Start Date: September 2026
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Paid to scale
The Role
An ambitious Secondary Academy in Swindon is seeking a professional, high-energy, and exceptionally organised Physical Education (PE) Teacher to join their successful sports faculty. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a department that treats sports science, personal conditioning, and athletic leadership as core pillars of the curriculum, boasting fantastic indoor sports halls, fitness suites, and extensive outdoor performance facilities.
The successful candidate will provide day-to-day instructional leadership across multiple key stages, specializing in exercise physiology, training program design, and sports psychology for GCSE and A-Level exam cohorts, alongside delivering inclusive practical modules across Key Stage 3. Key responsibilities include maintaining precise student fitness and progress tracking records, updating internal tracking software, managing departmental kit inventories, and coordinating an extensive timetable of regional fixtures and sports trials.
You will support crisp communication with parents, regional athletic bodies, and local community sports networks, ensuring that all off-site fixture permissions, health and safety risk assessments, and student athletic metrics are processed with total accuracy. Strong organizational and time-management skills are necessary, as the role requires balancing active practical coaching outdoors with detailed coursework logging and academic theory delivery.
School Information
This is a thriving, well-established 11 to 18 Secondary Academy in Swindon with an exceptional reputation for broad curriculum access, sports development, and pupil wellbeing. The school serves an ambitious regional community and operates with a welcoming, supportive professional ethos.
Pupils are respectful, highly motivated, and engaged in their studies, creating a purposeful, active environment across the sports facilities. Staff are highly supported by a forward-thinking senior leadership team that prioritizes workload reduction, shared resources, and robust professional development paths.
Requirements
A recognized teaching qualification (PGCE, QTS, or equivalent) with a degree in Physical Education or Sports Science
Proven experience teaching GCSE PE and A-Level / Level 3 BTEC Sport specifications
Professional and proactive approach to managing outdoor educational health and safety protocols
Good IT and data tracking capabilities, with confidence using digital learning platform tracking systems
Ability to work effectively and dynamically across extended hours during peak school sports fixture cycles
Application
To apply, please send your comprehensive CV as soon as possible.
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