PE Teacher (Maternity Cover)

ACADEMICS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading school in Colchester is seeking a full-time PE teacher for maternity cover starting in September 2025. This role offers the opportunity to teach various sports across key stages, ensuring high standards of education and student engagement while contributing to the school's vibrant extra-curricular activities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Robust CPD training programme

Collaborative working opportunities

Excellent pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Eye care plan

Annual free flu vaccination

Discounted gym membership

Discounted cinema tickets

Eligible for Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Ability to teach outstanding lessons in PE and Sport.
• Commitment to safeguarding and child protection.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for student progress and development.
• Plan collaboratively to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Deliver extra-curricular programmes.

Skills

Teaching

Safeguarding

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

TEACHER OF PE (Maternity Cover)

Pay Range: Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale

Actual Salary from: £31,650 - £49,084 (M1 - U3)

Start Date: September 2025

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for our school to recruit an enthusiastic and committed full-time PE teacher from September 2025 to cover a maternity leave for 2.5 terms.

Due to the flexibility across the large PE team, this school is looking for an additional member who can deliver PE across any sport and key stage.

• The position will suit an experienced or early career teacher.
• This post is a 100% FTE, maternity cover post.
• Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Be accountable for student progress and development within your classes.
• Be innovative in your own teaching and to develop and enhance the teaching practice of others.
• Plan collaboratively with colleagues in order to promote effective practice and provide a broad, balanced, and ambitious curriculum.
• Delivery of our broad extra-curricular programme.
• Be a form tutor to promote a sense of belonging amongst our students.

We're looking for you if you have:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Ability to teach "outstanding" lessons in PE and Sport.
• Ability to implement schemes of work and ensure they are implemented to a high standard
• Commitment to safeguarding and child protection.

If you are a dynamic teacher with experience and are passionate about PE, and would like to work in a supportive and collaborative environment, please apply.

The school can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas, and build collaborative relationships

Employee benefits include:

• Excellent pension scheme
• A Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care plan
• Annual free flu vaccination
• Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Eligible for Blue Light Card