Subject Leader of PE

St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  20 October 2026 at 6pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (818)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £41,679.00 - £60,404.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS plus TLR 2b £35,602 - £54,327 plus £6,077

Subject Leader of PE job summary

Subject Leader of Physical Education

School: St Mary's Catholic School, CM23 2NQ

Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR2b (Outer Fringe) (£35,602 - £54,327 + £6,077) Full Time, Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, ambitious and inspirational Subject Leader of Physical Education to lead our highly successful PE department and build upon its recent achievements. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic teacher and leader to shape the future direction of PE, sport and physical wellbeing across the whole school, including Sixth Form.

The successful candidate will join a thriving Catholic school community where students are well behaved, motivated and eager to participate both in lessons and in the extensive programme of extracurricular sport. The department enjoys a strong reputation for academic and sporting excellence and plays a central role in school life.

The Role

This is a full time permanent role. As Subject Leader of PE, you will provide strategic leadership for the department, ensuring that all students are inspired to achieve their full potential in both physical education and sport. You will:

Lead and manage a successful and dedicated PE team

Drive continued improvement in student achievement and progress across all key stages

Develop and enhance a broad, ambitious and engaging PE curriculum

Monitor and evaluate teaching, learning and assessment to secure excellent outcomes

Promote inclusion and participation for all students

Further develop the school's strong extracurricular and competitive sports programme

Foster a culture of excellence, enjoyment and lifelong participation in physical activity

About the Department

PE is a vibrant, high-performing and highly valued subject within the school. The department has enjoyed significant recent success, both in examination outcomes and competitive sport, and plays a central role in promoting the school's culture of aspiration, teamwork and excellence.

In recent years, students have achieved strong outcomes in GCSE and Post-16 PE courses, with consistently high levels of progress and engagement. The department has also celebrated success across a range of competitive sports, with teams regularly competing and achieving success at local, district and county level. Participation in extracurricular sport continues to flourish, with large numbers of students representing the school and contributing to its reputation for sporting excellence.

The PE department is committed to developing the whole child and provides a broad programme of opportunities including competitive sport, leadership development, officiating, coaching and enrichment activities. Students are encouraged to develop resilience, confidence, teamwork and leadership skills alongside their academic achievements.

We are looking for a leader who can build upon these recent successes, further strengthen examination outcomes and continue to grow participation and achievement across the school.

About Our School

Our school is founded on the values of Love, Respect and Flourish, which underpin every aspect of school life. We are proud to serve a diverse and inclusive community where each young person is known, valued and encouraged to develop their unique God-given talents.

Our students are one of our greatest strengths. They are respectful, ambitious and enthusiastic learners who respond positively to challenge and have a genuine pride in their school community. They actively engage in the wide range of sporting, cultural and enrichment opportunities available to them and demonstrate excellent attitudes both in lessons and beyond the classroom.

The school serves a diverse community and is proud of its inclusive ethos, where every student is encouraged to discover and develop their God-given talents. Sport is an important part of that journey, helping pupils to develop confidence, resilience, leadership and a lifelong commitment to health and wellbeing.

Sport and physical wellbeing are central to our vision for developing confident, resilient and successful young people. We recognise the important role PE plays in promoting health, character development, teamwork, leadership and resilience.

Working Within the Trust

As part of the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust, our staff benefit from being part of a collaborative family of schools committed to delivering excellence in Catholic education.

The Trust offers:

Excellent professional development and leadership opportunities

A culture of collaboration and shared expertise across schools

Access to a wide network of specialist colleagues

Opportunities to contribute to Trust-wide sporting initiatives and curriculum development

A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and workload considerations

Supportive and ambitious leadership focused on helping staff flourish professionally

This role presents an exciting opportunity to influence PE provision not only within the school but also through collaboration across the wider Trust.

The Person

We are looking for a candidate who:

Is an outstanding teacher of PE with a proven track record of securing excellent outcomes

Has the vision and leadership skills to continue developing an already successful department

Demonstrates strong curriculum knowledge across Key Stages 3, 4 and Post-16

Can inspire students of all abilities to achieve success and develop a lifelong love of physical activity

Has high expectations of achievement, behaviour and participation

Is committed to contributing to the wider life of the school through extracurricular sport and enrichment

Fully supports the values and ethos of our Catholic school community

Applications are welcomed from practising Christians, those of other faiths and those of no faith who are supportive of the school's Christian ethos and values.

If you are passionate about excellence in PE, committed to developing young people and ready to lead a high-performing department within a supportive and ambitious Trust, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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

St Mary’s Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Miss Deirdre McHugh, Headteacher

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 St Mary's Catholic School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Mary's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-school-bishop-s-stortford

St. Mary’s has a strong tradition of providing an authentic education which aims to deliver excellence for every member of our Catholic community. Our three core values of 'Love, Respect, Flourish' permeate through all aspects of our work.

Our school is built upon an ambitious mission for each and every young person:

To fulfil academic potential
To be fully developed in the personal, social and spiritual areas of life
To achieve excellence in every area of life
To be underpinned by Gospel Values, enabling each person to value individuals and contribute positively to society.

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