PE Teacher - Maternity Cover (Fixed Term contract)

Closing date - 26th September 2025

Interviews - W/C 6th October 2025

Job Purpose:We are seeking a dedicated and passionate teacher to join our team from September onwards. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality education to students, fostering their academic and personal growth, and contributing to the overall improvement and development of the academy.

Key Responsibilities:

Implement and deliver a broad, balanced, and differentiated curriculum.
Monitor and support the overall progress and development of students.
Facilitate a learning experience that allows students to achieve their individual potential.
Contribute to raising standards of student progress and attainment.
Ensure a high-quality learning experience for students that meets internal and external quality standards.
Prepare and update subject materials.
Use a variety of teaching methods to stimulate learning.
Maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures.
Assess, record, and report on student progress and development.
Participate in the development of syllabuses, resources, and teaching strategies.
Engage in continuous professional development.

Requirements:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Strong subject knowledge and a passion for teaching.
Ability to inspire and motivate students.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and contribute to a positive working environment.

Additional Responsibilities:

Participate in the academy’s CPD programme.
Communicate effectively with parents and external bodies.
Contribute to the academy’s planning and quality assurance activities.
Support the academy’s ethos and policies.

At Shire Oak Academy, we will invest in you and support you to reach your potential. As a school we are only as good as the people we work with and to ensure that we get the best from our young people, we need to make sure that we also get the best from our staff. Relationships matter and this is at the heart of what we do every day in our school and as one of 12 schools within the Mercian Trust.

Shire Oak Academy is not the easier school to work in currently, but we encourage you to visit to see we are far more than our most recent Ofsted report. We have a new Leadership Team, led by experienced Headteacher Matthew Everett and we would welcome applications from those wishing to join us on the exciting journey that Shire Oak is currently on. We are a community secondary school in Walsall Wood and proud of our inclusivity. Our ethos is built upon #BeIncredible and we accept that young people are going to make mistakes, but through positive interactions and support we will help to ensure that they fall less often and can reflect and learn from their mistakes and #BeIncredible in all that they do . Through our House System, and form tutors, we provide the care and support that is needed for all individuals and their families, including healthy competition. Everyone within the academy is expected to be an active member of their house, students and staff alike!

As well as offering a knowledge rich curriculum, which includes the full spectrum of creative subjects, we also offer an extensive enrichment and extra-curricular programme. Our drama shows are as good as what you would see in the local theatres, our sports teams are committed and driven taking part in local and regional competitions, and our wide array of trips provide awe and wonder for our young people. If there is an opportunity to improve the cultural capital of our young people, we will always be open to ideas.

The design of our building is unique, a huge campus at the highest point in Walsall with incredible views and huge open spaces, with top of the range facilities, including sport, technology and photography spaces.

Come and see what Shire Oak Academy has to offer, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website onwww.shireoakacademy.co.uk.

Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail ons.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.