Head of PE

Beths Grammar School, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  26 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• 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) TLR1M for HOD

Head of PE job summary

Beths Grammar School is a large multi-cultural school on the borders between London and Kent serving a wide range of vibrant and exciting communities. We specialise in boys' education in the main school and have a large, co-educational 6th form.

The Physical Education Department is a dynamic and highly valued part of our school community, playing a central role in promoting excellence, participation, and wellbeing. We are committed to providing a high-quality, inclusive PE curriculum that inspires all students to develop a lifelong appreciation for sport and physical activity.

Our curriculum across Key Stages 3 and 4 provides students with the opportunity to develop physical competence, tactical awareness, and leadership skills across a broad range of activities. At Key Stage 5, students can further their interest in sport through examination courses that explore the scientific, psychological, and social aspects of physical performance.

Sport plays an important role in the wider life of the school, and the department delivers a strong extra-curricular programme with numerous clubs, teams, and competitive fixtures throughout the year. Students regularly represent the school in local and regional competitions, developing pride, teamwork, and resilience through sport.

We are seeking a passionate and ambitious Head of Physical Education who will continue to develop the department’s strong sporting culture while driving forward high standards of teaching and learning. This is an exciting opportunity for a leader who is committed to broadening participation, promoting excellence, and further enhancing the profile of sport and physical education across the school.

We are proud of the positive sporting culture within the school, where participation, ambition, and personal growth are celebrated. The department plays a key role in fostering a community where students challenge themselves, support one another, and strive for excellence both on and off the field.

The successful candidate will lead a committed team of staff and play a key role in shaping the future direction of PE, ensuring that all students are inspired to challenge themselves, achieve their potential, and develop a lifelong love of sport and physical activity.

The successful applicant will:

• Be an enthusiastic team player
• An ability to relate well to both students and adult
• Be proactive and have a positive attitude
• Have a commitment to our school vision and values

Why join Beths Grammar School?

• All staff receive their own laptop
• CPD programme for staff development
• 24/7 Employee Wellbeing Support Programme
• Teacher's Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Use of school gym
• Staff social events
• A good commuter location, situated between London and Kent

We at Beths Grammar School are committed to practice which protects children from harm. Safeguarding and the promotion of a child’s welfare covers all aspects of the child’s life and Beths Grammar School is committed to ensuring that all its actions in respect for a child are compatible with this aim. All positions are subject to a DBS enhanced disclosure check. Applicants must complete the school application form and in line with ‘keeping children safe in education’ and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.

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 Beths Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1664 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beths Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beths-grammar-school

Set in acres of pleasant grounds, Beths Grammar School is located within easy commuting distance of both central London and Kent, offering the advantages of a diverse and forward-thinking community within a haven of green space. The mainline railway station is less than ten minutes’ walk away; while for road users, there is a junction on the A2 close by (two of the three school fields run alongside the A2). Many staff choose to live close to the school, or in neighbouring boroughs, and the borough of Bexley has a wealth of high performing schools
and good quality housing stock at competitive prices.

Beths is an academic institution that fosters an ethos in which working hard and wanting to achieve are the norm:
where it’s cool to be clever and successful. This is as true for the staff as for the students. We are ambitious for the young people in our care and seek to help them secure the very best outcomes of which they are capable.
As a selective school, the staff have the privilege of educating and working with intellectually able young people;
and the students have the privilege of being in an environment in which progress in learning can be rapid, and
subjects explored in real depth.

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