PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ACADEMY “Our mission is to inspire and motivate pupils to participate in physical activity and promote lifelong engagement in sport. We aim to develop teamwork, creativity, decision making and sportsmanship through providing enjoyable and challenging lessons in the pursuit of sporting excellence. SNA PE Department, 2018 The successful applicant will join a team of four / five highly motivated professionals, in enabling students to maximise their potential by developing a deep understanding of physical performance through engaging, challenging and enjoyable PE lessons. The faculty has a friendly and supportive atmosphere with teaching and learning at the centre of everything we do and staff are supported in continually developing their practice as we all strive for excellence. Development work is routinely carried out as a team due to the positive working relationships within the faculty. We have formed good relationships with the Redhill Academy Trust Maths network and take an active part in the further professional development this provides. Staff have the opportunity to take part in other external, subject-specific professional development. Physical Education is mainly based on the ground floor of our brand new school building that opened in September 2016. Indoor facilities include a specialist teaching room, brand new fitness suite, dance room and main hall. These are complemented by our external floodlit 3G pitch, 7 x tennis courts, grassed areas and a sportshall which will have a £1.2 million refurbishment by September 2018. Teachers are provided with laptops. Key Stage 3 Students are taught in setted, single sex groups and follow a broad curriculum including Football, Rugby, Netball, Cross Country, Dance, Gymnastics, Basketball, Table Tennis Handball, Athletics, Tennis, Cricket and Rounders. Pupils at Key Stage 3 have two lessons of PE per week. Key Stage 4 All students in Year 9 continue to have 2 hours of core PE per week, students in year 10 and 11 have 1 hour of core PE per week. In addition to this students have the option of Btec Sport (Edexcel) or GCSE PE (AQA) which they will study for 5 lessons per fortnight. Pupils also have the option of studying Level 2 Sport Leaders Award in Year 9 or 10. Key Stage 5 Pupils can choose to follow the vocational Btec Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Sport which is the equivalent to 3 A-levels or A-level PE(OCR). The department also offers the Level 3 Higher Sports Leadership Award. Enrichment All PE staff are expected to contribute towards the extra- curricular programme which runs after school from 2.50-3.50pm throughout the year. SNA also has an extensive fixture calendar with other local schools both as part of the Rushcliffe School’s competitions and as part of local and national leagues. We are looking now to add to our team an energetic and enthusiastic teacher who can contribute to the teaching of Years 7-13 as well as the extensive extra-curricular provision and competitions at South Nottinghamshire Academy. In the next two years the department considers its main priorities to be: Continue to improve the progress for all students, with ongoing focus on Most Able Continue to improve the proportion of 5-9 grades at GCSE and D/D* grades at L2 Btec Continue to close the gap in attainment for disadvantaged students Increase the proportion of Key Stage 5 students taking a PE course Emma McCabe Faculty Leader of PE .