Required from September 2025
Director of Sport
Roedean seeks an outstanding and visionary leader to take our Sports Department forward into the next exciting stage. This role demands a high level of expertise, leading a highly-motivated team, but this must also be complemented by an ability to view the department objectively, and be ready to manage change, where necessary, to build a sector-leading department, ready for the School’s 150th anniversary in 2035.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual with high aspirations, coupled with ambition for others. You will be an experienced specialist Teacher of PE but, most importantly, you will have the girls’ aspirations and welfare at the heart of your vision. A passion for all sports and a commitment to ensure that every student flourishes in this highly successful department should be at the very heart of everything you wish to achieve – every student, regardless of their sporting ability and enthusiasm, should be empowered, encouraged, and engaged.
Our stunning cliff-top location, between the English Channel and the South Downs, provides a wonderful location to play sport, but it also encourages the students to widen their horizons and aim high. The School’s founding ethos remains as strong today as it was in 1885, and this rich heritage permeates many aspects of school life. In sport, our key sports of Hockey, Netball and Cricket are complemented by strength in other areas, such as Swimming and Athletics.
The Sports Department supports broad participation in a range of disciplines, with A to F teams in Years 7 and 8, allowing every student the opportunity to represent Roedean. Students are also encouraged and supported to challenge themselves to excel, and, in 2022, a team of six students (from Years 8-12) successfully swam from Dover to France in a Cross-Channel Relay. In sport, as in many areas of school life, Roedean bucks the trend for what is often expected of girls.
Roedean is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Please download an application pack from our website (www.roedean.co.uk/Vacancies) or contact Louisa Butler via vacancies@roedean.co.uk. Please note we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 24 February 2025.
Due to the need to appoint quickly we reserve the right to interview and appoint at any time.
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