13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    February

  • Closing date

    9 December 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 November 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Physical education

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - 23rd February 2026 until 31st August 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

ECT, Mainscale and Upper Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

PE staff at Westfield Academy have a wider role in school life, being an integral part of our House system, leading activities and developing the House ethos.

This is a mainscale post, in order to facilitate the time involved in the House system there is increased non-contact time and no requirement to be a tutor. Additional support provided for ECTs.

We are looking for people with:

  • A passion for learning and teaching and an ambition to develop their own practice
  • The ability to inspire students to attain the highest possible outcomes


What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

  • Outstanding sports facilities that include:
    • Sports Dome
    • Floodlit 3G Astro Turf pitch
    • Floodlit all-weather netball/tennis courts
    • Sports hall
    • Fitness suite, dance studio and outdoor pitches
  • A Chromebook for each member of the teaching staff
  • A committed and supportive leadership team, teaching and support staff
  • A range of career development opportunities including induction and mentoring
  • A stable and caring school community with well behaved, motivated and delightful students
  • A pleasant, green site with outstanding facilities
  • An opportunity to live and work in fantastic part of the country.
  • A school that has teachers’ professional autonomy as a key priority.
  • A strong vibrant staff social ethos for example with a staff choir, staff steel pan band, five a side football

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

Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023).

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Westfield Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1025 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Westfield Academy website
Email address
rhiannon.rodber@westfieldacademy.co.uk
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We are an 11-16 co-educational school, in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation.

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