Teacher of Physical Education (Girls)
Wellsway School, Bristol, BS31 1PH12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 August 2026
Closing date
10 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Physical education
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR1 – UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You
We’re looking for someone who:
• Brings energy, commitment and creativity to their work
• Is passionate about teaching and is committed to student success
• Is qualified to degree level or equivalent and qualified teacher status (QTS)
• Shares our belief that every child deserves the very best opportunities
What the school offers its staff
Our Culture and Offer
We believe people flourish when they feel valued, supported and inspired. At Wellsway School, you’ll find a collaborative culture, purposeful professional development and a shared commitment to wellbeing.
Eligible colleagues benefit from a fully funded Health Cash Plan, providing up to £500 each year towards everyday health costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy appointments.
Find out more about what it’s like to work with us at:https://www.futuralearning.co.uk/careers
Further information about the job
Wellsway School is looking for a well-qualified teacher of physical education who, under the guidance of the Director of PE and PA, will teach physical education across the age and ability range. As a teacher in our school, you will be responsible for ensuring that every student enjoys an excellent experience in your lessons and will work very closely with the rest of the team in planning and delivering engaging sequences of lessons.
If you are a highly effective teacher, able to form excellent educational relationships with students and are committed to supporting our well established and popular extra-curricular programme, we would love to hear from you. The ability to teach Physical Education to GCSE level is essential.
We provide a highly enriching and successful extra-curricular programme, with significant success in Netball. This includes; multiple teams competing across all year groups in regular fixtures, regular success as both the B&NES Tournaments and West of England Finals, entry for both the under 14 and under 16 teams into the National Schools Netball Competition and demonstrate strong performances in the Avon round with success at Regional finals. The under 13 and 15 teams have progressed in the Sisters in Sport tournament and have won the County round of the South West State Schools tournament and progressed to the Regional Round. This role offers an exciting prospect to contribute to the continued development of girls’ PE, with a particular emphasis on maintaining and extending the success of our netball programme.
Commitment to safeguarding
Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
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 Wellsway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1326 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wellsway School website
- Email address
- sjames@futuralearning.co.uk
A successful, high-performing 11-18 mixed comprehensive that is popular and over-subscribed, with almost 1300 students on roll. The school is set on the east side of Keynsham, eight miles north-west of Bath and seven miles south-east of Bristol and we are fortunate to have a large, semi-rural setting with excellent transport links for students and staff. Having been part of the Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust since it was founded has already brought many benefits to the school community and a real strength of the trust is its cross phase nature, allowing us to work with leaders with a wide range of experiences and students across all the age ranges.
Arranging a visit to Wellsway School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sjames@futuralearning.co.uk.
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