Girls PE Teacher
Job overview
Position: Girls PE Teacher- Please also note that this post is exempt from the gender equality act and we can only accept applications from female candidates.
Location: The Albion Academy, 1 London Street, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 6QT
Closing Date: Wednesday 13th May at 9am.
The Vacancy
Do you want to be part of a transformational team at one the most rapidly improving schools in Salford, with a drastic increase in Progress 8 and attainment scores over recent years? Would you like to join an Academy with an extremely positive staff survey response around Leadership support, alignment, vision and investment from staff as well as a Leadership Team who understand that work-life balance is important to getting the best outcomes for all?
Rated 'Good' in all areas by OFSTED (July 2023) the academy has a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. Built on the values of ambition, respect and resilience we have a strong and growing reputation in our local community for very high expectations from our students in terms of behaviour and respect, whilst striving hard to be inclusive and ensure that the students are aspirational for their futures.
We are looking to recruit a Girls PE teacher to teach across the ability range, supporting the development of PE to the highest standards for all pupils at Key Stage 3 and 4. You will support the Curriculum Area Leader of PE to continue to develop our already flourishing department.
Please see the job description for full role details
Academy Location
The Albion Academy is located in the heart of Salford just 2 miles from Manchester City Centre. We provide high quality education to 11–16-year-olds from across the city. We are proud of our modern building with excellent facilities which were designed with learning and development in mind.We have recently undergone significant refurbishment of the site and are continuing with this work into 2025-2026 to ensure our facilities meet our ambition for students and staff.
United Learning
We are part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.There is strong practice throughout the trust, allowing our staff to develop quickly and accelerate their career progression.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme.It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole.We always appoint on merit.
What We Can Offer You! More pay...more time...and more support!- An average Salary of 5% above national scales - the best rates of pay in the sector!
- Health cash plan, giving you money towards essential medical treatment
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Staff discount scheme to save you money on shopping, gym memberships, holidays and more
- Bespoke career pathways for every member of staff with high quality training and development for every stage in your career
- Start every term with an additional Inset day set aside for your own planning (in addition to the usual five INSET days - giving you eight in total)
- We provide high quality training and development for every stage of your career
- Every teacher benefits from a bespoke development plan to support progression and aspirations
- Access to high-quality curriculum with excellent resources
- Benefit from support from expert subject advice
- At least one personal day each year, to use as you want
- We offer the opportunities for flexible working
- The benefits of working in a successfully multi-academy trust and full access to ongoing CPD
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing: access to free counselling and other wellbeing support
To Apply
Please complete the online application and submit by 0900 on Wednesday 13th May 2026.
Visits to the school are actively encouraged. Please contact rebecca.waters@albionacademy.co.uk to arrange.
The Albion Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Clearance and barred list check.
Please note: We do not accept CV's for any of our advertised roles to comply with Safer Recruitment within education.
United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12. Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.