Job Description

Teacher of Girls' PE - 0.8fte

Scale Range: MPS/UPS


Required: January 2026


We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and inspiring individual with a real passion for supporting the development of PE at Outwood Academy Danum. We are looking for someone who is passionate about PE and determined to impact knowledge, skills and understanding to all our young people. Being a committed and imaginative teacher, you will support our ongoing developments within the PE department as we continually strive to improve attainment across our PE subjects including CNAT Sports Studies.


Applications are invited from Early Careers Teachers through to experienced Teachers.


Outwood Academy Danum has a new build which extends the provision available to our students, this includes a new 604 metre squared sports hall. This is a state of the art facility to support the delivering of an inspiring, inclusive PE curriculum for all.


At Danum, we believe that physical education should be an exciting vehicle, not only to ensure that our pupils establish lifelong fitness habits, but that they learn how to work as a team and build resilience. The brand new sports facility will allow us to improve the provision for pupils and build on an exciting enrichment offer. The PE team is a supportive group of staff who play their full part in school life. We are seeking a teacher of girls' PE to continue to inspire and motivate pupils to lead active lifestyles, along with promoting excellence and participation in sport.


Being part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust means that all staff have access to excellent opportunities for professional development at all levels, with scope to build a career across a range of schools. There is an opportunity for subject specific CPD and in school support to ensure that quality teaching and learning leads to outstanding outcomes for all students. We believe that all teaching and support staff posts at our Academy are key posts in terms of supporting student success and achievement across a broad range of subjects and experiences.


The right candidate will be able to make a significant difference to the lives of our students and share our single goal of 'Students First Raising Standards and Transforming Lives'. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community, who love PE and have a passion to develop this in both in lessons and through enrichment opportunities.


OGAT are proud to be a part of the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) hosting its North and East campus as Outwood Academy Redcar and Outwood Academy Adwick. The NIoT identifies best practice in education, in order to develop cutting-edge, evidence-based teacher training and professional development programmes. OGAT colleagues will benefit from the work of the institute, which draws on the expertise of some of the most outstanding school leaders in education today. For our ECT colleagues, a full and detailed programme of support and development, including PE subject specialism support will be provided.

Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson

Principal: Mandy Crane

We are an Ofsted Good rated, 11-18 academy, with a thriving sixth form and a campus undergoing a transformation, based in the friendly, South Yorkshire town of Doncaster.


We are proud to say that our recent OFSTED inspection in 2024 cited that the school is a 'Good' school, identifying how the school is an 'inclusive school' where 'pupils of every background are provided with the opportunities they need to be successful.' We value our staff highly, and have established a truly supportive environment where staff training and well being is at the heart of all we do. We are focused on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased attainment, achievement and social and emotional development.


We are proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and to have received the IQM Award, which highlights our commitment to inclusion.We have also recently achieved our Eco Schools award along with our Leading the Way award for meeting all eight Gastsby Benchmarks to support employability for our students.


We believe we are on a journey towards Outstanding. Help to take us to the next level.


We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.


All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.


If you share our vision, join our family.