Ready to inspire the next generation through sport and performance? Join our dynamic PE department and help students develop confidence, resilience, and a lifelong love of physical activity. We’re looking for a teacher with high expectations and a passion for excellence—whether you’re experienced or an Early Career Teacher (ECT), this is your chance to make a real impact.
Visits to the school before interview are strongly encouraged. We also have anupcoming Recruitment Event taking place on Tuesday 27th January from 5.30pm-6.30pm, which we'd strongly encourage all applicants to attend. Further details regarding the Recruitment Event, and a link to sign up, can be found here:
Job Title: Teacher of PE
Location: Ellis Guilford School, Nottingham
Salary: MPS/UPS (£32, - £51,)
Start Date: September or earlier
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-Time
About Our School:
Ellis Guilford School is a growing and thriving larger than average Secondary School with a clear mission “to ensure that children attending our school have a better chance of success”. With a recently graded “Good” Ofsted in, Ellis Guilford is at an extremely exciting point in its journey. We deliver a broad curriculum and have an extensive co-curricular offer to support our children to become confident, independent and balanced individuals, to allow all pupils to exceed beyond their potential. We do this by putting our values of equality, integrity and ambition at the core of everything we do.
About the PE Department:
Our goal is for every pupil to develop a lifelong love of Physical Education. With the right environment and experiences, every child can succeed in PE. Physical activity is essential for health, wellbeing, and life skills such as teamwork, resilience, and leadership. Our curriculum provides varied opportunities for pupils to apply these skills in real-life contexts and across other subjects, including science and health education. Beyond physical competence, we focus on building confidence, problem-solving, and strategic thinking—skills that benefit pupils both in sport and everyday life.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website.
Application closing date: Monday 2nd February, 9am.
We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, If you'd like to arrange this, or a confidential conversation with our Principal, please contact the Principal's PA on
Recruitment Event
We warmly invite you to attend our upcoming Recruitment Event on Tuesday 27th January from 5.30pm-6.30pm.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. We will hold interviews as soon as we have received enough applications from suitably qualified applicants. If a successful appointment is not made, then we will repeat the process.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Principal’s PA on if you would like an update on your application and details of a potential interview date.
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