Teacher of PE (Female)

Teacher of PE (Female) MPR/UPR Icknield Community College, an 11-16 comprehensive school, is looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teacher of PE (female) from September 2026. Our successful candidate will be: a team-player; motivated, resilient and flexible; thoroughly committed to enabling all students to reach their potential; a creative teacher who places high value on their own professional development; committed to achieving a work-life balance and maintaining their own interests outside teaching. We offer the successful candidate a school which: exists to serve its students and both support and challenge its staff; focuses relentlessly on improving teaching and learning in order to raise standards; enjoys positive relationships between staff and students; knows every individual student well because of its size; enjoys a tradition of success and is excited about its future. The PE Department is a cohesive, established and collegiate team that is also welcoming of new thinking. We have a well-established curriculum at KS3 and KS4, with fully-resourced schemes of work, underpinned by our shared pedagogical approaches and consistent assessment goals. We strive continually to develop our curriculum to meet the needs of all learners. We also offer broad and balanced extra curricular opportunities for our students through a range of clubs and fixtures. We place great emphasis on teachers’ professional development through coaching and the sharing of good practice between colleagues as well as great emphasis on teachers’ wellbeing. All teachers across the school have a fortnightly wellbeing hour - scheduled for the beginning or end of the school day - which they can take at home. We seek to engage all learners and include frequent opportunities for discussion in our lessons. We ensure that all learners are supported in personalised and differentiated ways and that PE is an accessible and enjoyable subject for all, taking advantage of the many resources afforded by all students in the school having their own chromebook in lessons and at home. In December 2024, Ofsted inspected our school and concluded that: Staff are effusive about working in the school and value its mindful approach to workload. Pupils are proud to be members of this ambitious and friendly school. Pupils value the warm and respectful relationships they have with staff. Pupils’ behaviour is calm and orderly. In March 2025, The Sunday Times named Icknield Community College the happiest secondary school in Oxfordshire. More recently, in October 2025, the Great British Schools Guide (GBSG) ranked the school joint sixth nationally in terms of “safest schools”, based on the latest Parent View feedback for the 2024-2025 academic year. These recognitions reflect our strong commitment to student wellbeing and success, further supported by Ofsted’s Parent View survey, where 98% of parents said they would recommend the school. To discuss