18 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    31 March 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

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

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership 1-3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Royal School are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Director of Sport to join our thriving all-through school. The ability to teach a range of sports in both primary and senior school including GCSE PE and Cambridge National Sport Studies to both KS4 and KS5 is desirable. This post would suit a secondary trained teacher.

The PE department is increasingly popular with pupils and an extensive range of extra-curricular sporting activities has contributed to achieving Sportsmark Gold in both the primary and secondary phase. The PE department holds a range of city titles and has represented Wolverhampton in the Black Country games in a variety of sports in all phases. A commitment to after school clubs is essential, and the desire to fulfil the extensive fixture calendar is a priority. The ability to drive a minibus is desirable and training can be provided. The Royal School has its own dedicated sports centre including a 25m swimming pool, fitness room, astro-turf, pitches and courts and is expecting new facilities as part of our rebuild and refurbishment programme.

Are you the person to stretch, challenge, support and inspire our students in and outside of the classroom?

What the school offers its staff

The school’s distinctive ethos and culture where a truly holistic view of the personal development of the child is central to all that we do. The wider ‘enrichment’ programme at this all-through 4-19 boarding and day school is essential and helps develop confident pupils well equipped for life beyond the school. All staff contribute to this extensive programme with their personal interests and to join in with existing activities.

As a result of The Royal School’s excellent CPD programme and the supportive sport team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to: develop professionally; improve and extend their knowledge; develop skills and experience; share outstanding and innovative practice; and contribute to the development of an exciting, challenging and supportive learning environment in and outside of the classroom.

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

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About The Royal School, Wolverhampton

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 19
Education phase
Through
School size
1493 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
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School website
The Royal School, Wolverhampton website
Email address
lcallaway@theroyal.school
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Thank you for your interest in the post here at The Royal School,
Wolverhampton (RSW). To help you decide on whether this is the school
for you it is important to understand where we have come from and where
we are going.
The school is built upon a combination of things; it’s unique heritage,
record of academic excellence, outstanding educational environment, and the full support and endorsement of our Patron, the Earl of Wessex.
From this, the Governors and leadership team are committed to supporting wider access for pupils, of all abilities and backgrounds, to add to The Royal’s rich and diverse educational offer.
The Royal School, Wolverhampton offers a unique proposition to families
in Wolverhampton and its surrounding area of an ‘all-through’, 4-19, coeducational, nondenominational day and state boarding school, with the capacity over time to provide for 1500 pupils, through a carefully managed programme of growth.
Whilst remaining fully non-selective and dedicated to supporting pupils in
need, this change process has enabled RSW to combine its traditional
values and academic offer with a global perspective. All this is to benefit
our pupils, and to create a dynamic outward looking, culturally diverse, yet inclusive school community. Within this, pupils acquire the rich subject knowledge, life skills, understanding and aspiration to succeed locally, nationally, and internationally.
We welcome your application to be part of our community and would love
you to visit and see the school in action or call us to talk things through.

Arranging a visit to The Royal School, Wolverhampton

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lcallaway@theroyal.school.

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