Director of Sport & Physical Education
Queen Elizabeth School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9AG14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
31 March 2026 at 1pm
Date listed
24 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £61,534.00 - £69,596.00 Annually (Actual) L8 to L13
Director of Sport & Physical Education job summary
Be part of our journey…
Since relaunching in September 2021 with a new name and a new ethos, Queen Elizabeth School is quickly establishing itself as a centre for excellence. We are on a mission to “empower our students to achieve academic excellence through aspiration and innovation”. With the support of a highly ambitious leadership team and surrounded by colleagues who are passionate about the whole student experience, and with our new sixth form, QE6 which opened in September 2023, now is a fantastic time to join our forward thinking school.
Whatever their role in the school, all of our colleagues share a passion for learning and working with the next generation.
Situated on the Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire border and close to the market town of Hitchin, the school also benefits from being within five minutes drive of idyllic countryside locations, yet being 5 minutes from the M1 and London Luton Airport.
We are now looking for a Director of Sport & Physical Education to join our team. This is a key position in the leadership of the school as we look to build on the impressive improvements we have already made, working as part of a team of directors across the school. The Director of Sport & PE will provide strategic leadership and operational management of Physical Education, school sport, and enrichment activities across the school. The school has excellent facilities for both indoor and outdoor sports including sports hall, activity study, dance studio and a modern fitness suite with resistance and cardio-vascular equipment and extensive free weights, 3G all-weather floodlit pitch, outdoor netball/tennis courts, outdoor basketball court, x2 outdoor long/triple jump pits, extensive well drained fields for rugby and football and an artificial cricket wicket. This role would be ideal for someone who has been a Subject Leader, Head of Department or held other leadership responsibilities and is looking to take the next steps into senior leadership.
The successful candidate will be tasked with further developing our curriculum, working closely with subject leaders to embed outstanding practice and ensure that our signature approach to teaching and learning is evident through each subject and in every lesson.
Find out more about Queen Elizabeth School, from the voices of our school community here https://www.qesluton.co.uk/Choose-QES/.
We welcome visits from all prospective staff to Queen Elizabeth School.
Key duties
Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across subjects and phases, based on evidence
Establish curriculum leadership including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities
Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively
Create a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life
Uphold educational standards in order to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
Carry out appraisal and hold staff to account for their performance
Treat students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect
Ensure staff and students’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care
The successful candidate will
Share our values of ambition, integrity, determination and kindness
Hold an absolute commitment to exceptional standards
Be a consummate professional
Be a team player with an understanding that excellence can only be achieved by working together
Have a passion for their subject and ensuring students progress
Benefits
Work in a state of the art building with outstanding IT, sporting and performance facilities
Excellent opportunities for progression- we will always seek to promote from within in the first instance
Outstanding professional development opportunities, both from our internal CPD programme and through our partnership organisations
Season ticket loan
Use of our on site fitness suite
Bike to work scheme
Opportunities to support extra curricular activities domestically and internationally
Ample staff parking and excellent transport links
Subsidised staff accommodation available
Start date: September 2026
Salary: Leadership scale, salary negotiable
Job Role: Permanent, Full-time
Recruitment Timeline:
Position advertised: 24/02/2026
Closing date for applications: 31/03/2026
Final Shortlisting: TBC
Interviews: TBC
Safeguarding
Queen Elizabeth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as: “Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Queen Elizabeth School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1264 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen Elizabeth School website
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