Start date: 3 February 2025 Hours Per Week: 36.5, Term time only Alston Primary School Alston Road Birmingham B9 5UN Telephone number: 0121 464 1569 Contact email: g.suemulalston.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent We are looking to appoint an experienced sports coach who will have an important role in delivering high quality PE, school sport and physical activity. It is an excellent opportunity for a flexible, creative and committed individual to join our happy, vibrant and skillful team. We would like our newly appointed sports coach to raise the profile of PE, cover PPA PE lessons, attend external sports competitions/ residentials, support teachers with delivering high quality PE lessons, lead breakfast /lunchtime and after school clubs. The role will involve working co-operatively with the Trust Sports Lead, challenging and encouraging children to interact and engage in all activities, promoting inclusion and the benefits that physical activity has on wellbeing. We are looking for someone who: has at least two years’ paid experience of teaching physical education in a primary school has a good working knowledge of the primary PE national curriculum has excellent organisational and communication skills has experience of inclusion within the mainstream setting can deliver a range of extracurricular sports activities understands the individual needs of children and can develop and inspire young people to become and stay involved in sport and physical activity aware of the PE, school sport and physical activity funding requirements and can record impact statements on to the report has experience in classroom management can communicate with children, parents and staff effectively is caring, fun, creative and inspiring has a passion to ensure the very best for our children is available to work before and after school hours This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to Apply Please apply online. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.