Teacher of PE
Fulford School
York
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- February 2025
- Apply by:
- 6 January 2025
Job overview
Location: Fulford School
Salary: MPS/UPS
Contract: Full time, Fixed Term Contact to cover maternity leave
Start date: February 2025
We are looking for an inspiring and engaging PE teacher to join our School to support us in covering a maternity leave.
PE lessons at Fulford School cover a range of activities and topics, with the aim of inspiring a lifelong love of sport and exercise, that lays the foundations for lasting participation, healthy living and academic success.
Whether you are an ECT or an experienced professional, you will be an enthusiastic practitioner able to make a significant contribution to the implementation of our departmental vision, through dynamic teaching and learning.
The successful applicant will:
· Be a highly motivated, energetic professional who loves PE and can plan and deliver high quality, engaging PE lessons
· Secure high standards of engagement, progress and achievement for all students.
· Have energy, resilience, optimism, a sense of humour and the determination to see things through.
· Be able to teach GCSE PE. If you have experience of teaching BTEC Sport Level 3 this will be advantageous.
· Be able and willing to make a full contribution to the life of the school and be committed to supporting colleagues with extra-curricular activities.
We have clear expectations in the School that lead to a well ordered and harmonious environment where pupils can excel.
For more information on our PE Department – see PE Department
Ofsted:
Following our recent Ofsted inspection in October 2023 we are delighted that the school has been graded outstanding in all areas.
Our core HEART values are fundamental to all we do at Fulford. Over the years we have been determined to ensure our pupils benefit from an aspirational, academic curriculum and at the same time provide a fully inclusive learning environment where all are treated as individuals and supported to be the best versions of themselves.
For more information and to view the report – see here
Awards:
We are thrilled to announce that Fulford School has been named The Sunday Times Comprehensive Secondary School of the North 2025. This prestigious award celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of our students in both GCSE and A-level examinations. We are incredibly proud of this recognition, which reflects the dedication, hard work, and excellence of our entire school community.
About us:
You have the chance to work in one of the high-performing schools in the region – we enjoy consistently high levels of parental satisfaction and positive student feedback / engagement which, along with over 200 highly motivated colleagues and excellent leadership at all levels, provides a fertile environment for you to develop within.
You will be joining a highly successful, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with 1600 students in the school including over 300 in the sixth form and a Trust with three primary schools, one junior school and one infant school.
The Fulford School motto of ‘Realising potential and creating the future’ is reflected in our commitment to maximising the personal development and achievement of all those in our school community. These values also run through the work of our Multi Academy Trust. We offer a supportive environment with excellent employee benefits including access to a salary-related defined pension scheme, Cycle scheme & Employee Assistance Programme.
Our commitment to equality:
Fulford School is committed to promoting equality for all students and employees. Every individual will be treated with courtesy and respect and their contribution to the learning process will be valued.
Safeguarding:
The South York Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We strive to ensure that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, students and staff at school.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We will require successful applicants to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Applicants are asked to provide full employment history and any gaps in employment will be explored at interview.
TO APPLY
Apply directly on TES or through our website https://fulford.york.sch.uk
Closing Date: Monday 6th January 2025 (0900am)
Interviews: TBC
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We will require successful applicants to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.
Attached documents
About Fulford School
- Fulford School
- Fulfordgate, Heslington Lane, Fulford, York
- North Yorkshire
- YO10 4FY
- United Kingdom
‘Realising potential, creating the future’
Our mission statement, designed by our students, highlights our commitment to maximising achievement and to develop our students as individuals. We believe that there is no limit to learning or ceiling on achievement and we seek the best progress and outcomes for all of our students. Our view of education is one that, while focusing on results, goes beyond qualifications through developing strong moral values, excellent social skills and a sense of community in our students so that they develop into articulate, responsible and successful adults.
Ofsted Inspection
Following our recent Ofsted inspection on 4th and 5th of October 2023 we are delighted that the school has been graded outstanding in all areas.
A school is a complex social structure and whilst any inspection is a snap shot in a moment in time it is particularly pleasing that inspectors were able to clearly identify the positive culture and moral purpose of our school.
Our core HEART values are fundamental to all we do at Fulford. Over the years we have been determined to ensure our pupils benefit from an aspirational, academic curriculum and at the same time provide a fully inclusive learning environment where all are treated as individuals and supported to be the best versions of themselves.
https://fulford.york.sch.uk/inspection-of-fulford-school-outstanding/
Fulford School
Fulford School is situated in the southern outskirts of the city and draws most of its students from the villages to the south and east of York, as well as the York suburbs of Fulford, Fishergate and Heslington. Our school is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive with a Year 7 admission number of 300. The current number on roll is 1700 students including nearly 300 in the Sixth Form with school numbers being projected to grow in subsequent years. The school’s growth and success can be seen in a number of ways.
There has been an extensive building programme in recent years with a 2-storey new classroom block being completed and fully open to learners in 2023.The school has achieved a variety of Awards including the International Schools Award, the Healthy Schools Award, Advanced Inclusion Award, World Class School Status and the Sunday Times Comprehensive School of the Decade.
The school has an Enhanced Resource Centre with a capacity of 10 places for students on the autistic spectrum. We are committed to inclusion and maximising the talents of all in our care, believing all in our community should be known and valued as individuals.
We run a horizontal year system led by five Heads of Year supported by Assistant Heads of Year whose purpose is to support our learners in their journey from Year 7 through to Year 11. This system enables us to offer excellent support and guidance to all our students and it provides great opportunities for our students to undertake a range of leadership roles. A dedicated wider pastoral team supports this journey including a School Nurse, School Social Worker and a School Counsellor & Wellbeing Worker.
Our historic and current results are consistently high both for progress and attainment.
Fulford is an outward looking school that prioritises partnership working. This is seen in the development of closer ties and increased collaborative working with our primary partners and our current work to broaden the scale of South York MAT.
You will be joining a supportive, friendly and committed staff body of over 200 colleagues supported by excellent leadership at all levels.
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