This vibrant 11-16 school with a roll of 1,500 has excellent facilities in all subject areas. It is committed to high quality inclusive education and some fifty per cent of students are multi-lingual. The school has achieved a range of nationally accredited awards and was rated by Ofsted in 2013 as Good with Outstanding Leadership and Behaviour.

‘Students are motivated by enthusiastic teachers who have strong subject knowledge and use a variety of teaching methods and resources to help the students to learn and achieve well’. Ofsted, February 2013

Outstanding student progress – SSAT Educational Outcomes Award in 2013

Kingsford Community School’s pupil progress is within the top 10% of all school – 2012, 2013 and 2014

We are seeking a well-qualified, innovative and enthusiastic teacher to be a Subject Leader for PE. The successful candidate will have a passion for teaching PE; demonstrate good leadership and management skills, high standards and success at raising progress and attainment.

For this teaching post, we are looking to appoint someone who:

Is talented, dynamic and an ambitious teacher, who can build on the success of the Learning Area and ensure good progress for pupils.
Has experience of teaching PE with very good outcomes at KS3 and KS4.
Can inspire and lead high quality teaching and learning.
Can engage pupils of all abilities and raise standards.
An outstanding teacher and subject specialist with a track record of securing excellent GCSE examination results for both individual classes and year groups.
Skilled at fostering independent and collaborative student-led learning.
Has the ability to create and plan a PE curriculum that will develop pupil’s skills and their love for learning in the 21st century.
Has a track record of securing successful pupil outcomes in GCSE examinations.
A teacher of English Language and mathematic skills within the context of teaching PE.

We can offer

A committed and successful Learning Area Team
Encouragement for innovation and creativity
A supportive and collaborative environment and the opportunity to achieve significant career development as you prepare for further promotion.

Previous experience of a role in an educational setting is desirable. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced CRB check. Only applications submitted on the schools agreed application form will be considered.

Kingsford Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in accordance with DFE Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment regulations. The school expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For any further enquiries regarding this vacancy, please visit our website http://www.kingsfordschool.org.uk/ or email Lorna Robertson, Recruitment Officer at: recruitment@kingsford.newham.sch.uk or telephone on 020 7476 4700, ext. 118.

The closing date for receiving completed application forms is 9.00a.m. on Tuesday 21st April 2015

Head Teacher Joan Deslandes MA