PE Coach

We are looking to recruit an experienced and inspiring Sports coach to teach PE to primary age children at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park.

About Us

At Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park, we are proud to celebrate the wide range of backgrounds, abilities, faiths and cultures within our school. Our success lies in our drive to ensure every pupil takes pride in their skills, abilities, and talents and uses these to help them attain the highest possible level of education.

We work together to ensure that our children have a bright, safe, secure and happy place to learn. We celebrate their achievements and encourage mutual respect for one another. We feel that by working together with our children, parents, carers, staff, governors and the wider community we can encourage our pupils to show respect, take responsibility and show resilience as they grow with us.

Main Areas of Responsibility

In this rewarding role, you will:

• Teach primary-age children the PE curriculum, including dance
• Plan, prepare, deliver and assess a range of CPD lessons, PPA cover, extra-curricular club sessions and other related programmes, all designed to enhance the school's PE and Sporting culture.
• Ensure all equipment associated with the PE session is correctly set up, maintained, stored and returned on completion of the PE
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with external agencies as
• Be responsible for agreed enrichment
• To ensure all students identified for support are given every opportunity to access the
• To highlight each student's learning needs to the class teacher and agree how they will be supported in lessons.
• Monitor identified students in lessons, providing teachers with feedback on participation and
• Support identified students to engage with learning objectives

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths – Grade C or above UK Level 2 Qualified (or higher) in any sport or appropriate equivalent qualification
• HLTA qualification
• Experience of delivering sport coaching sessions to young people aged between 5 and 11 in a school environment
• Knowledge of the PE National Curriculum and ability to deliver the curriculum through sport
• The ability to encourage and inspire young people through sport Energy and enthusiasm to improve the learning of all students Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to use own initiative Effective team worker
• Ability to work in a flexible way
• Ability to show sensitivity in complex situations Good organizational skills
• Aspirations to raise own academic achievement in the future

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.