter with contact details of referees (including email and telephone numbers) and should include the Wiltshire Council application form which can be downloaded from our website www.avonvalley.wilts.sch.uk
Please contact Mrs Lorna Redgrave, Head of HR and Administration lredgrave@avonvalley.wilts.sch.uk telephone 01980 634871 should you have any questions or wish to make contact with James Gildersleeve, Area Improvement Leader for Sport please email jgildersleeve@avonvalley.wilts.sch.uk
Closing date for applications will be 9am, 10 June 2016.
Interviews taking place during the week beginning 13 June 2016.
If you have not heard from us by the 13 June 2016 please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Avon Valley College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicants’ background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks.
About Avon Valley Academy
- Avon Valley Academy
- Recreation Road, Durrington, Salisbury
- Wiltshire
- SP4 8HH
- United Kingdom
Respect. Determination. Excellence.
Avon Valley Academy is a thriving, co-educational school, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 16 years. Located in Durrington, our school has a strong reputation for being at the heart of the community and has built strong relationships with the two local army bases, at Larkhill and Bulford.
As a school, we aim for every lesson and every day to be exceptional. To achieve this, we ensure that all staff have access to a wide variety of training and are given time to foster strong relationships with our students. Our staff take pride in how well they know our students, and are always looking to go the extra mile to help them achieve their dreams.
With our strong pastoral care and high standards for behaviour, our school encourages students to have high self-worth and love coming to school. This has created a vibrant school community in which each individual can thrive.
In May 2022, we joined Acorn Education Trust, which has provided exciting opportunities to improve local education and draw on collective experience. We work closely with other schools within the Trust and the central team to help us continue to grow from strength to strength.
Our school has a wide range of excellent facilities, including:
- Sports fields, netball courts, tennis courts, astro turf pitches, a gym and a sports hall;
- Dance and drama studios;
- Interactive whiteboards and projectors in classrooms;
- Computer suites in most teaching areas;
- Large hall equipped with full AV system and a stage for our productions, events and concerts;
- Library with a wide range of reading materials;
- Subject area suites for science, design technology and art;
- Enhanced Provision via our Link and Learning and Welfare Hub, as well as a Behaviour Hub;
- New buildings;
- Large grounds.
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