Teacher of Dance and PE - 1 year Fixed Term Maternity Cover (from January 2025 or sooner)

Meols Cop High School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and highly motivated Dance/PE teacher to join us from January 2025 (or sooner). We are keen to hear from candidates who are exceptional and innovative classroom practitioners. 

Meols Cop is a successful school at the heart of the local community. With high expectations, standards and ambitions for our entire school community we are welcoming applications from inspirational teachers who will share our values and ambition.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting us to maintain and drive the culture amongst our staff and students to achieve our vision of ‘Brokering Aspirations’.

Meols Cop is an extremely successful school with a long history of inclusive education and is an exciting place to come to work every day. The school has a clear vision to not only raise the aspirations of our young people but to ensure we are embedding the behaviours, skills and qualifications that will make those aspirations a reality.

You will be expected to teach both PE and Dance at KS3 and the successful candidate must be able to teach G.C.S.E. Dance in year 10/11. There would be an expected commitment to develop extracurricular dance activities and you will build on current successful practice such as Dance Leaders, Wally Cain performances, community dance festivals and primary links. The ability to teach netball would also be advantageous. Applications are welcome from non-dance specialists.

We will expect you to be familiar with, and be aware of, the most recent subject developments and innovative teaching in both Dance and PE. You will have the highest expectations of our students, and your teaching will make Dance and PE inclusive, fun and challenging and support outstanding progress. Last year 92% of our GCSE Dance students achieved a 4+ with 36% achieving 7-9 grades.

You will have your own Dance Studio and access to our other sports facilities, and a full class set of iPads. You will have the support and encouragement of colleagues in the PE department & Performing Arts department and will also be able to access all areas of support available via our cross-curricular CPD inset. We have a BFL [Behaviour for Learning] system that will allow you to teach and the students to learn. We want you to enjoy working with our staff and students. Your professional development matters to us. 

As a Research School, the successful candidate will be joining a staff team that is extremely committed and skilled in developing their practice. Staff are empowered to undertake their own action research projects with a clear strategic approach.

The school is committed to promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment; therefore a satisfactory enhanced DBS is required for this post.

The post is registered as exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Meols Cop High School and Sefton is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Completed applications should be sent to recruitment@meolscop.co.uk and marked for the attention of Miss Sarah Lightbown, PA to the Leadership Group. Closing Date: 9am on Friday 18th October 2024. Interviews will be held at Meols Cop High School week commencing 4th November 2024.