Head of PE
| Posting date: | 18 April 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0SP |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7ae6b2f5-d9b0-4f72-b3f5-64dfc4ea21a1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will have the ability to provide effective curriculum planning and implementation of PE across all key stages. You will be responsible for managing the work of all staff in your department, ensuring, through consistent implementation, that the academy meets all of its obligations to staff and pupils.
What the school offers its staff
You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
• A strong commitment to professional development
• We strive to be a family-friendly employer
• Employee counselling service
• Cycle to work scheme
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.
The successful candidate will have the ability to provide effective curriculum planning and implementation of PE across all key stages. You will be responsible for managing the work of all staff in your department, ensuring, through consistent implementation, that the academy meets all of its obligations to staff and pupils.
What the school offers its staff
You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
• A strong commitment to professional development
• We strive to be a family-friendly employer
• Employee counselling service
• Cycle to work scheme
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.