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Andrew Potter

Andrew Potter

Ossett,West Yorkshire

Summary

Dedicated Physical Education specialist with a strong background in creating positive and encouraging learning environments. Expertise in lesson planning, tutoring, and personalised learning to meet diverse student needs. Proven ability to promote team cohesion, excellent classroom management, and student motivation through age-appropriate lesson planning and differentiated instruction. Skilled in public speaking, verbal and writing communication, and implementing effective behavioural interventions. Committed to fostering a positive atmosphere that enhances student engagement and success.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Sport

Fulneck School
Pudsey
- 04.2025

- A-Level, BTEC Sport Level 3, OCR & AQA GCSE PE, Level 3 Sports Leadership delivery

- Ensuring the sports programme throughout the school provided breadth, opportunity and enjoyment for every student

- Organise whole school events such as sports photographs, sports presentation evenings, assemblies

- Ensure the sports tour programme was competitive, diverse and inclusive

- Organise and chair meetings with staff and parents and ensure that clear communication is established with tutors, Heads of Section and SLT where necessary

- Line Manage and co-ordinate the school's programme of extra-curricular activities

Managing Director

AJPsports LTD
- 04.2025

- Organise and staff community-based sports camps at venues

- Devise, plan and implement key strategic ideas through analysing the market to develop business growth

- Creatively market/advertise through social media and through our website

- Build cohesive teams, in order to work towards their full potential towards a common theme of ‘Have FUN, Play Sports!'

- Communicate and negotiate with staff and external managers in order to obtain venues and agree costings

Head of Sport

Silcoates School
Wakefield

- Provide an opportunity for elite sports players to have access to additional provision and representative opportunity

- Ensure a fixture list that was competitive and appropriate

- Prepare the annual budget of £22,000 and keep an accurate record of money spent

- Ensure sport engaged with the local community and with local schools

- Ensure the Sport Twitter feed was maintained and regularly updated

Head of Year 7

Silcoates School
Wakefield

- Lead the year group of form tutors in a managerial and pastoral capacity

- Contribute school wide ideas and new ways of working with students

- Review and implement pupil progress and change

- Implement and monitor procedures for underperforming students

- Monitoring data and discussing results with staff, teachers and the SLT and decide on an appropriate action plan

- Refer and keep contact with outside agencies in relation to pupil behaviour, safeguarding, child protection and welfare


Education

PGCE - Secondary Physical Education

De Montfort University
Leicester

BSc (Hons) - Health & Sports Studies

University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield
1998 - 2001

Skills

  • Physical Education
  • Positive and encouraging
  • Public speaking
  • Lesson planning
  • Tutoring
  • Personalised Learning
  • Age-appropriate lesson planning
  • Differentiated instruction specialist
  • Verbal and writing communication
  • Positive atmosphere promotion
  • Team cohesion
  • Excellent classroom management
  • Student motivation
  • Behavioural interventions

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Personal Information

  • Age: 45
  • Date of birth: 02/10/80

Timeline

Director of Sport

Fulneck School
- 04.2025

Managing Director

AJPsports LTD
- 04.2025

Head of Sport

Silcoates School

Head of Year 7

Silcoates School

PGCE - Secondary Physical Education

De Montfort University

BSc (Hons) - Health & Sports Studies

University of Huddersfield
1998 - 2001
Andrew Potter