The School seeks to appoint a full-time Director of Sport from September 2025. This post comes with a generous package: Rent-free accommodation provided on the Hill; Access to a generous education fund for any children you may have; Health cover provided free of charge for you and at a reduced rate for any members of your immediate family that you may wish to add.
Sport at Harrow:
At Harrow we make sport fun for our boys and encourage their active and enthusiastic participation, at the same time producing highly motivated sportsmen who are good role models. As a consequence, sport is thriving at the School and we have an international reputation as a centre of sporting excellence. Many Harrovians go on to enjoy professional careers in sport.
Over 70 members of teaching staff, 25 Masters-in-Charge (MiC) of Sports and more than 60 professional coaches deliver our broad and diverse games programme. In addition to this we employ a Rugby Professional, Soccer Professional and a Cricket Professional. We offer a different main team game in each term and play a variety of other sports appropriate to the time of year. Our major sports are rugby union, football and cricket, but we are increasingly strong at athletics, swimming, tennis and squash. Fixtures take place mainly on Saturday afternoons, and our extensive and hotly contested inter-House sports programme engages boys in all 12 Houses in varied competitions. Unique occasions, like the annual cricket match against Eton at Lord’s, provide memorable highlights in our sporting calendar.
There is a timetabled Physical Education programme for Shell boys, which runs alongside the formal games programme for all boys. Boys are also able to choose Sports Science at A level and Physical Education at GCSE, for which the uptake is particularly healthy.
The Role:
We require a well-qualified Director of Sport to be responsible for: the leadership, management, development and coaching of sport at Harrow; the integration of sport into our academic and wider co-curricular programme; promoting wide participation in and a lifelong love of sport among boys; and helping those with high sporting potential to achieve excellence. The successful application must also be keen to contribute to the wider life of the School in a full-boarding environment.
The successful candidate will also be required to teach academic PE and Sports Science to GCSE and A level and depending on qualifications and experience deliver GCSE Physical Education and A level Sports Science.
Support and training to achieve Qualified Teacher Status can be offered if required. We occasionally appoint Masters with outstanding qualities and a good degree who do not have a formal teaching qualification.
Please visit the School’s website at or click on the 'Apply on School website' button for more detailed information about the role, and to complete an online application form
Closing date: Friday 14 February 2025
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with any past employer and the DBS.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome anyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.