PE Teacher

Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DF

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  7 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Physical education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Inner London Teachers Main Pay Scale: M1- M6: £40,317.00 – 52,300.00
• Additional allowances:

  + SEN 1: £2,787.00 (Upper Pay Scale negotiable)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an inspiring, resilient, and compassionate PE Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality, engaging physical education that supports the physical development, emotional wellbeing, and social skills of pupils with SEMH/ASD needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver engaging, differentiated PE lessons in line with the National Curriculum.

• Promote physical health, emotional wellbeing, and positive engagement.

• Ensure safe practice and effective risk management in all physical activities.

• Use a range of teaching strategies to engage learners with SEMH needs.

• Support positive behaviour using trauma-informed approaches.

• Work collaboratively with staff to provide a holistic approach.

• Assess and monitor pupil progress and contribute to EHCP reviews.

• Organise extracurricular sports and enrichment opportunities.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

• Experience teaching PE within a school setting.

• Strong understanding of the National Curriculum.

• Passion for supporting pupils with SEMH needs.

• Strong behaviour management skills.

• Ability to build positive relationships.

• Commitment to safeguarding and professional development.

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)

• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme

• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)

• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Nightingale Community Academy and Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

PE Teacher JD PS_.pdf - 306 KB (opens in new tab)

About Nightingale Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 137 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nightingale Community Academy website
• Email address: CBoateng@nightingaleca.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nightingale-community-academy

Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.

Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.

“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).

Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.

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