Required for September 2025
Teacher of Physical Education (Ideal for ECT or Experienced teacher)
Salary MPS/UPS
Are you passionate about ensuring that students are given the opportunity to reach their academic and personal potential? Sir Harry Smith Community College is an excellent school and part of an exciting Trust. If you are an inspiring teacher wanting to work with exceptional students in a strong school that values staff wellbeing and happiness, come and join our team.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, outstanding PE Teacher with the energy and commitment to teach PE to our pupils. We are looking for a passionate and talented practitioner, someone who is able to motivate students, lead extra-curricular activities and inspire the next generation. The successful candidate will be creative, a strong role model and an advocate for our students.
What the school can offer:
· Supportive and ambitious middle and senior leaders
· Recognition for continuous service
· Automatic enrolment into the TPS
· Excellent CPD opportunities
· Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
Sir Harry Smith Community College is an 11-18 Academy, proud of its traditional values and innovative approaches to Teaching and Learning and its standards of discipline and respect It is a calm and safe place, where staff and students work hard, achieve a great deal and enjoy excellent working relationships. The College serves the market town of Whittlesey, seven miles outside of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The College is part of the Aspire Learning Trust working together with Park Lane and New Road Primary Schools, also in Whittlesey, to help every child achieve their full potential, to prepare them for their next educational steps, to teach them kindness and respect for all and to equip them to play a full satisfying role in society.
We are a ‘good’ school. Our February 2024 Ofsted recognised that:
‘The majority of pupils want to do well. They understand that their teachers want them to achieve high standards. Pupils trust the teachers who have developed positive relationships with them. They work hard for these teachers and produce high quality work.
'The school has redesigned its curriculum. It has thought carefully about how to inspire pupils. The school has a well-planned and ambitious programme of learning. The school has ensured that the curriculum reflects the diversity of modern life. Pupils explain how they celebrate difference. The school has planned so all pupils have access to the curriculum without limitation. This includes those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)’
‘The provision for students in the sixth form is strong. Teachers’ expert subject knowledge and delivery ensures students learn well. Students develop deep understanding of complex and abstract concepts. Students confidently apply these to different situations, effectively drawing together what they know.
If you would like an information pack, please visit our website For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mr T Smith, Head of Sixth Form, on 01733 703991 or via email at tsmith@sirharrysmith.com
Application deadline is 9 am, Monday 24th February 2025. Please send completed application forms, together with a letter of application, no longer than two sides of A4 to: applications@sirharrysmith.com (We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post).
(We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post).
Applicants are thanked for their interest in Sir Harry Smith Community College. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date.
This school is committed to safeguarding ad promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment