Teacher of PE - Full-time

Leigh Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F63-189-T
• Posted:12/05/2025
• Pay:MPS/UPS commensurate with experience
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:16/05/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you a dynamic PE Teacher ready to empower exceptional learners through the joy of physical activity? Snowfields Academy, an Outstanding specialist SEN setting, offers an exciting opportunity to join our passionate team! Here, you'll have the chance to unlock potential, and encourage a foundation for a healthy and active future in students with diverse needs.

At Snowfields Academy, we're dedicated to a holistic approach, understanding the vital link between physical well-being and academic success for our amazing students. You'll design and deliver engaging, inclusive PE experiences that celebrate progress and foster teamwork in a highly supportive environment. Your creativity in adapting activities and your belief in every student's ability will truly shine here.

Why Make Your Mark at Snowfields Academy?

• Be Part of Excellence: Join a school officially recognized as Outstanding, where high standards and a nurturing ethos go hand-in-hand for our incredible SEN students.
• Directly Impact Lives: Use your PE expertise to boost students' physical health, self-esteem, and overall engagement in learning.
• Innovate and Adapt: Bring your creative flair to develop PE lessons that are both challenging and accessible to a wide range of abilities.
• Thrive in a Supportive Community: Collaborate with a dedicated team that values your contributions and prioritizes both student and staff well-being.
• Champion Holistic Growth: Contribute to a school that understands the crucial role of physical activity in the overall development of our students.

Experience the profound satisfaction of seeing your students achieve and grow. Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values your expertise. Access opportunities for professional growth within a specialist setting. Shape the physical futures of truly remarkable young people.

Apply now to become our PE Teacher at Snowfields Academy!

Please be aware that it is not required for candidates to hold a specific SEN qualification in order to be considered for this role.

This is a permanent opportunity offering MPS/UPS commensurate with experience + SEN Allowance. For those interested in visiting the academy or arranging an initial phone call, please contact Amy Wenban (Recruitment Advisor) on amy.wenban@latrust.org.uk in the first instance.

Information about the trust

As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Currently, 16 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is 53% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing three ‘clusters’ of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Holly Neve
• Address:LAT Head Office,
  Carnation Road,
  Rochester,
  Kent,
  ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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