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  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    14 October 2025 at 2pm

  • Date listed

    10 October 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Physical Education (PE) job summary

The successful candidate will be joining a highly ambitious and talented faculty. Please specify clearly in your application your teaching experiences and accredited KS4/5 courses you have the ability to teach. Applications are welcome from both experienced and recently qualified teachers. This is a temporary post for 2 terms from January 2026 with the potential to become permanent.

Students have two lessons a week of Physical Education in Year 7 and 8 and 1 lesson per week for Year 9 - 11. Students who select a PE option at KS4, have 5 additional lessons for students studying GCSE or CNAT Sport. We have extensive facilities, including a large sports hall and playing fields. The team also offer A level PE and BTEC Sport in our Sixth Form. A willingness to contribute and develop extra-curricular activities is essential.

Our school serves the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves on being a community where every young person is challenged to reach their full potential and experience success, regardless of their background or ability. We believe that all stakeholders—students, staff, families, and the wider community of which we are a part—share the responsibility of contributing to the growth and achievement of our students. Recognising that every young person is unique, we are committed to building strong relationships and fostering an inclusive environment that empowers our students to thrive academically and socially.

We have approximately 1500 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our large and successful Sixth Form. We are proud of the academic excellence achieved by our students and of their involvement in wider school life. We hope that as a prospective member of staff you will share our mission to “inspire and empower all within our learning community to fulfil their individual potential and ambitions so that all are able to be active and successful citizens in our global society”.

At True Learning Partnership, we’re proud to support our staff both in and outside of work. We’re committed to your wellbeing, professional growth, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Our benefits package includes a wide range of support and resources, such as wellbeing tools, a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), learning and development opportunities, and access to discounts on everyday spending and lifestyle services.

Please see the job pack for further information.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.

Applying for the job

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About Poynton High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1500 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas in Cheshire since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves in our vision as a school which serves our community and look to establish a 0 – 90 Learning Village in partnership with our primary, secondary colleagues. We have approximately 1500 students within Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A-Levels in our Sixth Form.

The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or spiritual and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.

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