Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 1AZ Salary competitive and dependent upon skills and experience, Includes Teachers’ Pension Full Time Permanent Reference: 0143 Required from 1 September 2025 Ipswich High School seeks to appoint an outstanding and passionate whole school Director of Sport and Head of Boys PE (Physical Education) with effect from 1st September 2025. As the successful applicant, you will join a department which enjoys an outstanding reputation and is staffed by a further six qualified PE teachers, along with specialist swimming teachers and a range of coaches and peripatetic staff. In addition to finding an outstanding teacher, we are seeking to appoint an individual who is excited by the opportunity to build on the department’s success and has a clear vision for how this will continue during the coming years. Located on an idyllic 87-acre campus on the banks of the River Orwell, Ipswich High School enjoys an enviable reputation of delivering outstanding academic results whilst maintaining a warm, welcoming and happy community of over 500 pupils, aged 3-18. Working at Ipswich High School suits those who have a genuine commitment to both the academic and personal development of young people as well as the willingness to contribute to the wide co-curricular and community activity of our school. Experience teaching and leading a department through GCSE and A Level courses would be advantageous. As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to join our ambitious, friendly and caring community of staff and students and enjoy teaching small classes (usually 10-15 pupils) of polite, respectful and hardworking pupils as well as benefiting from terms and conditions which include a generous protected time allowance and 18 weeks holiday per year. To find out more Please read the Recruitment Pack (pdf). For further information, please visit our website (ipswichhighschool.co.uk) or call 01473 780201. How to apply Please submit your completed Application Form (docx) along with a Cover Letter, outlining your experience, suitability and ambitions for the role, to the HR Officer by email to recruitmentipswichhighschool.co.uk Alternatively, please submit your application by post, arriving in advance of the closing date, to the HR Officer, Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 1AZ. Closing date: 9 am, 17 April 2025. If you have not heard from us two weeks from the closing date, please, assume that your application has not been successful. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to pre-employment screening, which includes an enhanced DBS and reference check prior to appointment.