Head of PE
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TSDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £51,151.00 - £57,693.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale 1-6 (£51,151-£57,693)
Head of PE job summary
Role: Faculty Leader: PE
Salary: Leadership Scale 1-6 (£51,151-£57,693)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Are you an inspiring, creative, and passionate PE specialist with a commitment to inclusive education? Do you thrive in a setting where every success, no matter how small, is celebrated?
We are seeking a dynamic Head of PE to lead and develop a high-quality, inclusive Physical Education curriculum at our school. This is a unique opportunity to shape and deliver a PE programme that nurtures the physical and emotional wellbeing of pupils with a wide range of learning needs.
About the Role:
As Head of PE, you will:
- Lead and coordinate an inclusive and engaging PE curriculum tailored to meet the diverse needs of our pupils.
- Inspire and support students with a wide range of complex needs, helping them to achieve personal and physical milestones.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and therapists to integrate movement and sensory-based learning into daily practice.
- Organise and deliver inclusive sporting activities, enrichment opportunities, and adapted competitive events.
- Manage and develop the PE team, resources, and extracurricular provision.
About You:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and proven experience in delivering PE to students with SEN.
- Passionate about physical education and committed to pupil progress and wellbeing.
- Experience in leading a team or subject area is desirable but not essential.
- Resilient, adaptable, and nurturing in your approach to teaching and behaviour support.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with staff, families, and external partners.
Ready to lead with purpose and impact? Join us and help transform lives through movement, resilience, and inclusion.
To Apply: Please visit our website www.alfristonschool.com to apply today!
If you would like to make an informal visit please also contact Mrs Ellie Davison, via recruit@alfristonschool.com who will be delighted to arrange this for you.
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 18th July 2025 at 8.30am
Interview Date: Monday 21st July 2025
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
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 Alfriston School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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