Girls’ Senior School (11-18 Years)
Required for September 2025
We are seeking two dynamic and talented Teachers of Physical Education to join our well-resourced, thriving department. With an impressive record of success across a wide range of sports, we are looking for individuals who can contribute to and complement the strengths of our team.
For one of these positions, it would be highly desirable for the successful candidate to specialise in lacrosse, bringing expertise and enthusiasm to further develop this area within our school.
The successful candidates will be an enthusiastic and committed teacher and sportsperson, with the willingness and ability to play a key role in the School’s extra-curricular programme, including after-school and weekend practices and fixtures across all three terms. Expertise in coaching netball, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, waterpolo, hockey, athletics, football, cricket, rugby, outdoor pursuits and/or dance would be particularly desirable. An ability to teach PE up to and including A Level would also be an advantage.
With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.
In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections: Girls’ Division, Boys’ Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer, are the Foundation’s Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.
Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys’ and Girls’ Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes separate Junior Schools for boys and girls from the age of 7 and a co-educational Infant School and Nursery.
Academic results at GCSE and A Level consistently place Bolton School amongst the top schools in the North of England and often within the top 100 nationally. The School is also renowned for its provision of a wide range of enrichment activities, which take place both during and after the school day. It serves a wide area of the North West, collecting pupils on over 20 coach routes, and provides fee assistance to a substantial proportion of the student body - one in five Senior School pupils currently receives a bursary.
The vast majority of students progress to their first choice university and the School provides a regular supply of Sixth Formers to highly competitive courses and universities. Whilst the academic work of the two senior schools is largely separate, there are occasionally joint Sixth Form classes and there is considerable collaboration in extra-curricular activities.
Entry to the Junior and Senior Schools is by competitive examination and interview. Interest in the School remains robust and numbers on the school roll have increased in recent years.
Since 2022, the school has formalised its approach to evidence-based practice with the formation of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI). The Centre facilitates both research engagement as well as supporting action research.
Our aim is to ensure Bolton School is at the forefront of educational and pedagogical development. The CERI has a pivotal role in working alongside teachers to investigate the impact of innovation in the classroom. Foundation wide, we are well equipped to test emerging theory and to understand what will give the greatest benefit to students.
The Centre works with staff across our Primary and Senior Schools but also looks beyond to collaborate with external institutions, both universities and other schools seeking to share and develop knowledge and understanding of what helps children and young people to learn.
The Department is lively and energetic, as well as being committed to developing the girls’ confidence, fitness and enjoyment of physical education. In the Department the teachers value team work and a genuine interest in sport. There are four full time teachers within the Department, including the Director of Sport, as well as a part-time colleague who teaches in the Junior School. Each member of the Department has particular interests and areas of expertise across a range of sports, but all support each other with the delivery of the extra-curricular programme.
The Department has its own office in the Girls’ Division, next door to the School’s gymnasium. The Department shares some of its facilities with the Boys’ Division, namely the Sports Hall and the swimming pool, both of which are on the main School campus. As far as outdoor space is concerned, the Department has superb extensive playing fields, immediately behind the main school site and makes comprehensive use of the netball courts. On a separate site, a short walk from the School, there is another sports pavilion with new all-weather pitches.
For further details and to apply online for the position please visit the School website.
The closing date is noon on Monday 24 February 2025. However, please note that applications will be considered in order of receipt, and interviews, which begin on Wednesday 12 February, may occur at any stage after applications are received. Should suitable candidates be found before the deadline, the vacancy will close.
A generous level of PPA is provided which allows members of staff, as valued professionals, to manage their time appropriately and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.
We look forward to receiving your application.