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Teacher of PE (Female) - Full-time

Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

  • Ref:KCC886-5455-378T
  • Posted:03/02/2023
  • Pay:MPS commensurate with experience
  • Start Date:September 2023
  • App Close Date:20/02/2023 at 13:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Please note - Hayesbrook Academy will be known as Leigh Academy Tonbridge as of September 2023

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Teacher of  PE to join our collaborative department. Leigh Academy Tonbridge will formally open its doors to its first co-ed cohort in September 2023. The academy has been on a journey of transformational change since joining Leigh Academies Trust in September 2021, with Ofsted describing students’ behaviour and attitudes as ‘exceptional’ in the graded inspection of December 2022.

As we welcome our first female students into the academy, we would like to recruit a female member of staff to join our successful PE department. Sport is a huge part of the culture at our academy and the successful candidate will be instrumental in establishing a broad formal and extra-curricular offering for our female students. Please note that the ability to teach a second subject such as maths, science or geography at KS3 would be an advantage.​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​We can offer the opportunity to join a school that offers significant support for staff internally, and also benefit from support from the wider Trust on the new curriculum and raising standards. Whatever the stage of your career, you will receive outstanding professional development and work in a community of dedicated and happy colleagues.

At Leigh Academy Tonbridge you can expect;

  • Impeccable student behaviour in classrooms and around the academy
  • High levels of focus in students.
  • A supportive academy with visible leadership that support teachers to develop.
  • Students who are committed to their learning and want to do their very best.
  • Students who work well together and show the highest level of respect towards each other and towards members of staff
  • The opportunity to be part of a team that highly values your wellbeing.

What we are offering:

  • Opportunities to teach Key Stages 3,4 and 5.
  • Professional coaching and support.
  • A bespoke CPD programme.
  • A thriving social and community ethos.

We’d like to hear from you if you are:

  • Collaborative, building strong professional relationships.
  • Able to motivate and inspire students to achieve their full potential
  • Energetic with a ‘can do’ attitude.​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​This is a permanent role offering Main Pay Scale, commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will join us from September 2023.

Information about the school

Core values of integrity, courage and imagination underpin all that we do. We are unrelenting in our mission to teach those that we have the privilege to care for to do the right thing, to make courageous choices and to ignite their curiosity and imagination. Our students will leave the academy with the qualifications and skills to access the very best universities, apprenticeships and careers to which they aspire.

As a local resident and parent, I am personally invested in ensuring Leigh Academy Tonbridge plays an instrumental role in shaping the lives of our young people and the local community. As educators, we are driven by a united purpose: to maximise the future opportunities of every young person that passes through our door. The wellbeing and success of every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

Building on the strengths of our legacy school, Hayesbrook Academy, Leigh Academy Tonbridge will always be an institution that values and nurtures every young person in our care. Our small school model means that every child will be known, cared for and challenged to succeed. As has always been the case at Hayesbrook, we will continue to value the partnerships with our families recognising the critical value of the home-school partnership in ensuring the success of every child.

Leigh Academy Tonbridge is an inspirational community, with high-standards of discipline creating disruption free classrooms and a broad, innovative digital curriculum, underpinned by the principles of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. Our curriculum is knowledge rich, promotes diversity of thought and creates a framework within which students explore, understand and appreciate the power and application of knowledge in real global contexts. Through the implementation of our curriculum students mature into reflective and resilient learners who can work both independently and collaboratively to overcome challenges, are confident critical thinkers and master lifelong learning. We provide all of our students with a Chromebook to develop their digital skills and to enrich their learning in their classrooms and to support their independent study.

Our students flourish, becoming curious, caring and culturally astute young people as they move on to higher education or employment. They leave with a broad skill set and the versatility to embrace the future challenges of the modern world.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Talent Team
  • Address:Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
  • Telephone: 01634 412200
  • Email: office@latrust.org.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.