Teacher of PE

Teacher of PE (1-year maternity cover)

Hours: Full time

●    Are you an innovative and confident PE teacher who delivers motivating, high-quality lessons?
●    Are you committed to high standards and ensuring that all students are challenged to reach their maximum potential?
●    Could you use your determination and drive to make a key contribution to the continued success of our PE Department?
●    Would you like to live and work in one of the most beautiful areas of the UK, teaching keen and dedicated students in a school with high ambitions for all?

Then we would welcome an application from you to join our successful and well-regarded PE Department.

This temporary position will cover the maternity leave of a colleague, starting 1 September 2025 and ending 31 August 2026.

The successful candidate
We’re looking for an outstanding teacher of PE to work across the 11–18 age and ability ranges. Specialising in teaching dance, netball and hockey, you will have a strong commitment to extra-curricular activities – the school has an excellent reputation for success at local, county and regional level and a huge participation rate across a range of sports. The department has good partnerships with local clubs where pupils are encouraged to continue their development.

About the PE Department
You will be joining an exceptional PE Department with a fine tradition of academic and sporting success. We are successful and forward-thinking, with an established reputation for excellence among students, staff and the local community. 

The PE department comprises a team of 7 committed teachers and a part-time PE technician. We are innovative and forward thinking in our approach and can draw on a wide range of expertise to enable students to study GCSE or BTEC Technical in sport at key stage 4, and develop this further to A level or Level 3 BTEC post 16; the department also offers the Higher Sports Leaders Award in the 6th form. The breadth of experience in our PE team means we can offer a broad curriculum and extra-curricular experiences.

We endeavour to enable all of our students to become successful learners who have the confidence and responsibility to make a positive contribution to the community. The emphasis is on an active and healthy lifestyle whilst allowing pupils to foster a love of sport and activity which best suits their interests and needs.

Our curriculum promotes this by focusing on the enjoyment of activity, which in turn leads to the development of physical, social and emotional well-being. Health is a common theme running through the PE curriculum and we encourage an active lifestyle, improving general fitness, strength, stamina and endurance.

We have a strong commitment to extra-curricular activities at UCC and we enjoy success in many areas of sport, with students being involved in district, county, regional and national teams. Staff have been committed to the organisation and coaching of county groups across a range of activities and undertake overseas and domestic sports tours each year.

This is a great opportunity for either a newly qualified or an experienced teacher to work in a friendly, dynamic environment and to play a full and active role in the continual development of high-quality teaching and learning.

About Ullswater Community College (UCC)
UCC is a happy school, where students and teachers expect to treat one another with respect.
We are a larger than average 11–18 comprehensive school serving the biggest catchment area in England. We received an Ofsted Good rating in April 2023 and were recognised as ‘Best Secondary School in Cumbria’ at the annual NewsQuest Educational awards in October 2023.
We’re intensely ambitious for our students, care deeply about all aspects of their success and value everyone’s unique differences. Our vision is to ensure that UCC is ‘best in county’ in all we do. 

We offer our teaching staff:
•    A welcoming and supportive community where staff really do matter – our Staff Wellbeing group is an integral part of the school culture.
•    An outstanding programme of continuing professional development at all levels, which provides opportunities to develop the skills and qualities to progress your career.
•    An excellent ECT programme, which is supportive and professionally run.
•    A committed, supportive and approachable senior leadership team with a clear vision for raising standards and maintaining a responsive and professional working environment.
•    Membership of the Health Assured employee assistance programme.
•    Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme.

We invest heavily in staff development, consider the well-being of colleagues in every development and encourage staff to be fully involved in whole-school and departmental learning initiatives.

We also pride ourselves on our fantastic students and curriculum offer. Our strong pastoral system is organised on a horizontal basis and most teachers are Form Tutors, in which important aspect of their work they are led and supported by Leaders of Achievement and Success.

This is an exciting time to be joining us – we are part of the school rebuilding programme and anticipate a significant investment or new build in the very near future.

UCC is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified teachers and early careers teachers (ECTs).

To apply
We welcome applications using either the TES application procedure or our own application form. This can be downloaded from our website, where full job details and comprehensive information about the school can also be found. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries (hr@ullswatercc.co.uk).

We encourage applications from all members of society, regardless of background, gender, ethnicity, disability or age (as long as you're over 18). Please note that we do not hold a Home Office sponsor licence.

UCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Employment at UCC is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed; if they are disclosed, the school cannot take them into account.

Please be aware that we may perform an online search if you accept an invitation to interview.

Closing date for applications: 9am Tuesday 22 April 2025
We aim to hold interviews the following week

Please note that we can contact only the successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if a suitable candidate is found.