PE Teacher

The Sir Robert Woodard Academy, an Ofsted ‘good’ rated academy and part of the Woodard family of schools, is a dynamic and popular 11–18 academy located between Worthing and Brighton, serving the students of Lancing, Sompting and Shoreham.   

Our aim is that every student is known and nurtured and is provided with teaching and learning experiences enabling them to fulfil their potential. We believe that students succeed when the environment is caring and orderly, with teaching that fires the imagination and brings learning to life. 

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic PE Teacher with thorough subject knowledge to join the department from September 2025. This is an incredible opportunity to join an excellent team of practitioners who are very excited about the future outcomes of their students. We welcome applications from colleagues (with QTS) at all stages of their career, including ECTs, who are committed to raising achievement in PE. This is a permanent and full time position.  

The Academy PE department is thriving and students have achieved good exam results in recent years in both GCSE PE, and Level 2 and 3 Sports BTEC. The department is also now offering A level PE.  

Students and staff enjoy outstanding sports facilities, including:

·        a 6-court sports hall with bleacher seating,

·        a Multi-Use Games Area, which has recently been resurfaced to incorporate tennis, netball and handball,

·        a brand new full-size 3G artificial grass pitch for football and rugby,

·        a 100m running track, and

·        a fitness suite, fully equipped with cardio equipment and weights. The fitness suite is free to use for employees.  

SRWA competes in and proudly hosts a range of sports designed to develop students as a whole, competing in the Adur District leagues against local schools. The school also has many successful sports teams across the year groups for both male and female students: the most notable this year being our basketball and football teams. The PE department organises a number of national and international trips for students to widen their life experiences through sport: such as ski trips, a football tour to Barcelona, and Outdoor Adventurous Activity tours to Disneyland Paris. Sports at the academy are upheld as an area of excellence.  

At SRWA, our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with wellbeing support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training and CPD programmes delivered at every level up to senior leadership. 

SRWA teaching staff benefit from the following:-

• a collaborative approach and strong collegial relationships;
• the opportunity to join and/or benefit from Action Research Groups;
• proven student progress and excellent student behaviour;
• an extensive CPD programme tailored to skills and experience;
• strong links with Brighton and Sussex Universities;
• free employee assistance programme, dedicated staff wellbeing space and 1-1 mental health booster sessions available;
• free use of the Academy’s fitness suite;
• free on site car parking and easy access to local public transport;
• cycle to work scheme;
• free flu vaccinations and subsidised eye test.

Quotes from full Ofsted inspection report October 2021: Rating of “Good” in all areas:

“The culture at this school is summed up by its motto, ‘Aspire to Achieve’. From Year 7 through to the sixth form, pupils learn to think ambitiously about their futures.”

"The school is a calm and orderly place for pupils to learn….Pupils treat each other with respect … low-level disruption is rare." 

"Pupils, parents and carers feel proud of their school…one parent told us ‘we are really impressed with the school, the ethos and the staff’.” 

A Staff Well-being survey commissioned externally in June 2024 revealed these were some of the areas considered ‘outstanding’ by our staff cohort:-

Staff morale, workload and job satisfaction

Appreciation of staff achievement/contribution

Opportunities for staff to develop. 

The successful candidate will:-

• demonstrate the skills of a good teacher

• be able to interest, encourage and engage students

• provide appropriate levels of challenge so that all students make good progress

• use methods and resources that enable all students to learn effectively

• use assessment information effectively to plan the next steps in students learning

• make effective use of their time

• secure consistently high standards of behaviour from students

• be able to demonstrate a proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of aged 11-18 students (or of successful completion of initial teacher training if applying as an ECT).

Our commitment to Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share in this commitment. All offers of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory safeguarding and vetting checks, including the receipt of two references: one of which must be from the current or most recent employer and, where the applicant has previously worked in a school, one reference must be from the last time the applicant worked with children.

Applicants for this post will be asked to certify that they are not on the DBS Barred List, Sex Offenders Register, disqualified or prohibited from work with children, or subject to sanctions imposed by a regulatory body, such as the Teacher Regulation Agency. 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-declaration form and to give consent for an online search to be carried out against their name. 

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including a Barred List check) and an offer of employment will be conditional upon a satisfactory check. Please be aware that the Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role, unless any such information is ‘protected’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. 

There is a six-month probation period for all new post-holders.

The Academy is committed to equality of opportunity. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.