Teacher of Physical Education (Male)

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  1 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Physical Education (PE)
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Teacher of Physical Education (Male) job summary

Teacher of Physical Education

King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes – Part of the Great Schools Trust
Inspire futures. Build character. Lead with purpose.

The Opportunity

Are you a passionate and ambitious PE educator ready to make a tangible difference? King’s Hawthornes is seeking an exceptional Teacher of Physical Education to join our growing academy. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to be part of a mission-driven team transforming lives through education.

Why Join King’s Hawthornes?

As part of the Great Schools Trust, ranked No. 2 nationally for improvement in 2025, we are proud to offer:

• Wellbeing that works: From protected planning time and workload-reducing AI, to family-friendly policies and staff wellbeing perks.

• Professional growth: Weekly 2-hour CPD, a personal development mentor, access to NPQs and our own Institute of Character & People Leadership (ICPL).

• Cutting-edge tools: Our AI assessment platform (CredimusAI) saves teachers over 100 hours per GCSE cycle, freeing you up to focus on what matters most—your students.

• A culture of belief and excellence: At GST, we believe character is as important as curriculum. Through the King’s Adventure, our students develop leadership, empathy, and resilience, guided by our ASPIRE values: Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Endeavour.

• Outstanding student experience: From cadet programmes to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, your teaching will be part of a wider, transformative learning journey.
• At King’s Hawthornes, we are proud of our culture and community. In our latest anonymous Edurio Staff Survey, colleagues consistently praised the school:

“Amazing, supportive staff who truly act with integrity and have the best interests of the school at heart.”

“An open-door, kind culture.”

“A trust that is at the cutting edge of research.”

“I can go to my line manager with any problem, and she always offers immediate advice.”

Who We Are Looking For

We want an inspirational individual, either currently training or an experienced practitioner, looking for a fresh challenge and the opportunity to progress into leadership when the time is right. The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for rising engagement in physical education
• The ability to lead, engage and motivate students using research to inform classroom practice
• High expectations for academic achievement and student outcomes

This is a temporary one-year contract currently on a full-time basis.

Please note: Applications may be screened for AI-generated content. Genuine and original submissions are encouraged.

If you would like to visit our vibrant academy, please contact the academy on the details provided below.

Safeguarding Commitment

King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Please note you must have the right to work in the UK.

Applying for the job

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

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 636 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-leadership-academy-hawthornes

King’s Hawthornes is situated in Bootle, several miles from Liverpool city centre. The school is part of The Great Schools Trust, an expanding multi-academy trust based in the North West.

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is a growing school of committed, friendly staff and a cohort of students who are polite, enthusiastic and keen to learn right across the curriculum. We are a school centred in our Aspire Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. It is these values that drive our behaviours and relationships, a lingua franca that helps to bind our community together. An inspector captured the mission of the school when he observed that we were ‘building better people,’ something we are proud of.

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