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, the School 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.
We are seeking 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: Please see the job profile document for full information about this role.
To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan.
Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or ****** Closing date for applications: Sunday 17 November 2024 Interview date: Tuesday 26 November 2024 We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.
Wycombe Abbey 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 you are 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 We are an equal opportunities employer.
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310638.