Teacher of PE (Netball Specialist)

Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, it provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.  

Wycombe Abbey has been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for the last 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the school’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

Wycombe seeks a well-qualified, enthusiastic teacher of PE with a specialism in Netball being essential, and experience in one or more of the School’s major sports; Lacrosse, Swimming, Athletics, Cricket, Tennis or Squash. The ideal candidate will hold a coaching qualification, be a competent umpire and have experience of coaching good school/club level players.  

Wycombe Abbey enjoys exceptional sporting facilities including a 6 lane 25m swimming pool, a state-of-the-art sports centre, 5 lacrosse pitches, a large floodlit Astroturf pitch, nine netball hard courts and twelve tennis hard courts. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly team of teachers at a well-established boarding school. The post would be suitable for an early career teacher.

Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector. 

To apply: Further details can be found under ‘Current Vacancies’ on the website. This is where the full information about this role can be found. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan by selecting “Apply for this job”. Any questions will be answered by the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com .

Closing date for applications: Sunday 29 September 2024

Interview date: Monday 7 October 2024

Wycombe Abbey reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should the school receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if the candidate is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance.