Archway Learning Trust Hiring for Head of Physical Education Job at United Kingdom Full Time

You are required to carry out the duties of an Academy teacher as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service Order.

As Head of PE, with the support of the PE team, you are responsible to the Principal, through your line manager, for:

• Leadership and strategic development of the department;
• Teaching and learning;
• Leading and managing staff;
• Student attainment, achievement and intervention;
• MER and self-evaluation;
• The implementation of whole Academy policy and practice;
• Contributing as appropriate to whole Academy and wider community development;
• Undertaking professional duties and administrative tasks as reasonably delegated by the Principal;
• Participating in whole Academy planning and policy making;
• Attending staff and other Academy committees and meetings; holding minuted Directorate meetings in line with Academy policy, involving staff in decision making and reporting back discussions and decisions of other appropriate committees and working groups;
• Liaison with appropriate agencies outside of Academy, e.g. LA advisors and inspectors, industry, business and the wider community.

• Have a thorough and up to date knowledge of their subject(s) and should take account of wider curriculum developments that are relevant to their work;
• Consistently and effectively plan lessons and sequences of lessons to meet students’ individual learning needs, including students with special educational needs, and low, middle and high prior attaining students. They should be aware of, and take proper account of the strategies agreed in IEPs (Individual Education Plans) and IBPs (Individual Behaviour Plans);
• Keep an attendance register of students in every lesson and following up absence when necessary;
• Consistently and effectively use a range of appropriate strategies for teaching and classroom management;
• Consistently and effectively use information about prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations for students, and monitor progress to give clear and constructive feedback;
• Be able to make use of the performance data available in the Academy in order to determine how much progress their students are making;
• Take responsibility for their own professional development and use the outcomes to improve their teaching and students’ learning;
• Make an active contribution to implementing the policies and aspirations of the Academy and Trust;
• Be effective professionals who challenge and support all students to do their best;
• Set and maintain high expectations for student behaviour;
• Set a good example to students, for example in terms of appropriate dress, standards of punctuality and attendance;