Head of PE in Enfield

Leading the sport and wellbeing strategy for all Primary and Secondary children.

Location: Oasis Academy Hadley

Salary: Leadership pay scale (Outer London) L1 to L5 plus £2000 starting bonus

Hours: Full time

Contract: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Shape a love of sport and commitment to wellbeing that lasts a lifetime. Oasis Academy Hadley is a unique, all-through academy where children and young people aged 2 to 19 learn, play, and thrive together. We are proud of our warm community spirit, strong leadership and excellent outcomes, and we are on an exciting journey. We are looking for an ambitious leader to take our Sport & Wellbeing provision to the next level.

Why this role? You will set and deliver our sports and whole-school wellbeing strategy, leading a motivated team to increase participation, widen opportunity and champion healthy habits - from our nursery pupils through to sixth formers. If you love innovating, building inclusive programmes and developing colleagues, this is a role where your impact will be felt every day.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and inspire the Sports & Wellbeing team to deliver high-quality teaching and enrichment across all age groups (2-19).
• Design an engaging, inclusive, PE and wellbeing curriculum, aligned to our ethos, which promotes physical literacy, resilience, and healthy lifestyles.
• Grow participation and pathways, from inclusive activity and active play to competitive sport and leadership opportunities.
• Champion whole-school wellbeing, working closely with pastoral, inclusion, and safeguarding teams to embed evidence-informed approaches that support students’ physical and mental wellbeing.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, sharing best practice and elevating teaching, assessment, and enrichment.
• Build partnerships with local clubs and community organisations to broaden opportunities, events, and competitions for students.

What you will bring:

• A passion for exceptional teaching and learning, and the skill to coach and mentor others to the same standard.
• A relentless drive for excellence and continuous improvement in both sport and wellbeing, and resilience to embed this across the team.
• The ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders to promote physical activity, wellbeing, and competitive opportunities for all students.
• A commitment to inclusion, ensuring every pupil sees themselves reflected in our curriculum and feels confident to participate.

What makes Hadley special?

• Well-resourced sports department with equipment for every stage of development.
• We are technology driven - every teacher and student has an iPad to enhance learning and engagement.
• A genuinely all-through context: unique scope to shape PE and wellbeing from early years to post-sixteen.
• A warm, welcoming culture - join a team that genuinely looks after one another and our community.

Our offer to you:

• High-quality CPD and support for every teacher, and a committed and engaged academy leadership team.
• Access to Oasis Community Learning specialists (best practice, pedagogy, curriculum) and the OCL curriculum resource bank.
• Free on-site gym access.
• Retail discounts & benefits via our dedicated platform.
• Nursery/Reception/Primary places for your children (subject to availability).
• Excellent transport links, we are based right by Ponders End station with easy access to Central London.

Visit us and apply! We would love to meet you. School visits and conversations are warmly welcomed. Start your application to arrange a visit. Ready to go? Click ‘Fast Apply’ to tell us about you, your experience and how your ambition for every student’s sporting success and wellbeing matches ours.

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.