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Sports Coach
Salary: Band C Point 13 - 19
(£21,986.98 - £25,203.11 per annum depending on experience)
34 hours 10 minutes per week
8:50am - 4:30pm (Monday - Friday) with a 50-minute unpaid lunch break
37 weeks of the year - term time only
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School wishes to appoint a reliable and enthusiastic Sports Coach to promote PE, school sport and physical activity to raise attainment. The successful candidate will have a specialist coaching qualification relevant to Primary Phase and support colleagues in the delivery of collaborative teaching and learning within and beyond the curriculum. Experience working with pupils in an education setting is essential. We can offer you a friendly and welcoming school community, with well-behaved and enthusiastic pupils, excellent support and training opportunities and a supportive and well-resourced school.
This is a very exciting time to join our school, with us continuously improving, developing and embedding opportunities for creative learning. Our school's ethos is based on the Co-operative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and sharing a sense of collective responsibility for supporting each other.
This position will involve:
- Planning and delivering PE lessons across Key Stage 1 and 2, including activities such as games, dance, gymnastics, athletics, and outdoor adventurous activies
- Running before and after school sports clubs and significantly increase student participation in extracurricular physical activities
- Supporting school sports events by organizing and leading sports days, intra- and inter-school competitions, and physical activity festivals
- Promoting healthy lifestyles and lifelong physical activity among pupils, including targeted programs for specific groups like poor attendees or disadvantaged children
- Establishing and maintaining community links with local sports clubs to create opportunities for students beyond school
- Managing equipment and logistics, including risk assessments, transport arrangements, parental communication, kit preparation, and inventory of PE resources
The successful candidate will be:
- Passionate, creative, motivated and have a positive outlook
- Committed to raising outcomes of all students
- A great communicator with excellent organisational skills and a helpful attitude
- Enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
- Dedicated to good classroom management
- Caring towards the welfare and achievement of every child
- Innovative and have a passion for improvement
- Able to multi-taskwith excellent written skills
- Able to remain calm under pressure and remain positive
- In possession of a specialist coaching qualification relevant to Primary Phase
- Able to follow safeguarding procedures and prioritise students' welfare
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School is a member of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the school's Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.
In return for your hard work, you will receive:
- 2-week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully subsided Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding,please apply nowor you can request a visit of the school. For more information speak toAnna Brown athr@osborne.coopor call 01375 6489407
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer.As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Closing date: Wednesday 25th June 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.