Head of Department PE

Outwood Academy Shafton

Head of Department: Physical Education (Ability to teach girls PE)

Grade L1 51773 to L5 57137

Permanent to start September 2026.

As a result of a promotion Outwood Academy Shafton is seeking to appoint an ambitious dynamic and inspirational Head of Physical Education to enhance a flourishing and well established P.E department. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner and leader who is passionate about sport health and delivering high-quality physical education to all students as well as the expertise and creativity to further drive standards and outcomes across the subject.

As part of the high-performing Outwood Grange Academies Trust you will join a supportive network of academies committed to raising standards and transforming lives.

About the Department

Our Physical Education department is a well-established high-performing team with a strong reputation across the academy and wider community. A dedicated team of five experienced PE specialists committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning. We offer an excellent enrichment programme offering a wide range of extracurricular activities leadership opportunities and competitive sport.

The department is passionate about participation performance and personal development. We pride ourselves on fostering teamwork resilience and a lifelong love of physical activity. The Department was awarded the prestigious Association for Physical Education Quality Mark with Distinction ().

Our Employee Values

As colleagues within Outwood Grange Academies Trust we are guided by a shared set of employee values that shape our culture and expectations:

We Are a Family We support one another collaborate openly and work as one team for the benefit of our students and community.

Ambition Without Limit We believe in the limitless potential of every child and every colleague striving continually for excellence.

Every Interaction Counts We recognise that every conversation lesson fixture and moment matters in sharing our student experience and success.

We Turn Our Best into Normal We set high standards and work relentlessly to make excellence the everyday standard.

We Break Down Barriers We are committed to inclusion ensuring that all students can access enjoy and succeed in physical education and sport regardless of background or ability.

The successful candidate will embody these values modelling them through leadership teaching and engagement with the wider academy community.

About our Academy

Outwood Academy Shafton is an academy bursting with potential for excellence. The students and staff are passionate about their school and there is a strong sense of belonging within the academy. The Academy is a large 11-16 school with just over 1400 students on sits at the heart of its community. The academy is full annually with first choice preferences and we have a large number of families who are waiting for a place for their child. The academy is a new-build academy opening almost a decade ago. As a learning community it is a vast space covering 4 floors with excellent suites of classrooms labs and specialist learning facilities.

We are proud that Outwood Academy Shafton is a welcoming and supportive academy with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for 2023 the academy was recognised by the Inclusion Quality Mark as a National Inclusion Champion placing in the top 6 schools nationally for our work on creating a place where all young people feel that they belong and can succeed.

The Academy became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2015 and as a member of the Outwood Family we believe in putting Students First raising standards and transforming lives.

Our key aim is to create a positive happy ethos and culture where our students behave well have good manners develop age appropriate self-discipline engage positively with their learning and show integrity in their words and actions.

Student Voice is a huge strength of the academy serving to raise student engagement encouraging participation in charity community learning and peer support. We strongly believe our student voice makes students feel valued and included in their schooling.

Praise culture for staff and students sits at the heart of our vision of belonging. Our system of praise values and celebrates the achievement of all students and staff both within and outside the classroom. This culture of praise is visually represented in each classroom with teachers encouraged to praise students for going above and beyond. Students receive a Praising Stars report every 6 weeks which reviews and praises their effort in their classes. The academy calendar is built upon a number of regular weekly termly and annual praise events such as our weekly PROUD Thursday which we welcome you to come and view when you visit us.

The academy benefits from being part of the Outwood Family of Schools and we intend that every member of staff receives CPD appropriate to therole.

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If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role or arrange a visit please contact Davina Mellor Vice Principal

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Closing date: Midday on Friday 20 March 2026.

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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.