Teacher of Girls Physical Education in Leicester

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher of Girls Physical Education to join our very strong and successful faculty with an excellent record of exam results. The successful candidate should have the ability to teach GCSE and/or Cambridge Nationals and deliver high quality Physical Education lessons across the curriculum. We are looking for someone who is energetic, committed and professional to join our vibrant and dynamic department.

Rushey Mead Academy prides itself on a thriving and varied extra-curricular physical activity enrichment provision to encourage all groups of learners to participate and flourish. Commitment to the extra-curricular provision is essential and the successful candidate will be expected to play a full part in delivering the extensive extra-curricular programme.

Our Physical Education faculty are a passionate, supportive, and high performing team with a forward thinking and innovative attitude and we are looking for someone who can contribute to the already high standards within this area. This is a great opportunity to teach within a dynamic department and work with motivated and enthusiastic students.

Rushey Mead Academy is well placed to offer a comprehensive support package to ECTs from all routes into teaching, including PGCE, SCITT, Schools Direct and Teach First. Both new and established teachers will be supported and encouraged to develop their practice by engaging in the numerous opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with colleagues within our Professional Learning programme.

Rushey Mead Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) which is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. The Trust draws its educational excellence from the established track record of the high-quality education provision of Rushey Mead Academy, the Trust's convertor academy. TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that together we make a positive difference.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check. This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind-overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.

How to apply: If you are interested in this post, please complete the application form online. A letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate for the position should accompany your completed application form.

Closing Date: Friday 17th April, 12pm

Interview Date: Tuesday 28th April 2026

Rushey Mead Academy is committed to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
• Equal opportunities and equal value for staff and students, prevention of discrimination in its many forms

NO AGENCIES OR CVs PLEASE. If we have not contacted you within 4 weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.