Teacher, Sport

We’re looking for a highly motivated individual to teach across a range of sports programmes including BTEC Sport, Sport Science and A Level Physical Education.

You will be expected to have experience of teaching, tutoring and leading sports based academic provision. You will need to hold a relevant degree, teaching qualification and be able to demonstrate experience of teaching at post 16 level. A flexible approach, excellent organisation and good interpersonal skills are required as well as being a proactive team player.

If you enjoy working with young people, are highly motivated and driven to achieve outstanding results through high quality teaching and learning then this post could be for you.

Why join the Faculty of Sport & PE at Exeter College?

• experienced and supportive team over around 50 staff, with a commitment to sharing ideas and resources

• you’ll have a mentor and support from a Tutorial Area Manager and Curriculum Area Manager

• we’ll pay an extra 28% of salary into your pension

• Sunday Times Best Company 

• great benefits, including discounted shopping, bikes, electric cars and watersports

• a focus on staff wellbeing and professional development

• in Exeter city centre, a few minutes from Exeter St David’s and Exeter Central train stations

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Alex Boyle, Head of Faculty for Sport and Physical Education on 01392 400430.

* Please note, this vacancy is a permanent 0.5 FTE role with remaining hours on a variable hours contract at a rate of £32.23 per teaching hour (please note the hourly rate includes an element for planning, marking and holiday pay). We are looking for a candidate who is interested in working close to full-time hours, and expect to be able to offer approximately 850–900 teaching hours per academic year across the Faculty.

This role will commence from Wednesday 19th August, 2026.

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Benefits

We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.

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The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Thursday 18th June 2026 at midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter; date to be confirmed.

No CVs or agencies please.

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

**The 55 days paid holidays quoted include at least 7 Christmas closure days and 8 bank holidays