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The School requires, from 1 September 2022, a Head of Tennis

Competitive salary of £34,091pa-£40,202pa

All-year round role, 40 days' holiday per year (including bank holidays)

Generous School fee remission

Excellent benefits & CPD

A well-qualified graduate and outstanding tennis coach is required to take the leading role in the continued development of tennis as one of the School's major sports. The successful candidate will hold an LTA Level 3 Tennis Coach qualification and will be experienced in coaching and playing tennis at a high level. They will be able to coach a second sport, ideally rugby, hockey or netball. The Head of Tennis will be expected to contribute fully to the wider co-curricular and boarding life of the School. The role includes Saturday fixtures during term time, as well as pre-season training and UK/international tours. During School holidays, the Head of Tennis will work with children attending summer camps and sports camps.

New Hall is a warm, welcoming and supportive environment, with a mixture of single-sex and co-educational teaching. The School enjoys first class floodlit facilities, including: 8 netball courts, 2 all-weather hockey pitches, a 3G rugby training pitch, a national standard athletics track, extensive playing fields, 25m 6-lane indoor pool, 10 tennis courts, sports hall and fitness suite. New Hall has a strong reputation for sport, with students competing at county, regional and national level in a wide range of sports.

New Hall is committed to increasing the number of staff from ethnic minorities, across all roles and at all levels, to reflect our diverse student population. Applications from practising Catholics are particularly welcome. The Equal Opportunities Policy can be found on the School website.

Closing date for applications is midday, Wednesday 29 June 2022

Early applications are encouraged, and interviews will take place on a rolling basis

JOB ID: NH0338

For further details and an Application Form, please visit our website: www.newhallschool.co.uk/job-opportunities

Alternatively, please contact a member of the HR Department on 01245 467 588.

New Hall is committed to safeguarding pupils. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.

Information about the School

New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.

The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.

The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.

From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.

As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.