Start Date: September 2026

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Paid to scale

The Role

A renowned Secondary School in Plymouth is seeking a professional, highly motivated, and exceptionally organised Physical Education (PE) Teacher to join their successful sports faculty. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a department that treats sports science, personal conditioning, and athletic leadership as core pillars of the curriculum, boasting fantastic indoor sports halls, fitness suites, and extensive outdoor performance facilities.

The successful candidate will provide day-to-day instructional leadership across multiple key stages, specializing in exercise physiology, training program design, and sports psychology for GCSE and A-Level exam cohorts, alongside delivering inclusive practical modules across Key Stage 3. Key responsibilities include maintaining precise student fitness and progress tracking records, updating internal tracking software, managing departmental kit inventories, and coordinating an extensive timetable of regional rugby, netball, and football fixtures.

You will act as a primary link with parents, regional athletic bodies, and local community sports networks, ensuring that all off-site fixture permissions, health and safety risk assessments, and student athletic metrics are processed with total accuracy. Strong organizational and time-management skills are necessary, as the role requires balancing active practical coaching outdoors with detailed coursework logging and academic theory delivery.

The school is looking for a proactive, reliable professional who can break down anatomy parameters, fitness methodologies, and tactical theories into crisp, engaging, and high-impact lessons. Strong communication, deep data literacy, and a collaborative spirit are important to thriving within this progressive academic faculty.

School Information

This is an 11 to 18 well-established School in Plymouth with a powerful commitment to health, student wellbeing, and continuous academic improvement. The school serves an ambitious coastal community and is known for its exceptionally warm, supportive ethos where positive relationships and high expectations underpin daily practice.

Students are uniquely respectful, motivated, and proud of their school's sporting achievements, creating a calm, purposeful, and highly collaborative learning environment. Staff benefit from an open professional culture, highly approachable leadership, a manageable administrative load, and funded opportunities for continuous technical training and career development pathways.

Requirements

• A recognized teaching qualification (PGCE, QTS, or equivalent) with a degree in Physical Education or Sports Science

• Proven experience teaching GCSE PE and A-Level / Level 3 BTEC Sport specifications

• Professional and proactive approach to managing outdoor educational health and safety protocols

• Good IT and data tracking capabilities, with confidence using digital learning platform tracking systems

• Ability to work effectively and dynamically across extended hours during peak school sports fixture cycles

Application

To apply, please send your comprehensive CV as soon as possible.