Start Date: September 2026

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Paid to scale

The Role

A thriving Secondary School in Plymouth is seeking a professional, highly motivated, and exceptionally organised Female PE Teacher to join their dedicated sports department. This position carries a genuine occupational requirement to ensure privacy and appropriate safeguarding oversight across female changing spaces, team logistics, and specialized athletic coaching frameworks.

Operating across multiple key stages, you will share responsibility for the delivery of a diverse, inclusive practical curriculum alongside targeted academic theory lessons. Day-to-day duties include coaching a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities, managing student progress profiles, and preparing exam cohorts for success in GCSE and BTEC Sport specifications. You will also take operational ownership of setting up morning sports hubs, tracking departmental equipment inventories on digital logs, and coordinating an active timetable of after-school clubs, health-and-fitness initiatives, and local school leagues.

You will act as an inspiring, helpful presence on-site, communicating professionally with the Head of Department, teaching faculty, and external community networks utilizing the sports halls out of hours. Exceptional time-management skills are necessary to balance real-time field tracking with precise theoretical assignment moderation.

School Information

This is an 11 to 18 well-established School in Plymouth with a powerful commitment to community inclusion, structural innovation, and support team welfare. The school serves an ambitious coastal community, boasting a beautifully maintained campus complete with a state-of-the-art sports dome and multi-use community facilities.

The physical education team enjoys a highly respected position within the faculty, and senior leaders prioritize manageable teacher workloads, balanced fixture distribution, and funded pathways for advanced continuous safety training (such as lifeguarding, first aid, or specialized coaching modules).

Requirements

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

• Strong hands-on competency across a wide array of practical sports coaching, health profiling, and team management

• Clear understanding of basic health and safety protocols and safe off-site excursion frameworks

• Good IT literacy, with the comfort to update central achievement databases and manage digital notification registers

• Female status (Genuine Occupational Qualification under the Equality Act 2010 applies to this specific role)

Application

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