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Teacher of Physical Education

St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury, Canterbury, South East

MPS/UPS

Pay scale: MPS/UPS
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time, part time
Job role: Teacher or lecturer
Subject: Physical education
Key stages: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
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Posted: 16 October 2026
Closing date: 22 October 2026

What the pay terms mean

Main pay range (MPS, M1 to M6): The pay range for qualified classroom teachers in maintained schools, set each year in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers usually move up a point each year, subject to their performance. Academies can set their own pay, but most follow it.
Upper pay range (UPS, U1 to U3): A higher range for experienced teachers who have applied and been assessed to move onto it, often called crossing the threshold.

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About the job

We wish to appoint a highly qualified and outstanding Teacher of PE. The post offers excellent opportunity to work in a thriving and dynamic school within a successful and friendly department. The successful candidate will have specialist subject knowledge of teaching and refereeing a range of competitive sports.

The successful candidate will have the drive to create a healthy balance of participation and competition for our students, meanwhile being required to make a significant contribution to the daily roles and responsibilities of a Physical Education teacher, including extra-curricular sports and activities. The candidate will have experience teaching Physical Education across Key Stage 3-5 including AQA GCSE PE, BTEC Sport Level 1/2 Tech Award and Level 3 BTEC Sport Diploma/Extended Certificate, is desirable.

About St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury

Type of school: Academy converter, Roman Catholic
Phase: Secondary, with a sixth form
Ages: 11 to 18
Pupils: 1,116 (room for 1,325)
Free school meals: 21.9% of pupils
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Trust: Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership
Local authority: Kent
Address: Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EN
Website: St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury website

Last inspected by Ofsted on 12 September 2023, before report cards were introduced. Read the report

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