Head of Physical Education - Brent - Permanent

Head of Physical Education

Brent

April or September 2025 start

MPS / UPS

£38,766 - £60,092

Full Time / Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic and qualified teacher of PE to take on the lead role as Head of the PE department. PE is taught as a core subject to classes in Year 7 through to Year 11, and sports and fitness is offered as a 6th from enrichment activity. The school has two gyms, an outdoor MUGA and a recently refurbished and equipped fitness suite. There is scope to further develop and build sports across the school and to introduce PE at GCSE and, in time, at A level. This is a very exciting time to join this happy, successful and thriving school community.

Purpose:

• To uphold and promote the faith values and Catholic life of the school.
• To participate in the Liturgical life of the school.
• To apply the principles of Catholic leadership at all times.
• To establish a vision for excellence across the department, set high expectations of professionalism and ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the aims of the department.
• To ensure the highest quality teaching, learning, marking and assessment is embedded in the department and to model best practice and high standards at all times.
• To provide support and guidance to departmental colleagues as necessary.
• To plan, prepare, resource and deliver the highest quality lessons and learning opportunities for students within an ordered, purposeful, positive and calm environment
• To deliver quality first wave teaching to students of all abilities and aptitudes, providing differentiated materials and tasks, modelling and scaffolding appropriately method and best practice.
• To ensure that setting across the department maximises learning and progress and is a fluid process with students able to move between sets according to performance and outcomes.
• To set and mark work and homework that stretches and challenges students, that promotes reading and enables good and better academic progress to be secured.
• To provide care and support for students, promoting their safety and wellbeing at all times, instilling in them confidence and raising self-esteem.
• To meet all the requirements set out in the Teachers’ Standards and Post-Threshold Standards.
• To support the aims and mission of the school by carrying out all assigned duties effectively and efficiently.
• To fulfil the role of Form Tutor as deployed within the school’s pastoral structure.
• To ensure the department offers engaging and relevant extracurricular groups, clubs and/or societies, that these are marketed in line with the school information to parents and students on clubs on the website, and to monitor the quality of the experiences offered to students.
• To support the wider education and enrichment of students by planning, leading and participating in educational visits and/or supporting departmental colleagues in doing so.
• To line manage the PE staff and act as their annual appraiser.
• To support the school’s preparations for Diocesan section 48 inspection and section 5/section 8 Ofsted inspection.

If you are the Head of PE we have been looking for, then apply today. Shortlisted Teachers will be contacted within 24 hours.

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will have a safeguarding responsibility if appointed.

The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

To apply for this opportunity your detailed CV to Clarus Education now to be considered. We will be contacting those shortlisted within 48 hours of an application.

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