Faculty Director of PE

Cheslyn Hay Academy, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7JQ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Additional TLR1b allowance (£12517.00)

Faculty Director of PE job summary

Faculty Director of PE

Full time, Permanent

MPS/UPS Plus TLR 1b

Start date: January 2027

Are you passionate about creating the environment and opportunities for students to reach their full academic and personal potential? We are seeking a dedicated, ambitious, and innovative Faculty Director of PE to work alongside the Headteacher and Leadership Team to drive high-quality teaching, learning, and enrichment. If you are ready to empower our students and further elevate our outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a well-qualified and motivated practitioner who will lead the faculty to even greater success, an exciting opportunity offering exceptional potential for career development. You will join a school and department with a rich legacy of excellence in PE and sport. Having once been a designated Sports College, Cheslyn Hay Academy continues to offer an exceptional breadth of courses, nurture subject expertise, and achieve ongoing success across local, county, regional, and national levels.

Cheslyn Hay Academy is a high-performing, oversubscribed mixed 11-18 comprehensive school of over 1,300 students, highly valued for its strong community reputation. As part of the forward-thinking and progressive Windsor Academy Trust, we work to ensure all students and staff can achieve High Expectations and High Achievement in all that they do.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed leader to work within a school. In return, we offer a supportive environment deeply committed to continuous professional growth, workload balance, and staff wellbeing. If you want to work alongside exceptional students and a talented team in a school where you will be truly valued, come and join us.

You will have:

• The ability to inspire and motivate students with a focus on raising aspirations and achievement for all.

• A commitment to professional development and be a reflective practitioner dedicated to continual development.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, parents

• A commitment to promoting the school’s values and ethos, with a focus on creating a sense of belonging in and out of the classroom

Cheslyn Hay Academy will allow you to:

• Be part of a forward thinking school

• Work as part of a supportive leadership team that is committed to raising standards, expectations and aspirations of all the students at the school

• Benefit from ongoing professional development and the opportunity to be part of an innovative and exciting Trust.

• Work within a supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives

• A high-quality teaching and learning environment

We are part of an innovative Multi Academy Trust, which offers our staff many cross phase opportunities and excellent professional development. We are highly ambitious for our students, staff and community and aspire to be extraordinary in everything we do. We are dedicated to enable staff progression and keep staff wellbeing central to our approach. Apply now to be part of something exceptional.

If you would like to find out why our staff love working at Cheslyn Hay Academy, feel free to contact Sophie Halsted at cha-hr@cheslynhay.windsoracademytrust.org.uk to arrange an opportunity to meet with the Headteacher and discuss the role. Visits to the school are availble on Tuesday 13 October at 9:30am and 3:30pm and Wednesday 14 October at 9:30am. Please send an email to cha-hr@cheslynhay.windsoracademytrust.org.uk if you wish to view.

Please apply online for this vacancy via the Windsor Academy Trust website https://www.windsoracademytrust.org.uk/job-vacancies/

Closing date: Monday 19 Oct 9:00am

Interview dates: Thursday 22 Oct

Cheslyn Hay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred Check List. Evidence of having the right to work in the UK is required. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

About Cheslyn Hay Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1279 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cheslyn Hay Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheslyn-hay-academy

Cheslyn Hay is a high-performing and successful mixed 11-18 comprehensive academy of 1300 students including a thriving and growing sixth form. With the strength of the forward thinking and progressive Windsor Academy Trust behind us, we work to ensure all students and staff can have High Expectation and High Achievement in all that they do, as shown in our recent ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement. We are oversubscribed and value our strong community reputation and links.

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