Director of Sport & Physical Wellbeing

Role: Director of Sport and Physical Wellbeing

Leading the strategy for all Primary and Secondary children

Location: Oasis Academy Hadley

Salary: Leadership Pay Scale Outer London L1 to L5 plus £2000 Bonus

Hours: Full time

Contract: Permanent

Start date: Easter 2026 or sooner

Oasis Academy Hadley is a special place to work. Unique in its set up as a single school educating pupils aged 2 – 19, with strong community ties, joining the team here means joining the Hadley family. Driven by a successful, enthusiastic and authentic leadership team, the Academy is going from strength to strength with excellent rates of attainment, and most importantly, pupil empowerment and success on a personal level.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious person to lead our sports development strategy for our academy. You\’ll lead a motivated team to increase opportunity and engagement in sports for all ages. You will bring innovation and a passion for delivering the very best learning experiences. We want someone who is keen to put their stamp on the Sports department to take us to the next level, whilst retaining our commitment to inclusion.

The Sports department is fortunate to be well‑resourced with access to a range of physical equipment aimed at different age groups. We are also an Apple school, and all our teachers and children have their own iPad.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Leading the Sports department to ensure that high quality teaching is offered to children in all age groups
• Establishing a stimulating environment for all children and actively promoting a love of sport.
• Developing an engaging curriculum with colleagues, using innovative approaches in line with the vision and ethos of the Academy

You’ll Bring

A full job description is attached to this vacancy.

• A passion for delivering top quality teaching and learning experiences and the ability to coach and mentor others to do the same
• A desire to continue to strive for excellence and continuous improvement
• An ability to liaise with a range of sporting stakeholders to promote and encourage physical wellbeing through a range of sports and competitions.

Our offer to you

• We offer high quality support and CPD to all our teachers.
• A commitment to your personal and professional development, with a wealth of support and guidance available, both at Academy level and from OCL trust specialists in everything from best practice to pedagogy
• Access to the OCL curriculum resource bank
• Joining a warm and welcoming school family
• A wide range of store discounts and benefits via our dedicated platform
• Free access to our gym facilities
• Places available for your children in nursery/reception/primary groups
• Great transport link as situated next to Ponders End station with easy access to Central London

Application process

If you’re interested and you would like to know more, we welcome conversations or school visits. Start your application to find out how to arrange this.

Or, if you can’t wait to apply and start the conversation at an interview – please click ‘fast apply’ to complete the application form and tell us all about you, your experience and how your ambition to see every student succeed matches ours.

If you intend to apply, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications as they are submitted and holding interviews in line with this. This could result in the advert closing before the advertised date.

Attachments

Job Pack – Director of Sport & Physical Wellbeing January 2026

Safeguarding Statement

Oasis Academy Hadley is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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