Head of PE
Saint John Bosco College, London, SW11 3DQ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2026
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- 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: 32.5hrs/week - Monday to Friday - Term time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teachers Main Scale [Inner London]
Additional allowances
TLR 2.2 - £5,824
What skills and experience we're looking for
Responsibilities
In addition to the duties laid out in the latest edition of the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and those detailed in the job profile for “Head of PE”, the Head of PE will be expected to:
Operational & Strategic Planning
- Lead the implementation of an effective Subject Development Plan developed with the Senior Leadership Team.
- Maintain subject documentation that supports relevant whole school policies
- Regularly review provision in PE to ensure that the curriculum is fit for purpose
- Work with the SLT to formulate aims, objectives and strategic plans for PE provision across the school
- Keep up-to-date with local and national developments and thinking in PE pedagogy
- Establish contacts within key organisations for the development of PE
- Where appropriate participate in relevant professional networks for the development of PE
- Share best practice for raising standards in PE with colleagues and provide support and training for colleagues where appropriate
- Monitor and respond to curriculum developments and initiatives at local and national levels
- Ensure that assessment in PE is effective and is carried out in line with school policy
- Ensure that daily classroom practice addresses the individual needs of the students
- Ensure a full programme of extra-curricular sport is available to all pupils regardless of aptitude or ability
- Ensure professional accountability for students’ progress and attainment in PE
- Foster good relationships and liaison with parents, carers and others involved in supporting students’ learning
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date information concerning students’ progress and achievement in PE and arrange interventions to raise standards where necessary
- Provide the SLT with relevant information relating to the provision for the progress of students in PE
- Report regularly to the SLT on quality of teaching, learning and standards in PE
- Ensure a positive climate for learning and uphold set expectations in PE
- Use data analysis to track student performance in PE across different groups
- Lead the planning of schemes of work to maximise the learning opportunities of students of all abilities
- Meet the needs of students, including the management of behaviour and its impact on learning
- Conduct lesson observations as a means of sharing best practice and coaching
- Identify training needs of staff in the department.
- Manage the accommodation to ensure the environment is conducive to learning
- Monitor resources and maintain the curriculum budget for PE
- Ensure that curriculum resources are used effectively in PE
Professional Development
Curriculum Provision & Development
Support and Monitoring
Standards
Resources
Performance Management
- Line-manage members of the departmental team and monitor performance
- Set challenging objectives; ensure developments reflect school, departmental and individual needs and aspirations
- Use comparative data to identify individual teacher performance
- Ensure up-to-date knowledge in terms of teaching pedagogy and subject knowledge for staff in the department
- Ensure all statutory requirements are met
- Demonstrate a clear commitment to your own and others’ professional development
What the school offers its staff
The Governors are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and skilled Head of PE to join this Catholic 11 – 18 comprehensive school judged “Good” by Ofsted in October 2022 and “Outstanding” by the Archdiocese of Southwark in June 2025.
It is an exciting time to join St John Bosco College as we continue our journey towards being an outstanding school, in our state-of-the-art building in the heart of Battersea. Our success can be credited to our committed and dedicated staff who strive for excellence and promote high aspirations throughout the school. The successful candidate will receive a full programme of CPD and have opportunities for career development within the school.
Flexible working opportunities
OUR CULTURE AND ETHOS
✅ A proud, diverse and inclusive Catholic school making a real difference to the lives of our students ✅ A strong RUAH ethos (Respect, Understanding, Affection and Humour) – our culture is rooted in family, belonging and mutual respect✅ Part of a worldwide Salesian network of schools – sharing values, mission and support ✅ A clear behaviour policy built on our values and consistently upheld ✅ Staff voice matters – we actively consult on wellbeing, workload, curriculum, systems and student experience ✅ Staff are celebrated on merit – regular recognition of the difference they make ✅ All SLT teach – modelling shared responsibility and understanding WORKLOAD AND SYSTEMS THAT
RESPECT STAFF TIME
✅ We promote working smarter, not harder – focusing on purposeful systems ✅ A streamlined marking policy – teachers do not mark every book; we prioritise impact over quantity ✅ Weekly department meetings built into the timetable – no late evenings ✅ PPA allowance of 17% including CPD and Departmental time in school hours, enabling teachers to plan high-quality lessons ✅ Only 2 break duties and 1 lunch duty per week – fair, balanced and manageable ✅ Centralised detention system for homework and lateness – led by the pastoral team, not individual teachers
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
✅ A bespoke coaching programme for every staff member ✅ CPD rooted in the SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment model – focused, practical and high-impact ✅ Weekly CPD time built into the school day – no need for regular after-school sessions ✅ Just 8 twilight CPD sessions scheduled across the whole year ✅ Accredited at Bronze by the TDT’s Building Expert Schools programme - independently verified for excellence in professional learning. ✅ Governors can financially support post-graduate studies ( up to 25%) for courses directly related to improving student outcomes or experience Our Commitment to Staff Wellbeing At SJBC, we’ re building a school that values its staff just as much as its students.
FLEXIBILITY AND WELLBEING
✅ Flexible PPA arrangements – staff can request a late start or early finish once a week to work from home ✅ Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 professional counselling and advice ✅ On-site gym – free for staff use ✅ A programme of staff social activities promoting wellbeing and a real sense of community led by an experienced staff wellbeing coordinator ✅ Trained Mental Health practitioners and MH first aiders available to support staff wellbeing ✅ Chaplaincy team that supports staff and students and dedicated spaces for quiet prayer and/or reflection for those that want it
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
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About Saint John Bosco College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 828 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Saint John Bosco College website
- Email address
- apply@sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk
St John Bosco College is an 'Outstanding' (RC Archdiocese of Southwark May 2019) Roman Catholic, 11 – 18 mixed school. The school is in the top 5% of schools nationally for GCSE progress and in the top 1% for progress made by disadvantaged students. Our success can be credited to our committed and dedicated staff who strive for excellence and promote high aspirations throughout the school.
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