About the School:

Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, together with the Local Monitoring Committee of both Cape Cornwall School and St Just Primary School, are seeking to appoint a dynamic and committed Teacher of Girls PE for Cape Cornwall School.

Cape Cornwall School is located in St Just in West Penwith, Cornwall. We are the most westerly school on mainland UK – and also one of the smallest secondary schools in the UK. There are sea views across our school fields and we are surrounded by beautiful countryside. Our catchment is broad: we serve St Just as well as surrounding villages. Many of our students bus in from local villages like Pendeen, Sennen, St Buryan and St Levan.

Some of our students travel from Penzance each day in the school minibuses.

Our size is our strength – there are very strong relationships between staff and between students and their families. We all share the desire to achieve the very best for our students, many of whom face significant challenges. We are proud of our school community and the school is a big part of St Just. We participate regularly in community events, and support the wider community, for example with fundraising and participation in local events like the Lafrowda festival and St Piran’s Day.

A key strand to our personal development programme at cape Cornwall School is our ‘Cape Active’ programme. We are strong believers in the power of sport, activity and play within the lives of young people and the positive impact that this can have on progress. As well as our Core PE provision, we encourage activity at break and lunchtimes with large numbers of students participating in organised sport and activity. We structure our PE provision around the themes of ‘Determination’, ‘Excellence’, and ‘Respect’. We use these principles to develop students’ engagement with PE in a way that is fully inclusive.

As a school, we participate fully in both local inter-school competitions as well as national programmes. At KS3, over 90% of our students represent the school in fixtures. We have recently had some incredible success in both cricket and tabletennis. Our U13 cricket team is currently the most successful state school team in the South West.

Truro and Penwith Academy Trust have been at the forefront of innovative practice through the ‘Advantage Project’. For almost 3 years, our children have used iPads to support their learning. Staff receive significant ongoing training as part of our ‘Digital Transformation’ – our work is delivered using ‘Showbie’ as a workflow tool; pedagogy is supported and

underpinned using a range of apps; we also use ‘Jamf Teacher’ as a classroom management system. We have a designated Digital Transformation Lead who has recently qualified as an Apple Learning Coach, and supports our growing confidence in the use of technology.

Our school is also home to our ‘Kites’ Area Resource Base. This is a bespoke provision for children with a range of special educational needs. There are 20 children roll at Kites and we are proud of the interface between ‘Kites’ and the mainstream school. Many of the students registered to ‘Kites’ follow a mainstream academic pathway whilst others have a bespoke curriculum, well-suited to their needs. Where possible, our PE team has a role in the PE provision in ‘Kites’.

Since the start of this academic year, our Headteacher has been Headteacher of St Just Primary School as well as Cape Cornwall School. This has created a fabulous opportunity for the two schools to work together to create one educational journey for the children in St Just from Early Years to 16. This will cover PE as well as other aspects of the curriculum.

About You:

This role will suit someone who is a qualified PE teacher with a passion for the part sport, activity and play can have within children’s lives. They will need to be flexible and

committed to both our Core PE and wider Cape Active programme as well as extracurricular sport and fixtures. They will fully engage with our curriculum principles of ‘Determination’

‘Excellence’ and ‘Respect’.

The successful applicant will be able to confidently teach a range of sports and be confident around the routines associated with PE. They will deliver inspiring and engaging lessons across Years 7-11 and be willing to support ‘Kites’ PE when required. They will have an active role in developing the PE curriculum and Cape Active programme and be prepared to work across both Trust and county networks to refine and improve the provision of PE.

They will need to be a team player, ready to support the wider Cape Cornwall School staff team.

The ability to teach science (with full support and training) may be an advantage but is not essential.

This role would be suitable for an ECT.

Benefits of Working with Us:

As a leading Academy Trust, we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development opportunities alongside family-friendly policies and access to the Local Government/Teachers Pension Schemes. More on our benefits can be found here.