Teacher
CURRICULUM LEADER: PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Required from September 2025
MPS/UPS
TLR 2.3 - £7,902
The Curriculum Leader Role and the PE Department:
The PE department at Balshaw’s Church of England High School is a special place to work where students achieve incredible levels of sporting excellence. This is down to the superb commitment of the department under the excellence, vision and drive for success of its former Curriculum Leader.
The school achieves elite sporting success with international champions in many different sports inside and outside school. At the time of writing we are currently the U16 Lancashire Cup Holders in football (a title that was previously won by a team with England international and Manchester United player Phil Jones). International record holder and world champion freestyle footballer, Liv Cooke remains a regular visitor to the school. We have national swimming champions, BMX champions, gymnasts and netballers. Emma Dovey, former England netballer and captain of Manchester Thunder learned her netball at Balshaw’s.
It is safe to say that Balshaw’s punches well above its weight when it comes to sporting achievement.
However, what is most powerful about the vision implemented in the department is not the sense of elitism, but inclusivity. At Balshaw’s everyone can achieve on “My PE Journey:” – the curriculum that is structured to ensure that every student can see how sport can help them to develop physical and mental fitness and develop skills that are transferable to all areas of life.
Although the PE department does not have a full-size Sports Hall (something that we are working very hard on acquiring), it is in every other respect, very well-resourced. Indoors there is a dance studio, a small sports hall, a fully equipped gymnasium that can take a full class of students and access to the school hall when needed. The school also has an excellent climbing wall which can be brought back into use. Outside we are blessed with 21 acres of land. At the heart of this is a top-quality full size 3G pitch around which are 4 grass pitches (football or rugby), long jump pit, three tennis courts and a running track is marked during the summer season around the 3G pitch.
The department currently follows the OCR GCSE syllabus but is considering moving to AQA. There are 2 GSCE groups in Year 10 and 1 GCSE group in Year 11 with a legacy Sports Science group. One of the challenges of running the department is that you have excellent, experienced staff, but three of them have senior positions in school as either Head of House or Assistant Head, the other two are part time (two male, three female). However, the department also has its own PE technician to support resource management and coaching for teams who is passionate about developing young people’s love of sport. The department also regularly works with trainee PE teachers on placement.
We are looking for a Curriculum Leader with passion for a breadth of sports, who will continue to grow PE excellence and inclusivity at the school. They must be experienced teachers of PE, ready to take up a sizeable mantle with a clear vision to maintain Balshaw’s reputation as a centre of sporting excellence with academic excellence in PE GCSE and breadth and depth throughout the curriculum and beyond.
The closing date is Midnight, Wednesday 14th May, 2025
Other Information
Please apply using the quick apply button on TES here: https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/curriculum-leader-physical-education-lancashire-2210944
