Teacher of Physical Education
Admiral Lord Nelson School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5XT8 days remaining to apply
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 May 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 teaching hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916 - £51,048
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a professional individual who:
- is an outstanding teacher or has the ability to become one;
- is an inspirational and enthusiastic teacher who can energise and motivate others;
- has exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and a ‘can do attitude’;
- will be able to offer sporting expertise and commitment to our extra-curricular programme;
- will ensure our development priorities are achieved through collective action, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation;
- has excellent organisational skills.
- has the ability and willingness to teach a second subject alongside the main PE role
If you can demonstrate these skills, you will be joining a school with a national reputation for being truly inclusive with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, we have a deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations.
What the school offers its staff
Admiral Lord Nelson Secondary school is a forward thinking and innovative school where students come first. We are looking to appoint a highly driven and excellent practitioner with strong subject knowledge and a real passion for sport to join our successful PE department. Our ideal candidate will be excited about the prospect of continuing to drive sport, health and fitness forwards in order to help ensure PE is at the heart of the school. We will expect you to have a genuine passion for PE and school sport and the ability to teach KS3 and KS4, as well GCSE PE and equivalent Level 2 vocational courses. You will be a teacher who quickly builds positive relationships with students and inspires them to have a life long love for learning and leading an active lifestyle.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
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About Admiral Lord Nelson School
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Admiral Lord Nelson School website
- Email address
- r.alns@salterns.org
- Phone number
- 02392364536
Always oversubscribed, we are expanding our school so that more local families can experience the excellent education offered here at Admiral Lord Nelson School for over two decades! Therefore, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Science teacher who works well in a team. We are looking for a specialist with strong subject knowledge, who quickly builds relationships with students and breaks down barriers to learning. We want a teacher who inspires children to achieve their potential and loves to see their students experiencing the joy of success every day in their learning!
Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes, both academically and to their personal development. Our commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School is at the heart of our inclusive ethos and curriculum, with mutually respectful relationships forming the foundation of our happy, successful school. At Admiral Lord Nelson School, we work collegiately with our partner school, Trafalgar School in the pursuit of excellence in Science education so that we are significantly improving the life chances of all of our young people in Portsmouth.
We have a national reputation for being a truly inclusive school with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, having a very high Ebacc entry. Our deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School led to us being the only school invited to a garden party with all the Soccer Aid celebrities hosted by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and we have recently been reaccredited with UNICEF RRS Gold Award status in recognition of our ambassadorial work. We are equally passionate about promoting creativity across all aspects of our curriculum, for which we were the first school in England to hold a Triple Artsmark Platinum Award and were designated the TES Creative School of the Year for 2019. This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations; we really do value our staff and place the voice of our incredible students at the heart of all we do!
Arranging a visit to Admiral Lord Nelson School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email r.alns@salterns.org.
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