Assistant Director of Sport (Joint) - Pipers Corner School

Assistant Director of Sport (Joint) - Pipers Corner School

Location: High Wycombe

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a graduate teacher of Physical Education to join our team at this thriving girls' independent school. The successful candidate will need drive and ambition together with a genuine passion and enthusiasm for their subject. Knowledge and experience coaching/teaching hockey, netball, cricket, gymnastics and swimming are key. You should have prior experience of organising fixtures and being involved in a full extra-curricular sports programme. The ability to teach GCSE PE is essential and A Level is desirable.

The Assistant Director of Sport responsibility will be shared with another existing member of staff.

Job Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Contract: Permanent

Required to start: September 2025 or January 2026

Hours: Full time

About us

Pipers Corner is a Girls' School Association Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the school is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2023) the school was graded as "excellent" in all categories.

This position will suit an inspiring, energetic and organised teacher looking to take on responsibility in Physical Education and School Sport. The successful candidate will work with the Director of Sport, and other departmental members, to implement departmental schemes of work within lessons, create an extracurricular programme that is varied and inclusive, teach academic PE and organise interschool fixtures across a wide range of ages. The Director of Sport and her colleagues will provide full support to the successful candidate.

Further information regarding the role and the department can be downloaded from the vacancies section of our website

About you

The successful candidate will have shown the prominence physical education/school sport has had in their life and their ability to convey this to the students and School. A specialism in hockey coaching/teaching is desirable, as well as experience in a breadth of our key sports.

The role requires flexibility, good humour and a commitment to work hard as part of a strong team. You will need to demonstrate initiative and be a self-starter

Completed application forms and a covering letter should be addressed to the Headmistress and returnedto HR via the email address above.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Pipers Corner School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Pipers Corner School 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.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.