Female Teacher of PE

St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London, NW4 4QR

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual) MPR/UPR

Female Teacher of PE job summary

The PE department provides excellent learning experience for students, enhanced by a wide range of extracurricular activities, competitive sports, fixtures, and enrichment opportunities. The team takes pride in students’ achievements, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment while delivering engaging, high-quality teaching and learning.

Depending on experience, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach the Cambridge National in Sports Studies at Key Stage 4. The ability to offer a second subject would be advantageous. This post is suitable for an Early Career Teacher (ECT).

What we offer:

• Two-week October Half Term
• We support flexible working and have family friendly policies
• In class feedback policy which eliminates retrospective marking
• Curriculum driven assessment rather than exam weeks encouraging staggered assessment marking
• Concise curriculum design and centralised planning and resourcing
• Consistent, whole school commitment to learning systems leading to excellent student behaviour
• High quality CPD with implementation time to embed training
• Established coaching culture and focus on career progression
• Supportive appraisal policy and no formal observations
• No written school reports
• Paid lunch duties
• Centralised reflections (detentions)
• Colleagues can leave school every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3.15pm (Monday/Tuesday - 4.00pm finish)
• Early finish at the end of the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms
• Nursery wrap around provision for staff members with children at SMSJ, staff are allocated a place for their children (in line with The School’s Admissions Policy)
• Access to free counselling and other wellbeing support
• Termly staff social events and tea and cake Fridays
• SMSJ school personalised staff planners
• Carpark and off-street parking

Career Opportunities:

• A high-trust, supportive culture focused on innovation and continuing professional development
• Access to a confidential coach who will support you to hone your teaching practice
• Research-led attitudes towards teaching and learning including a real focus on exploring new ideas and taking risks
• A robust secondary phase feedback policy which eliminates the need for hours of unnecessary marking
• A focus on collaborative working in high performing subject teams
• A unique opportunity to develop skills and expertise in an all-through setting
• Opportunities for career progression

Who we are:

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is an all-through school in Hendon, North London, successfully providing high quality education and academic achievement for children and young people from Nursery to Sixth Form. We are proud to be a diverse, multi-faith, harmonious school, with a distinctive Christian ethos, resolute in the belief that "With God, all things are possible". In a changing world our values; Wisdom, Service and Hope, define us, strengthen relationships with our parents and children, and provide guiding principles that enable us to deliver academic excellence and promote self-discipline and resilience.

We reserve the right to close the application process early if suitable candidates apply.

St Mary’s and St John’s CE School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts which will be subject to enhanced checks.

The school embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We wish to further develop a diverse community and encourage applications from all sections of society.

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 St Mary's and St John's CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: Up to 1780 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's and St John's CofE School website
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