Required for September 2025.
Bolton School is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Sports Assistant to support our thriving Sports departments on a fixed term basis for a period of 3 years. This role is ideal for someone passionate about sport, coaching, and working with young people in a dynamic school environment.
Key Responsibilities:
· Deliver coaching in sport and assisting with sports lessons.
· Support the running of school representative sports teams, including accompanying them to fixtures, tournaments, and events.
· Assist PE teachers in delivering practical lessons and extracurricular activities.
· Provide supervision and encouragement to pupils during lessons and training sessions.
· Help with administrative tasks such as fixture planning and kit management.
· Ensure sports equipment is available, well-maintained, and stored appropriately.
· Maintain high standards of health and safety for pupils during school activities.
Ideal Candidate:
· A passion for sport and coaching with experience working with young people.
· Strong organisational and communication skills.
· Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
· First Aid qualification (or willingness to obtain one).
· A proactive and enthusiastic attitude towards supporting school sports.
The normal hours of work will be 35 hours per week to include supporting extra-curricular activities at lunchtimes, early evenings (until 5.30pm) and on Saturday mornings, during term time.
With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.
In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections: Girls’ Division, Boys’ Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer, are the Foundation’s Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.
Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys’ and Girls’ Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes separate Junior Schools for boys and girls from the age of 7 and a co-educational Infant School and Nursery.
For further details and to apply online for the position, please visit the school website.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 24 April 2025 at 12.00 noon
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 30 April 2025
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.