Key Role Information Salary Job type Full Time Contract type Fixed Term Closing Interview 24/4/2026 Department Girls PE Key stage Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 Hours per week 0.00 Weeks per year 0.000 Visa sponsorship No Your Role PE Department The PE Department is comprised of 6 core teachers. The staff are enthusiastic and work very well as a team. All staff are encouraged to be reflective in their teaching and share good practice. The PE Department is lead and managed by a number of staff comprising of the overall Head of PE, Head of Boys PE, Head of Girls PE, Head of Girls Hockey and the Saturday morning programme. All students experience games and PE is offered at GCSE and A Level. A wide and varied extra-curricular programme is offered including basketball, football, hockey, netball, Gaelic and gymnastics. We also offer tennis, athletics and cricket in the summer months. We have state of the art PE facilities including a fitness suite, astro-turf, grass pitch, five tennis courts and two sports halls. We offer a Saturday morning programme to girls in hockey. The successful applicant will be expected to be involved in the Saturday hockey programme on a coaching/umpiring capacity with the Head of Hockey and other teachers/staff. At present we do not offer a Saturday morning programme to boys, as the vast majority of our students play Soccer, Rugby and Gaelic for local clubs at the weekend. The PE Department has been highly successful at competition level in many disciplines and we look forward to a new teacher joining our team to cover this maternity position. The successful candidate will also be expected to take form teacher duties, deliver personal development and support the extra-curricular activities within the College. Qualifications Honours degree qualificationessential 2.2 2. A secondary level teaching qualification, as recognised by the Department of Education by 31 August 2026.essential Skills Experience Experience of teaching PE to GSCE level (on placement or post qualification) and subsidiary subject(s) - please explainessential Ability and willingness to teach other subjects Experience of teaching OS Sport/ BTEC Sports (on placement or post qualification) Personal Attributes Willingness to be involved in Saturday morning Girls Hockey. (There is an additional coaching level payment to staff). essential A willingness to contribute to extra-curricular activities Qualifications A qualification in Hockey coaching/ A qualification in Netball or other sport coaching/umpiring Lagan College Deborah Tohill 44 Manse Road Belfast BT8 6SA Deborah Tohill visit our website Safeguarding Information Lagan College has a primary responsibility for the care, welfare and safety of all in our charge. The purpose of our Child Protection Procedures is to protect our students by ensuring that everyone who works in the College has clear guidance on the action which is required where abuse or neglect of a child is suspected or disclosed. Staff are vigilant at all times to the possibility of bullying occurring and will take immediate steps to stop it happening, to protect and reassure the victim and to change the behaviour of the bully. Lagan College operates a Child Protection Policy in line with the Department of Education guidelines. Copies are given to parents/carers of all new students or are available on request from the College Office.