Head of Physical Education

As the Head of Physical Education at All Saints Catholic School, you will be responsible for leading the PE Department and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, engaging, and inclusive PE education for all pupils. You will be a passionate advocate of sport and physical education, committed to fostering fitness, a passion for sport and sporting excellence. Your role will be pivotal in shaping the school’s physical education curriculum and aligning it with the school’s Catholic ethos and values along with upholding the teaching standards within your department.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Leadership and Management

• Provide strategic leadership and vision for the PE Department, aligning it with the school’s overall vision and values.
• Lead the development, implementation, innovation and evaluation of the PE curriculum, ensuring it is challenging, progressive, and responsive to the needs of all pupils.
• Manage and support the PE Department team, including teachers and support staff, ensuring they are motivated, developed, and working collaboratively towards shared goals.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning in PE, providing constructive feedback and support to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage the PE Department’s budget and resources, ensuring they are used effectively to enhance the learning experience for pupils.
• Be accountable for the progress that line managed teams make towards meeting the schools’ statutory targets and strategic objectives for pupil performance
• Attend meetings with staff, parents and outside agencies, providing reports and information as required

OUR SCHOOL: 

All Saints Catholic School is an Outstanding Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and within the Diocese of Brentwood, with good transport links to central London.

All Saints Catholic School has over 1400 students from year 7 to 13. The school achieves excellent exam results, with a Progress 8 score of 0.45 (well above average). We have received an Educational Outcomes award for being in the top 12 percent of schools in the country for progress.

Our core values of Respect, Understanding, Affection and Humour underpin all aspects of our pastoral and academic daily routines. Our 2024 Ofsted judged us to be an Outstanding school, highlighting that “the school successfully encourages pupils to demonstrate its core values, which include respect and understanding others. In addition to this, pupils meet the school’s exceedingly high academic expectations and achieve very well”.

We have won a number of awards which reflect our inclusive approach to education, including being awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award and the Inclusion Quality Mark, this is indicative of our “One in Christ” motto that we apply every day to everyone that is a part of the school community.

Our learning is based on the transcendental values of truth, goodness and beauty. We encourage pupils to discover truth, develop a sense of goodness and appreciate beauty in the world around them.

Please watch our school videos available at: http://allsaintsschool.co.uk/ to get a further insight into life at All Saints.

Why work here?

·        Ambitious CPD programme aimed to make the best possible teachers and supporting career development

·        Enthusiastic and aspiring pupils

·        Interactive screens in each classroom

·        Free use of the school gym and staff yoga

·        Inner London Pay Scale

·        Staff wellbeing lunches and an active school wellbeing team

·        Hot meals provided for staff on open evenings and parent evenings

·        Teaching and Learning forums for staff to examine different aspects of pedagogy

·        A mentoring and coaching programme for staff

Closing Date: Monday 9th December at 9am