Technician (Physical Education) - Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
Term time only: Yes
Salary Details: BUCKS PAY SCALE 2 ( £26,522 – £ 28,722 FTE) ACTUAL SALARY (£22,490 – £24,373)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Term time, with 5 inset days)
Closing date: 17/07/2026
Interviews to be held: Monday 20th July 2026
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
Website: www.buckinghamschool.org
About the role
The Buckingham School PE Department is looking to recruit a PE Technician to join the PE Department from September 2026. Applicants should be motivated, confident, and supportive with good interpersonal skills.
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the physical education department, classes and extracurricular activities. As a PE Technician, you will collaborate closely with teachers and students to provide technical assistance, maintain equipment, and contribute to the overall success of our PE curriculum and extra-curricular programme.
The post holder will actively promote the PE Department within the school and within the wider community, ensuring displays and social media activity is exciting, engaging and current.
You will need to be organised with the ability to use email and computer software packages.
A willingness to drive the school minibus would be a distinct advantage, but not essential.
The PE Technician will work closely with the PE Team, reporting to the Curriculum Leader. You will be joining a motivated and enthusiastic team, looking to provide students with as many enriching and positive opportunities as possible on their journey here at The Buckingham School.
If you feel you have the appropriate skill set to undertake this role and are keen to develop your career in an educational setting then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please see attached Job description & Person specification for further details.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org.
Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected].
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
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).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
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.
