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ACE Rugby Programme Manager & Lead Coach

Gosforth Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 2JH

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• Job start date

  1 August 2026

• Closing date

  10 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,597.00 - £35,412.00

ACE Rugby Programme Manager & Lead Coach job summary

This is a rare and exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community's ethos of progression, diversity and dynamism then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Gosforth Academy has a strong and robust working partnership with Newcastle Red Bulls Academy and has delivered the ACE Programme for over 15 years. The ACE Programme provides talented young rugby players with an opportunity to enhance their rugby development whilst continuing in further education. Based at Gosforth Academy in Newcastle, players that are invited onto the scheme and will complete a formal education. Rugby is built into their timetable alongside their chosen A Level or vocational courses. The programme is supported and endorsed by the Newcastle Red Bulls Academy and has a highly competitive playing programme against other academy-endorsed ACE institutions in the ACE League.

We are seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and enthusiastic individual to work with the Gosforth Academy Sixth Form team and Newcastle Red Bulls Academy in the above post.

The role involves:

• Delivery of the ACE Programme, the Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) and the Higher Sports Leaders award (or equivalent).
• Overseeing all rugby provision for Gosforth Academy to enhance the game.
• Contributing to the further development of community sport in the region.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Appropriate professional qualifications including RFU Level 3 Coaching Award or working towards this.
• The flexibility to work unsociable hours (including evenings and weekends) and be able to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience working in a school sporting environment and / or experience working on a sporting development pathway, with a good understanding of coaching process, athlete mentoring and programme management

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• A competitive salary - as an accredited Living Wage Employer, you’re guaranteed a wage that meets, and often exceeds, the real cost of living.
• Generous annual leave 
• Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals 
• Enthusiastic and motivated students 
• An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development 
• A school with its community at heart 
• An exciting programme of staff well-being activities 
• Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: peoplegosforth@gosforthgroup.org.uk or telephone: 0191 429 9797, option 4.

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. 

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Gosforth Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1927 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gosforth Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gosforth-academy

Gosforth Federated Academies comprises three schools (Gosforth Academy, North Gosforth Academy and Gosforth Junior High Academy) committed to providing a superb education for pupils from Year 5 through to Year 13.

Gosforth Academy is a successful school which was rated ‘outstanding’ in its most recent Ofsted inspection.

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