Teacher of PE
Shevington High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 8ABDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
Required from Easter or September 2026
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 January 2026
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: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916 - £51,048
What skills and experience we're looking for
Shevington High School is a successful and popular 11-16 community school, built upon our core values of respect, inclusion, aspiration, and kindness. We are seeking to appoint a full‑time Teacher of Physical Education. This post offers a fantastic opportunity for an ECT or an experienced teacher. (If you are interested in a part‑time role, please indicate this on your application.)
The successful candidate will work within our dynamic and dedicated PE Department, a team committed to promoting physical literacy, sporting excellence and healthy, active lifestyles for all pupils. The department is highly supportive and collaborative, ensuring students receive high‑quality teaching across a broad, engaging and inclusive PE curriculum.
At Shevington High School, our aim in Physical Education is to create young people who develop a love for sport and physical activity which they can take into their future lives. We strive to provide an environment where students feel safe, have fun and are challenged to learn through the medium of PE and Sport.
Learning is centred around four key elements:
- Skill and Performance
- Key Knowledge Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Analysis of Performance
Through a balanced and varied curriculum — including invasion games, net and wall games, physical fitness, dance, outdoor activities and athletics — students develop confidence, resilience and a lifelong appreciation of healthy, active living. Many of our pupils continue to study in the field of Sport and PE post-16.
The successful candidate will:
- Demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and passion for Physical Education.
- Inspire and motivate students to enjoy sport, physical activity and personal challenge.
- Deliver high‑quality lessons using adaptive teaching to meet the needs of all learners.
- Contribute to our extra‑curricular sports programme, fixtures and school competitions.
- Uphold our school values of respect, inclusion, aspiration and kindness.
Facilities include sports fields, sports hall, gymnasium, hard court areas and we will soon have our own 3G pitch.
This an exciting development for our team, and we look forward to hearing from applicants who feel they can complement and enhance the learning experiences that we currently offer, while embodying our school values in their approach to teaching and supporting students. The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting our pupils to lead active, healthy lives and develop lifelong participation in physical activity.
What the school offers its staff
Salary & Benefits
- M1 – UPS3 FTE £32,916 - £51,048 per annum
- CPD including access to NPQs, specialist knowledge development courses and access to StepLab
- Enhanced Induction for all new staff
- Comprehensive ECT Scheme including ongoing coaching and mentoring for all teachers
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Rewards and Recognition Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing team and School Workload Charter
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shevington High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 878 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shevington High School website
- Email address
- lthompson@shevingtonhigh.org.uk
About the School
Shevington High School is a popular 11-16 community school located in the village of Shevington. We are 3 miles from Wigan town centre and mere minutes from the M6 motorway. The school is smaller than the average size secondary school. We have 178 students in all years and are currently oversubscribed with a waiting list in Year 7.
Shevington is a thriving and vibrant school. We work incredibly hard as a team to support pupils to make excellent progress in their learning from their varied starting points on entry. The school has celebrated very good examination results over recent years and we pride ourselves on our constant drive for improvement.
We pride ourselves at Shevington in that we put the student at the centre of learning through the delivery of high quality teaching which enables all of our pupils to learn effectively. The school has a clear and well-articulated vision and intent for the curriculum and pedagogical approach in school, grounded on current research and methodologies nationally and internationally. This is drawn from the work we have been doing over the last 9 years on Student Agency in Learning in conjunction with Kunskapsskolan Schools (Sweden) for which we have been recognised as a KED inspired school.
The school has a robust teaching and learning strategy incorporating digital devices and using Google Classroom to enhance student learning. A distinct part of student life at Shevington High School is coaching. We see coaching as the key to personalised learning and putting students at the centre of their learning. Students attend coaching in groups of 4-5 students once a week. In the coaching session the students are encouraged to set weekly learning goals and reflect on progress made.
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