Sports Coach (Full-Time during Term Time)
The Queen’s School are looking for an enthusiastic Sports Coach to assist in the running of the PE department, delivering, assisting and enhancing sports offerings, ideally with a January 2025 start date.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a flexible approach are essential to meet the varied demands of a school environment.
Applicants must have knowledge of a range of sports and an excellent ability to coach both primary and secondary school aged pupils to a high standard. Experience of coaching football would be an advantage as we would like to develop opportunities for pupils in this area.
Moreover, the successful candidate must be able to be an effective communicator, work well in a team and be proactive in developing our provision within the department; including commitment to extra-curricular activities and fixtures both during the week and at a weekend.
The Department
The department is based across two sites with a team of six staff that provide PE across all Key Stages.
We participate in a large range of sports competitively (locally and nationally) and we have a non-competitive programme based on health, wellbeing and fitness.
We have several thriving teams that have enjoyed success at a range of levels including tournaments. A number of individual pupils have gained national representation and sport is popular with pupils across all Key Stages including at an introductory level at our lower school.
The department is dedicated to extra-curricular provision and has an extensive programme of both competitive and non-competitive activities for all pupils to participate in both during the week and at weekends. We are proud to offer an inclusive programme of competitive sport that allows competition at varying levels.
The Role
The key responsibilities of the Sports Coach will be:
* To work cooperatively with the Heads of PE and the rest of the PE department in order to operate a well-structured coaching programme.
* To provide a high-quality coaching programme for all teams from senior school and also coaching in our lower school.
* To maintain and recommend equipment and supplies needed for the implementation of the sports and PE programme.
* To foster among the players a desire to win, an attitude of good sportsmanship, personal pride, and pride for their school and community.
* To deliver curriculum lessons in a range of sports, ideally leading on Football and assisting with the delivery of other lessons within the curriculum.
* To assist a range fixtures, both related to and unrelated to Football.
Benefits of working at The Queen’s School
In return for your commitment the School offers:
* Guaranteed, contracted hours
* Pro-rata annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year (dependent on actual hours worked), in addition to Bank Holidays. Entitlement increases to 30 days per year following 5 years’ service.
* School branded workwear provided
* On-site parking
* Pension Scheme
* Subsidised meals
* School fees discount
Salary
Salary will be paid at point 17+ on The Queen’s School scale, being £22,308 FTE. The applicable actual salary will be £19,075.28 per annum based on 40 hours per week worked during term time only based on the 2024/25 academic year.
Application
The application form and a letter of application, which should be no more than one side of A4, should be addressed to the Head of PE and emailed to recruitment@thequeensschool.co.uk no later than 5.00pm on Thursday 21 November 2024.
Interviews will be held the week beginning Monday 25 November 2024.
It is The Queen’s School policy that feedback will not be given following application. Please note that applications will only be considered on the school’s application form.
For further information, please visit our website before you come to the School.
It is the School’s policy to employ the best qualified team and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of our team, including promotion and training, and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, religion or religious belief, disability or age
No recruitment agencies please.