Head of PE

A fantastic opportunity has become available to lead our PE department, you will manage, develop and lead the subject to ensure the highest possible standards of academic progress for all students. Our goal is to equip students with the fundamental skills to foster a love for sport and exercise and prepare them for lifelong participation, whether it be for pleasure or employment.

We have an array of outdoor facilities available to use for lessons including a 3G astro turf pitch, tennis courts and school field. Our school has excellent indoor facilities too, including a Sports Hall, an activity studio and a dedicated classroom for those pursuing OCR Cambridge National qualifications.

We offer an impressive range of sports lessons and extracurricular, including non-traditional options that are introduced to students at KS4 often as part of an option block. We have excellent links to the local tennis, rugby, hockey, athletic and running clubs. PE is an important part of the school and is certainly a popular option for students to study at Year 10 and 11.

We pride ourselves on our successful district sports teams, traditionally doing well at Athletics and Basketball. We also enter local and national competitions such as the Essex Cup English Schools FA and the English League Cup.

Our department is made up of experienced teachers, including mentors for PGCE and ECT students from Brighton University. 

The successful candidate will have a proven success of teaching PE. You will have creativity, experience, determination, organisational and team building skills to drive the continued development of this team and the future participation in physical activity for our students.

Maltings is a 11-16 academy based in Witham, Essex. Situated between the city of Chelmsford and Colchester, the academy has 900 students on roll and benefits from a purpose-built building that was constructed in 2011. There are excellent transport links to London which enables our staff and young people to take full advantage of the wealth of opportunities that London provides.

Visits to the academy are welcomed. For an informal discussion about the post, and to arrange a visit please contact Julie Joiner: jjoiner@maltingsacademy.org

Closing date: 9th April 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. Apply today.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.  

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.