Female Teacher of PE
Pensby High School
Wirral
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- M1 - UPS3
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2025 or sooner
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
Required for January 2024 or sooner
Female Teacher of PE *
NQT, M1 – UPS3 (suitable for an NQT)
(2-year fixed term contract in the first instance. This post is to cover for promotion)
Pensby High School is an 11-16 co-educational and non-selective secondary school; in a highly selective local authority. We are currently looking to employ a Teacher of PE to join our successful department. Pensby High School has seen a rapid improvement in outcomes for its students. We are committed to placing the development of teachers and therefore students’ learning at the forefront of what we do. As a result, we are seeing a rapid growth in the number of students across both key stage 3 and 4, with parents and students increasingly seeing the school as their first choice, and the school is now oversubscribed.
New appointments are supported by a tailored coaching programme and all staff contribute to a collegiate coaching programme.
The successful candidates will be expected to:
• Teach PE across key stages 3 and 4
• Display and promote excellence in teaching and learning
• Inspire Pupils
• Have a commitment to raising achievement
*This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Act (privacy and decency). The protected characteristic being sex. There is a genuine occupational requirement to limit applications to female candidates only, as the postholder is required to supervise the female changing rooms.
Pensby High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including reference checks with previous employers and an enhanced criminal record check.
An application form and further information is available from the school website, www.pensbyhighschool.org or at www.wirral.gov.uk Please return completed application forms with a supporting letter on no more than two sides of A4 to Mr K Flanagan, Headteacher at the above address or emailed to schooloffice@psf.wirral.sch.uk
Closing Date: Friday 29 November 2024, 9.00am
All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability.
If you do not hear from us within 6 weeks you have not been shortlisted for interview. Unfortunately, there is no scope for individual feedback at this stage.
Please note we do not accept C.V’s or approaches from Recruitment Agencies
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About Pensby High School
Why work at Pensby High School?
Pensby High School is a school with strong foundations and values. We have inspirational teachers and pupils who love learning and have a desire to contribute to a community where everyone is encouraged to be a creative, independent thinker and learner. We understand the importance of routines and behaviours for effective study and academic success, and we ask everyone to show consideration for others. We strive to do our best for everyone in school, every day.
The school is a ‘foundation maintained’ school. That means in practical terms that the governors and charitable trust employ the staff at the school, but that the local authority maintains the responsibility to ensure that the site remains fit for purpose. Having said that, the school has itself embarked on a series of developments, funded via revenue that the school itself has raised.
Pupils at Pensby High School enjoy academic success and are taught in a caring environment, where pastoral support for learning and life are at the heart of the school. We are over-subscribed and the school population is above the published admission number of 900. We are a good school, but we need to do more and we are embracing challenge and change to better serve our community. At Pensby High School we have a focus on the wider curriculum, careers, opportunities such as chess and maths competitions, Brilliant Club and beyond. We offer a huge range of extra-curricular activities; we are determined that our focus goes way beyond examinations. Pupils at our school routinely say please and thank you, that speaks volumes about who we are.
The PTA is also active and supportive, arranging social events and raising money to provide additional support for learning and the pupils’ environment. The Governing Body comprises a group of individuals drawn from the local community, as well as staff and parents. It shares a single aim, to make the school the best it can be, for all of the young people who study here and the staff who work here. The passionate staff and pupils alike feel respected and their opinions are valued.
There are currently over 900 pupils on roll and we expect to stable at this figure for the foreseeable future. Progress 8 for 2022 was +0.19 and the indicative Progress 8 for 2023 is +0.27. This puts the school in the top 30% of schools nationally and the top 10% of similar non-selective schools. With all four the baskets that make up Progress 8 positive, we are rightly proud of the breadth of our curriculum offer.
As a school we are mindful of work/life balance and we try to create opportunities for CPD, moderation, joint marking and development of schemes of learning within the school day. Pupils finish early on a Wednesday to allow staff to work within their subject areas, to collectively develop their subject area. We are also part of Challenge Partners and the Prince’s Teaching Institute and rightly proud of the time, and investment put into developing our staff. The school is resolute in refusing change for changes sake and we are clear about the role that each member of staff has in the school’s ongoing success. In addition, all staff benefit from Benenden health care and current staff also receive additional support for the rise in the cost of living. Staff turnover is low and around 1 in 10 members of staff have a child or relative attending school.
Kevin Flanagan, Headteacher, January 2024
View Pensby High School's Ofsted notes
https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/105101
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