Job Description

Crown Hills Community College

Leicester
28,517 - 28,518 per year


Expiring soon

Job type:

Full Time, Temporary

Start date:

21 August 2025

Apply by:

7 July 2025

Job overview

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Dear prospective applicant,

Thank you for expressing an interest in this key vacancy as part of the Inspire Together team based at our college.

Over the last six years we have been on a journey to try and make this school not only one of the best schools for children to attend but also one of the best schools to work in as a member of staff. That is extremely rare, and we urge you to come and see us in action, speak to the staff and speak to the students. Every decision that we take is done with a lot of thought and consideration and we put wellbeing at the centre, so that teachers can teach, and students can learn.


This podcast and article by the Youth Sport Trust gives you a glimpse of our approach at Crown Hills Community College - Well Schools Podcast - Episode 2 CHCC.


There is always a tension between wellbeing and accountability, but I do believe that we are getting closer to finding the sweet spot between the two. Although it is not the end of our journey, we have been recognised for the work we do in this area; we have won the wellbeing school of the year award and have also been shortlisted for the prestigious Pearson's Award for secondary school of the year 2023.

Inspire Together are an innovative, not-for-profit organisation who have developed a network of schools and partner organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of young people. We work across six key-strands to strive towards our vision: 'Every young person enjoys being active so they have the long-term benefits of a healthy, happy lifestyle'.

The Physical Activity Project O fficer post is a new fixed-term role created to deliver on a successful Tennis Foundation Innovation Funding application, using tennis as a vehicle to increase activity levels of girls and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in areas of Leicester targeted as inactive through collaboration with our partners at Leicester City Council Public Health. We hope that through the success of the programme there maybe the opportunity to access further funding, extending the programme beyond the initial term. Although the project is focussed around tennis delivery and development of the game in schools and community settings, a specific tennis qualification is not essential to be the successful applicant for the role. It is expected that a formal tennis qualification will be gained as part of the o fficer's CPD, supported by Inspire Together & Crown Hills CC. If you have no previous tennis coaching experience we suggest that you could access and complete the LTA's Primary School Teacher Training as a minimum to support your application. You'll need to create a login to access the free online training which will take approximately 2 hours to complete (website in attached pack).

These are indeed exciting times to join us and make a difference to the lives of others.

We have a very different approach and we are trying to create a very different culture at CHCC and Inspire Together, a culture whereby those in leadership do not hold authority and deserve to be followed; leaders at CHCC have to earn the right to lead and we welcome and appreciate challenge if we do not live up to the standards that are expected of us.

The THIRST values permeate all that we do and are a framework that staff can hold leaders to account for the way that they lead. We have high expectations, but we will provide the support, training and resources for you to deliver the best possible education for our students.


We are very clear that the gender, background, colour, poverty, wealth or social status of a child should have no bearing on how well they perform, and staff here work extremely hard in trying to close that gap between the different groups of pupils.


As a result, we have improved our headline figures year on year and initial analysis places us in the top 12% of schools nationally for progress, although we know that we can still do better.

I would urge you to read our Wellbeing charter that provides you with an understanding of things that we do to just make your job that little bit easier, not tokenistic but just genuine little things that help.

Please read the attached job description and person specification. If you are interested in applying, please fill in the application form available on our eteach portal, please include e-mail addresses of all referees, together with a letter of application (no more than 2 sides of A4, font 12) outlining your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to this post by 9am on Monday 7th July 2025. Please include your cover letter in the supporting statement section.

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 7th July 2025


Interviews likely to be Thursday 10th July


Start date 21st August 2025

I look forward to receiving your application.


Yours sincerely,


Mr F Adam
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Crown Hills Community College

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Crown Hills Community College

Gwendolen Road, Leicester
Leicestershire
LE5 5FT
United Kingdom

+44 116 273 6893

Our aim has always been to make Crown Hills Community College one of the best schools to attend as a child and to work in as a member of staff.



The last few years have been amazing for our college community, as we have started to gain external recognition for the way we are doing things; from being shortlisted twice for the TES well-being school of the year in 2022 and 2023, to being one of five schools to win the Silver Award for the Pearson's secondary school of the year.



Every decision that we take is done with a lot of thought and consideration and we put well-being at the centre, so that teachers can teach and students can learn.



Therefore, we are not a college that is driven by OFSTED and whether we are GOOD or OUTSTANDING but we do things because they are at the very essence of helping our children and school community to be the best that they can be.



We have nearly 200 staff and 1500 students. Our mission is simple, we want every student to be the best that they can be, thrive in the best possible career and contribute positively to society.



We are very clear that the gender, background, colour, financial or social status of a child should have no bearing on how well they perform and staff here work extremely hard in trying to close that gap between the different groups of pupils.



We are well oversubscribed, even though we have increased our PAN from 240 to 300 pupils, we have more applicants than we have spaces. Our P8 score has also increased year on year and we have fluctuated between the top 12% and 20% of schools nationally. We are particularly proud that our PP pupils achieved a score of +0.17 in 2023.

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