Deputy Head of Faculty – Performing Arts / Head of PE

Employer: London Borough Of Waltham Forest

Salary: Grade: Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale. Allowances TLR2B £5,872.00 per annum (Outer London)

Location: Walthamstow School For Girls, Church Hill, Walthamstow, London

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hours: 32.5 hours per week

Closing Date: 21/09/2026 at 09:00

Reference: SCH/26/344483

Required for January 2027

Could you lead a PE department where every student sees themselves as a sportsperson? Do you have the ambition to transform PE and sport at WSFG – raising participation, achievement and aspirations for every student? Are you a dynamic teacher who enjoys sharing your enthusiasm with students in a school that fosters a lifelong love of learning?

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Head of PE. As a member of our Performing Arts faculty, you will be responsible for developing and delivering an innovative PE curriculum. Your outstanding classroom practice will help to inspire our students with your own love of learning. You must be able to demonstrate creativity as well as excellent subject knowledge in teaching a wide range of sports including dance, gymnastics, athletics and a variety of team sports. You should be qualified to teach trampolining.

Committed to ‘bringing out the gift’ in every student, you will play a key role in developing our extra-curricular sports provision, including leading teams at fixtures. You will be passionate about maintaining high standards of teaching and learning and relish the challenge of ensuring that every student is supported to achieve their full potential.

Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We believe passionately in the power of education to create opportunity and empower young women to become leaders of the future. As a truly comprehensive school, we celebrate our diversity and are proud to foster a culture where every student is valued, supported and encouraged to thrive.

Walthamstow School for Girls is committed to Equal Opportunities and to Safer Recruitment practices and procedures. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.

The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent services to all

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.