Teacher of Physical Education
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education and qualifications
Relevant educational qualifications at school/college
Educated to degree level
PGCE (or equivalent)
Good honours degree (1st or 2:1)
Professional knowledge and experience
Appropriate experience of teaching classes across the age and ability range across traditional and modern sports
Ability to plan and deliver motivating and appropriately challenging lessons that engage, motivate and stretch students
Excellent knowledge and understanding of Physical Education at KS3/4 and KS5
Ability to build good relationships with young people with effective behaviour management strategies
High expectations for young people and what they can achieve, ability to engage and inspire them to achieve their full potential
Excellent practical skills combined with strong classroom management and organisational skills
Aware of current developments in the subject and curriculum and appropriate interventions for students
Creativity in using new technologies or teaching practices to help students learn and make progress
Knowledge of cross curricular approaches
Traits and competencies
Committed to and good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection practice and procedure
Outstanding oral communicator
Written communications are appropriate for the intended audience, grammatically correct and showcase high levels of written literacy
Willing to develop skills, embrace new ideas and able to develop exemplar practices
A ‘self-starter’ with the ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
Someone who:
- is reflective, with high levels of personal resilience and able to accept constructive feedback from others in order to further improve performance
- prioritises ‘the team’ above ‘self’, and contributes wholeheartedly to the life, culture, spirit and ethos of our school
- thrives on challenge, with the necessary drive and determination to get a job done.
Willingness to be involved in and contribute to the development of the department and extra-curricular activities
What the school offers its staff
Staff benefits
Every school is unique and ours is no exception. One of our unique selling points is the relatively high average length of service of our staff, and relatively low rate of staff turnover. Neither of these are by chance and are the product of staff feeling trusted, empowered and recognised for leading the roles they do.We feel that a mark of the outstanding school we are is symbolised by the number of staff who choose to send their children to be educated with us.
Below is a list of just some of the ‘pull factors’ that contribute to making our school a great place to work:
- An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school
- An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
- Access to a beautiful property at below market rent situated a short distance from our school (subject to availability)
- An iPad to use in school and at home, to enable seamless remote working, using cloud-based technology.
- Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
- Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, including gymnasium, swimming pool and fitness equipment.
- Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
- Generous allocation of directed time - for the 2024/25 year, all teaching staff have at least 14% of the timetabled week allocated as non-contact periods; more for TLR postholders.
- Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
- Outstanding, tailored CPD
- Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
- Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
- The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.
Commitment to safeguarding
Chipping Campden School is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.