Job Details

HEAD OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT

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Highgate International School Thailand

location
Chon Buri, Thailand
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    Preference : Fluent English Speaker
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Start Work : Aug 2027

Highlights :

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    Job Type Full-time
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    Education Bachelor degree
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    B.ED./ PGCE / iPGCE Preferred
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    Experience 3 years
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    Major Physical Education
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    Gender Any

Job overview
POSITION: HEAD OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT
Highgate International School Thailand opened to a founding community of Pre-Prep and Junior School students in August 2026. It will open a Senior School in August 2027, initially welcoming students into Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9. 
Operated in partnership with Siam Motors Group and Highgate School, London, students enjoy access to a wide range of world-class facilities within a beautiful and generously appointed campus situated in Chonburi.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Head of Physical Education & Sport will: 

  • Provide visionary and inspirational leadership for the physical and athletic development of students across the school 

  • Lead the development, implementation and review of an ambitious, engaging and progressive programme for Physical Education and Sport that both references and exceeds the boundaries of the English National Curriculum 

  • Promote physical literacy, healthy eating, wellbeing, and positive participation 

  • Develop and lead a competitive sport schedule and the management of school teams, fixtures, tournaments and major sporting events 

  • Identify, support, extend and promote students exhibiting potential 

  • Play an active and influential role in the arrangement of a full and engaging Co-Curricular Activity programme 

  • Lead on the recruitment, coordination and development of the wider Physical Education team and specialist partner groups 

  • Build a wide range of productive partnerships both across and beyond the school community 

  • Oversee the safe use of school facilities and resources 

  • Manage a departmental budget responsibly 

  • Use assessment and participation data to evaluate impact and strengthen provision 

  • Foster curiosity, rigour, engagement, enthusiasm, community and kindness among the student population  

  • Work in accordance with school policy and in the wider interests of the school 

  • Contribute enthusiastically and collaboratively to the development and wider operation of the school 

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

The Head of Physical Education & Sport will: 

  • Be an outstanding educator and leader with a compelling vision for whole-school Physical Education and Sport 

  • Hold a demonstrable degree of personal expertise within a given sport 

  • Demonstrate expertise in the field of risk management 

  • Understand the impact of an outstanding education 

  • Have integrity and exhibit a commitment to their professionalism and continued development 

  • Be ambitious, collaborative, adaptable and upbeat 

  • Have a pioneering attitude 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The Head of Physical Education & Sport will: 

  • Be a fully qualified teacher with QTS and hold a degree or equivalent professional qualification in Physical Education, Sports Science or a closely related discipline 

  • Have a minimum of three years of experience leading a broad programme of Physical Education or Sport within a school setting 

  • Have a good working knowledge of all phases of the English National Curriculum 

  • Have experience of supporting the development of young people who use English as an additional language 

  • Experience in the leadership of aquatics would be advantageous 

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