Job Description

PE TEACHER

Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Salary: £159 to £248 per day (temporary to permanent, depending on experience and location)
Contract: Temporary to permanent, full-time
Start: Immediate

About the role

We're recruiting a PE teacher for a temporary to permanent placement at a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead. You'll deliver high-quality PE teaching across Key Stages 3 and 4, leading engaging lessons that build pupils' physical literacy, confidence, and genuine passion for sport and movement. Following a successful initial period, this role has the potential to become a permanent position.

As a PE teacher, you'll teach across the secondary PE curriculum with expertise and enthusiasm. You'll develop pupils' physical skills, tactical understanding, and love of sport and activity. You'll lead extra-curricular sports clubs, fixtures and competitions, and contribute to the school's strong sports and physical activity programme.

Your role as a PE teacher includes:

• Teaching PE across Key Stages 3 and 4 with breadth and depth
• Delivering engaging, inclusive PE lessons that build physical confidence
• Supporting pupils' progression in a range of sports and activities
• Leading extra-curricular sports clubs, teams and fixtures
• Coaching competitive sports where you hold expertise
• Supporting pupils' physical, social and emotional development through PE
• Behaviour management and safeguarding practice
• Building positive relationships with pupils, families and PE colleagues
• Contributing to the school's vibrant sports and physical activity provision

About you

You're a qualified PE teacher with real experience teaching secondary pupils. You bring:

• QTS qualification (or equivalent teaching qualification)
• Strong, demonstrated knowledge of secondary PE curriculum
• Proven experience teaching secondary PE learners
• Enthusiasm for sport, physical activity, and pupil development
• Coaching experience or specialism in at least one sport
• Proven classroom management and safeguarding practice
• Commitment to pupil progress and engagement
• Reliability and professionalism

You might be an established PE specialist with years of secondary experience, an early career teacher with strong PE practice, someone returning to teaching, or a teacher seeking to deepen your PE expertise in a welcoming school.

About the school

The secondary school in Hemel Hempstead is a modern, welcoming community with excellent PE facilities and a strong commitment to physical education and sporting excellence. The school values high-quality PE teaching and has extensive extra-curricular sports provision, competitive fixtures, and a genuine belief in the power of sport and physical activity.

What we offer

• Temporary to permanent PE teacher placement with a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead
• Competitive daily rates aligned to your experience (£159 to £248)
• Potential pathway to permanent contract following successful initial period
• Professional support and full school integration
• Access to excellent PE facilities and equipment
• Opportunity to develop secondary PE expertise
• Professional development and training opportunities