Curriculum Leader - PE
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - September 2025 to at least February 2026 (may extend to Easter 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Main/Upper
What skills and experience we're looking for
Roll. No. 1093, 296 in Sixth Form
CURRICULUM LEADER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION - Maternity Leave Cover
September 2025-February 2026 (may extend to Easter 2026)
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Curriculum Leader of PE to join an outstanding department and teach bright, well-motivated pupils in a supportive environment. The department is looking for an excellent all-rounder, however, expertise in netball and GCSE PE, and preferably prior experience in middle leadership, are essential. The PE department at TWGGS has a strong tradition of, and commitment to, extra curricular activities, and an ability to make a full contribution to this programme of works is essential, including umpiring netball fixtures and running weekly KS3 netball training.
TWGGS is an 11-18 girls’ selective school of about a thousand pupils, where girls are encouraged to be as active beyond the curriculum as they are within it. Trips, visits and extra-curricular activities are unrivalled in the state sector, but, more importantly, it is an amazingly happy, positive community to be part of.
The successful candidate will be a part of a department of four in this very popular oversubscribed school, where the teaching of PE is compulsory from Years 7 to 13. Pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 have two 1 hour lessons of PE a week and in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 pupils have one 1 hour lesson a week. At present the KS3 areas of study include Games, Fitness, Dance, Gymnastics, Athletics, Orienteering within the winter terms, and the successful candidate would be expected to teach in all of these areas.
The department has enjoyed recent success in:
- Hockey National Finalists U16
- Hockey Regional Finalists U14
- Hockey County Finalists U12
- Netball County Finalists U14
- Netball County Winners U12
- British Schools Gymnastics Milano National Finalists U16
- Trampolining Regional South Finalists U16
As a department we offer a wide variety of extra-curricular activities for all to attend with help from other members of staff within the school, as well as from sports prefects and pupil volunteers. Pupils throughout the school both enjoy, and are actively involved in, sporting and fitness activities; the school has a strong ethos of recognising and celebrating its sporting activities and achievements alongside a range of cultural and community pursuits.
If you would relish the opportunity to join TWGGS and get involved in this busy, happy community, application is by completion of the application form available on our website, accompanied by a letter stating why you feel your strengths, skills and experience best fit you for this post. Deadline for applications: 9am Wednesday 30 April with interviews week beginning Tuesday 6 May. Applications will be urgently considered on receipt. If you have not heard from us by 24th May, please assume that, unfortunately, your application has not been successful. We would like to wish you well in your future career whether at TWGGS or elsewhere.
Katie Marchant, Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
TWGGS is a diverse and inclusive school and we aim to recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds who add value to our pupils and who share our vision and ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As such, the successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
- At least one member of each interview panel will have completed Safer Recruitment Training and understanding of child safeguarding will be asked at every interview.
- References will be taken up at the selection stage and an enhanced DBS is required for all applicants.
- We will also carry out online searches for all shortlisted candidates related to suitability to work with children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to michelle.clarke@twggs.kent.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1042 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School website
- Email address
- michelle.clarke@twggs.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01892 520902
TWGGS is a diverse and inclusive school and we aim to recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds who add value to our pupils and who share our vision and ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As such, the successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). TWGGS is an equal opportunities employer and an Ofsted Outstanding school.
Arranging a visit to Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email michelle.clarke@twggs.kent.sch.uk.
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