Pathway · Lateral move
Physical Education Teacher (Football Focus) to Academy Education & Welfare Officer
How to move from Physical Education Teacher (Football Focus) to Academy Education & Welfare Officer: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Academy Education & Welfare Officer
Required
This move needs the right qualification, licence or registration for the new role. Academy rules commonly require trained and background-checked welfare staff. Teaching or youth-work backgrounds are valued.
1 to 3 yearstypical timeline
1new skills to build
2qualifications to consider
-10%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Physical Education Teacher (Football Focus)
Teaches PE and coaches school football teams.
Academy Education & Welfare Officer
Looks after young players' education, wellbeing and safeguarding.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Coordinate players' study with schools and colleges
- Monitor wellbeing and safeguarding concerns
- Support transition and release processes
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Player Development.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.