Teacher of PE

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st Jan 2026

• Closing date

  21 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £36,417.00 - £49,167.00 Annually (Actual) AST 1-6 plus Allowance £36,417-£49,167 for the right candidate Key Stage 4 responsibility

Teacher of PE job summary

Teacher of PE - Maternity

We have a great opportunity for an energetic and positive Teacher of PE to join our wonderful Academy. A Teacher with the enthusiasm and passion for your subject, you will be required to teach across KS3 and KS4 to the whole range of student abilities.

The Chalk Hills Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered. You will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body and enterprising students. Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs. Our facilities include a gym which is available for staff to use after school hours and a Sixth Form block.

Our students respond to PE lessons very positively and enjoy using the full range of resources. All students up to 16 receive two hours of Physical Education a week, in single hour blocks. Alongside these core hours, at key stage four we offer GCSE PE and BTEC PE which we have previously experienced great success in. At key stage five we offer Level 3 Cambridge Technical in sport and physical activity that can either be studied at extended certificate, diploma or extended diploma level. We will be commencing our second year as an established football academy in partnership with Luton Town FC. Overall, physical education is well established and respected within the academy.

We have an excellent fitness suite available for staff and student use, a full-size sports hall, dance studio, a full sized 3g Astroturf, outdoor basketball court area and field with a rugby and football pitch in the winter and 200m track and rounders pitches in the summer. Our classrooms are all fitted with interactive whiteboards and the academy has numerous ICT suites and laptop trolleys that can be booked for use in lessons.

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic and successful Academy at any point in your career, come and join us at The Chalk Hills Academy!

Key Duties

• Be able to develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences to all students
• Be an aspirational professional who is enthusiastic, influential, and committed to working in pursuit of success for the academy and its learners.
• To set high expectations for all pupils, to deepen their knowledge and understanding and to maximise their achievement.
• To assess pupils’ work systematically and use the results to inform future planning, teaching, and curricular development.

The successful candidate will

• Have qualified teacher status and experience delivering good English lessons.
• Willing and committed to developing and sharing outstanding teaching practice.
• Able to work in partnership with students, parents, staff, academy council and the wider Community.
• Have demonstrable commitment to inclusive teaching and learning.
• Be able to demonstrate the appropriate motivation to work with young people.
• Use data to inform target setting and planning.

Job Specifics

Start date: 1st January 2026

Salary: AST 1-6 plus Allowance £36,417-£49,167 for the right candidate Key Stage 4 Responsibility

Contract: Full time, Fixed Term one year MAT cover

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

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

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1614 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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