Head of Department PE
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S72 8RE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6c15afbe-e3c7-4684-bf44-92d39e5f570c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
As a result of a promotion, Outwood Academy Shafton is seeking to appoint an ambitious, dynamic, and inspirational Head of Physical Education to enhance a flourishing and well established P.E department. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner and leader who is passionate about sport, health, and delivering high-quality physical education to all students, as well as the expertise and creativity to further drive standards and outcomes across the subject.
As part of the high-performing Outwood Grange Academies Trust, you will join a supportive network of academies committed to raising standards and transforming lives.
What the school offers its staff
About the Department
Our Physical Education department is a well-established, high-performing team with a strong reputation across the academy and wider community. A dedicated team of five experienced PE specialists, committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning. We offer an excellent enrichment programme offering a wide range of extracurricular activities, leadership opportunities, and competitive sport.
The department is passionate about participation, performance, and personal development. We pride ourselves on fostering teamwork, resilience, and a lifelong love of physical activity. The Department was awarded the prestigious Association for Physical Education Quality Mark with Distinction (2022–2025).
Our Employee Values
As colleagues within Outwood Grange Academies Trust, we are guided by a shared set of employee values that shape our culture and expectations:
We Are a Family –We support one another, collaborate openly, and work as one team for the benefit of our students and community.
Ambition Without Limit –We believe in the limitless potential of every child and every colleague, striving continually for excellence.
Every Interaction Counts –We recognise that every conversation, lesson, fixture, and moment matters in sha no ping student experience and success.
We Turn Our Best into Normal –We set high standards and work relentlessly to make excellence the everyday standard.
We Break Down Barriers –We are committed to inclusion, ensuring that all students can access, enjoy, and succeed in physical education and sport regardless of background or ability.
The successful candidate will embody these values, modelling them through leadership, teaching, and engagement with the wider academy community.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
As a result of a promotion, Outwood Academy Shafton is seeking to appoint an ambitious, dynamic, and inspirational Head of Physical Education to enhance a flourishing and well established P.E department. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner and leader who is passionate about sport, health, and delivering high-quality physical education to all students, as well as the expertise and creativity to further drive standards and outcomes across the subject.
As part of the high-performing Outwood Grange Academies Trust, you will join a supportive network of academies committed to raising standards and transforming lives.
What the school offers its staff
About the Department
Our Physical Education department is a well-established, high-performing team with a strong reputation across the academy and wider community. A dedicated team of five experienced PE specialists, committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning. We offer an excellent enrichment programme offering a wide range of extracurricular activities, leadership opportunities, and competitive sport.
The department is passionate about participation, performance, and personal development. We pride ourselves on fostering teamwork, resilience, and a lifelong love of physical activity. The Department was awarded the prestigious Association for Physical Education Quality Mark with Distinction (2022–2025).
Our Employee Values
As colleagues within Outwood Grange Academies Trust, we are guided by a shared set of employee values that shape our culture and expectations:
We Are a Family –We support one another, collaborate openly, and work as one team for the benefit of our students and community.
Ambition Without Limit –We believe in the limitless potential of every child and every colleague, striving continually for excellence.
Every Interaction Counts –We recognise that every conversation, lesson, fixture, and moment matters in sha no ping student experience and success.
We Turn Our Best into Normal –We set high standards and work relentlessly to make excellence the everyday standard.
We Break Down Barriers –We are committed to inclusion, ensuring that all students can access, enjoy, and succeed in physical education and sport regardless of background or ability.
The successful candidate will embody these values, modelling them through leadership, teaching, and engagement with the wider academy community.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.