Are you looking for a new, exciting challenge?

Teacher of Boys PE

An Exciting Opportunity 

to join Swindon Academy - the top performing school in Swindon

Bordering on the beautiful Cotswolds 

and within commuting distance of Bristol, Bath, Reading and Oxford

Salary:                £35,000 - £51,000 per annum

Contract type:   Full Time

Contract term:  Permanent 

Start Date:         January 2025

Swindon Academy is looking to appoint a well-qualified and dynamic PE teacher to join the school’s highly regarded PE Faculty. As well as welcoming applications from experienced teachers and those relocating to the area, the school can offer an excellent support network and induction programme for Early Career Teachers who are committed to helping young people realise their potential.

We are looking for a boys PE teacher who:

• Is passionate about their subject and is great practitioner with high expectations and good classroom management
• Is interested in the science of learning and is committed to continuous improvement
• Can demonstrate excellent organisational and inter-personal skills and the ability to work in a team
• Is committed to making a significant contribution to our extra-curricular programme
• Has energy and commitment for all aspects of school life
• Has a desire and passion to make a real difference to the lives and life-chances of our students

Swindon Academy can offer you:

• The opportunity to work in the best school in Swindon
• An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector by 5% on average
• A strong whole-school team of hardworking, supportive and friendly colleagues
• A culture and ethos of sky-high expectations
• A rigorous whole-school behaviour system that allows teachers and pupils to benefit from disruption-free learning.
• Fully resourced curriculum with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
• Whole-class feedback marking policies and retrieval practice strategies aimed at supporting the work-life balance of teachers.
• A dedicated team of non-teaching pastoral and SEN staff who work with teachers to support pupils
• A commitment to workload and wellbeing through our WW Charter.
• A research driven (no fad) in-house professional development program utilising best practice and evidence-based teaching and learning initiatives.
• A coaching culture, where every teacher is supported to develop professionally
• Access to the best professional development bespoke to all levels of leadership
• A ‘hands-on’ and committed Senior Leadership Team, completely determined to create an environment in which teachers can get on with their core role: delivering excellent lessons.
• Huge personal satisfaction in your work as a leader & teacher

If you would like to contribute to our exciting school and would like to find out more, please email Karen Wright on email removed - Headteacher. She will arrange a visit or an informal call to talk about the role.

Why choose us

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.

Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

United Learning

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.