PE Cover Teacher

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified PE Cover Teacher who is ambitious and passionate about education to join our team at Briscoe Primary School & Nursery.

The successful candidate will provide Trust-wide PE subject leadership and high-quality PPA cover, planning, developing and delivering inclusive and engaging PE lessons across the school, including curriculum development, standards monitoring and promoting participation in sport.

Delivery and enhancement of the extra-curricular sports provision, including before and after school clubs, organising school and Trust level sporting events, whilst maintaining partnerships will be key to this role.

Our pupils deserve only the best, so we are looking for a Teacher who is highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative and fun. You will share our passion that all pupils deserve to receive teaching that enables them to reach their full potential. Our staff truly place children at the HEART of what they do.

Please refer to the full job description and person specification.

We can offer you:

• A supportive and inclusive culture
• A bespoke workload and well-being charter
• A unique and innovative four-day, face-to-face teaching week model (80/20)
• A two-week October half-term break
• HEARTS Days (thank you/wellbeing days)
• Close working with a Trust of six schools, to reduce workload and aid support 
• Excellent classroom support from experienced classroom assistants 
• The opportunity to work with our lovely children and school community 
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Competitive salary
• Excellent training and a commitment to professional development
• HEARTS ethos, vision and values with 'happiness' of children, parents and staff a priority  
• Cycle to work scheme
• Membership to the Confederation Schools Trust
• Internal and external networking opportunities

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact the School Office: briscoe.admin:heartsacademy.uk or [phone removed]

Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?

The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.

HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:

• Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
• Professional development opportunities
• Access to our Trust Counsellor
• Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
• Additional week’s leave during October
• Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights
• Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the Trust
• On request, and if appropriate, flexible working

For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/

We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.

HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.

HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.

To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here

If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact [email removed] / [phone removed]. We will be happy to discuss this with you.