Teacher of Outdoor Education, Uniformed Services, Sport & Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator
Bredon School
Gloucestershire
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 22 September 2024
Job overview
Responsible to Director of Sport
Hours of work
Full-time, term time 34 weeks, and occasional days for training/inset outside of
the 34 weeks and open days. One evening duty per week during term-time and
working weekends as required for Duke of Edinburgh.
Overview of the role
The post holder will be able to deliver a balanced, relevant and differentiated
curriculum to pupils; to support subject initiatives; to monitor, assess and report
upon pupil progress, and to contribute to raising subject standards within the
department and the school.
Main Duties
Curriculum delivery
- KS3 Outdoor Education.
- KS5 Level 3 courses.
- Deliver Uniformed Services curriculum.
- Coaching and delivering sports program.
- Sports climbing program.
- To ensure individual needs are met through appropriate use of differentiation.
- To set regular homework in accordance with school policy.
- To set work for classes in the event of absence from school.
- To maintain an attractive and stimulating classroom environment.
Assessing and reporting
- To regularly mark pupils’ classwork and homework in line with the school marking policy.
- To set and mark class tests as required
- To keep full records of attendance and achievement / progress of all pupils taught including formative and summative assessment.
- To provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to the attainment, progress, development and learning of individual pupils and of groups of pupils.
- To use group and individual data to track progress and focus intervention in order to optimise outcomes.
- To participate in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations.
Duke of Edinburgh
- To lead and manage the Duke of Edinburgh programme at Bronze, Silver and Gold Level.
- To plan and attend expeditions.
- To enrol pupils, complete programme planner and upload evidence.
- To complete risk assessments and Trips & Visit paperwork and ensure adequate staffing cover.
- To attend meetings and annual reviews.
- To complete licence renewals.
- To allocate, maintain and check equipment and manage stores.
- To keep up to date with Duke of Edinburgh developments and regulations and implement changes as appropriate.
Liaison
- To build and maintain positive relationships with parents and to communicate with them on pupils’ learning and progress.
- To attend parents consultation evenings and other meetings with parents as required and to provide parents with information about pupil performance.
- To liaise with non-teaching staff where appropriate.
- To liaise with external providers where appropriate.
Departmental
- To build and maintain cooperative relationships with colleagues.
- To contribute towards creating and updating departmental schemes of work, preparing and developing courses of study and sharing resources with other colleagues.
- To attend departmental meetings and share in the general responsibilities of administering the department.
- To manage budgets for the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
Publicity
- To contribute to the promotion of Outdoor Education, Uniformed Services, Sport and Duke of Edinburgh by assisting with the production of special events/activities for pupils, parents or both. Contribute to the display of subject work in the department and wider school.
Health and Safety
To safeguard the health and safety of pupils and colleagues whether on the school premises or engaged in school activities elsewhere. To carry out any necessary risk assessments in line with the school’s health and safety policy.
Other Responsibilities
Any other duties negotiated with the Headmaster, Director of Sport, Deputy Head (Academic).
Additional Responsibilities
To carry out a share of supervisory duties in accordance with published schedules.
For further information and to apply, please visit https://www.bredonschool.org/about-us/job-vacancies/
Attached documents
About Bredon School
A co-educational independent boarding and day school for children aged 8 to 18 years old, situated in beautiful Gloucestershire countryside.
With a focus on dyslexia specialist teaching, offering a wide-ranging Academic, Creative, Skills Based and Vocational curriculum, our vast outdoor environment set within an inspiring location enables all pupils to find an area in which to shine; whether that is on the school farm, within the forest school, out on the sports fields, taking part in outdoor education and adventure activities, or as a member of our thriving Combined Cadet Force. The opportunities are endless.
Pupils join Bredon from the local area, the UK and the wider world, and come together to form a vibrant community of learners who are socially and morally responsible and who support one another on their journey towards becoming happy, healthy, confident and capable young people.
The School is recognised by a specialist and professional association for our work teaching dyslexic pupils; we are accredited by the Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD) and hold DSP - Dyslexia Specialist Provision.
The School currently has 240 pupils and since 2014, has been under the ownership of Cavendish Education Ltd.
Headteacher
Mr Nick Oldham
Values and vision
Bredon School provides an education that caters for all types of learners and treats and values them as individuals. Everyone in the Bredon community is expected to participate fully in the academic and extra-curricular life of the school, in order to develop as well-rounded, tolerant and responsible individuals.
ISI report
“The pupils’ personal development is excellent throughout all sections of the school. Their spiritual development is strong and they have a well-developed awareness of moral issues. Their social development is excellent and, as they progress through the school, they develop a thorough awareness of cultural issues. They have a clear sense of right and wrong and, at all ages, including the youngest they demonstrate a high level of mutual respect and support for each other and for all members of the school community.”
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