PE Technician - Dr Challoner’s High School
Location: Little Chalfont
Overview
We are looking for a PE Technician from September 2026 to help support our wonderful PE Team with organising lesson equipment, administration and general support. In addition, the role includes helping supervise PE clubs, fixtures and Sixth Form students on walks in the countryside and in the Gym (training available).
Salary: Pay range 3 £28,129 to £30,174 FTE Actual salary £17,602.56 to £18,882.27 for 28 hours per week/ 38 weeks per year.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 28 hours per week over 4 days, some flexibility with hours, term time only. Can be a permanent contract or fixed term contract (September – June/July, so suitable for gap years)
Closing date: Noon on Monday 23rd March 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 26th March
About us
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted and as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners in 2023.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students
What Challoner’s High can offer you:
- 4 days per week. Some flexibility with start times (8.00 – 8.45 am, your preference)
- Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the UK’s most comprehensive public sector pension schemes
- Supportive and highly capable and committed staff with a strong team spirit and great morale (more enjoyable than working from home!)
- The opportunity to make a really significant difference to young lives
- Excellent opportunities for professional development, including a highly regarded CPD programme
- Staff recognition scheme
- Use of staff gym; free porridge at breakfast and free soup at lunch; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants, discounts for local theatres
For more information please visit: www.challonershigh.com
About the role
This is a great role where you will be working with superb students and a fabulously friendly, passionate and successful staff team.
Please see our attached Job Description for more information about the post.
About you
The successful applicant will have an interest in sport, will enjoy working in a busy, ever changing and highly positive environment and will have sound administrative and organisational skills.
They will also be keen to support and help others and will have the confidence to supervise groups of students.
This is a great role where you will be working in a very inspiring and collaborative team, with some of the best young people you could meet!
Other information
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from [email protected].
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com.
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
