Graduate Sports Assistant
Wells Cathedral School
Somerset
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Competetive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 9 May 2024
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Graduate to coach sport at all levels from Year 7 to 13. The applicant will be expected to contribute to the wider games programme, including supporting pre-season training.
The Graduate Sports Assistant will be involved in coaching sport at Wells six days a week, including Saturdays, during term time. This will include a busy timetable within the Physical Education and Sports department, leading sessions and working with specialist PE teachers and games coaches.
The School offers a competitive sports programme, very popular with our pupils in this unique co-educational day and boarding school in the heart of the West Country. It would be ideally suited to those with a passion for sport and young people who are looking to gain relevant experience before embarking on a formal teaching qualification. It would also suit a newly qualified teacher looking to gain experience in a thriving independent boarding school. The candidate will be expected to have expertise in at least one of our core sports (Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Cricket, Tennis and Football).
Accommodation can be provided if the successful candidate performs an AssistanT Houseparent role for which an additional allowance is offered. Further details can be provided by the HR department
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Wells Cathedral School reserves the rights to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: 9 May 2024 12 noon
Interviews will take place on: Tuesday 14th May 2024
For further details, please download an application pack from our website:
https://wells.cathedral.school/our_people/#vacancies
Wells Cathedral School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services certificate.
About Wells Cathedral School
Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational, Church of England, independent school offering day places to children aged 2-18 and boarding places to children aged 8-18. Based in Wells, Somerset, it currently has around 730 pupils. It is set up as a charitable trust and offers bursaries and scholarships., Wells Cathedral School is one of the oldest in Europe, with early records going back to 909 AD. In 1969 it became one of the first independent schools to accept girls. It provides an all-round education for its pupils and also, notably, incorporates a music specialist programme within the main school, making it one of five specialist music schools in the UK and the only one to offer such specialism within the context of an all-round education.
Head Master
Alastair Tighe
Vision and values
The School aims to ensure all its pupils develop as well-rounded individuals, who set themselves high standards, work equally hard at their academic and co-curricular studies, and who develop passions and interests which will propel through life beyond school. Founded on Christian values, Wells Cathedral School welcomes pupils of all faiths and promotes the values of integrity and social responsibility.
Wells Cathedral School is a specialist music school and prides itself on its international status and first-rate facilities.
ISI report
“Wells Cathedral School is successful in meeting its aim to encourage all pupils to strive for excellence with passion and integrity in a community which is welcoming and nurturing. Throughout the school, pupils develop an enthusiasm towards their learning, apply their knowledge confidently and articulately and achieve well academically. They work well cooperatively and independently, and are supported by good teaching. The well-balanced curriculum, complemented by a wide range of extra-curricular activities, enhances learning opportunities.”
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