Deputy to Lead Rowing Coach

Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3JB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 - £12.85 Hourly

Deputy to Lead Rowing Coach job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your rowing knowledge and coaching skills to a successful and ambitious school-based rowing club in the Northeast of England. Queen Elizabeth High School Rowing Club has a focus on providing a holistic athlete centred approach to coaching. This has resulted in achieving success on the national and international stage including fostering future Olympians. Over the last year the club has competed at the highest national youth level, including the Fours Head, Schools Head in London on the Thames, Junior Inter Regional Regatta (JIRR) at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham; National Schools Regatta at Eton Dorney, at the British Junior Rowing Championships also at Nottingham. We also enter rowers in Beach Sprints, having previously had a GB Bronze. At this year’s Schools Indoors, the club won Year 9 events for Women and Open as well as Year 11 Open.

The club has also competed at, and won, many events across the Northeast and Scotland.

What this club achieves is very impressive, but we know that more can be achieved. We are looking for a motivated and inspiring junior rowing coach to develop the 100+ young rowers to achieve their athletic potential.

Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham is a state school with a strong emphasis on academic achievement, community involvement, and a commitment to safeguarding students. It's part of Hadrian Learning Trust and offers education to students aged 13-18, including a sixth form. The school values education broadly, striving for high standards for all students. The school's ethos is encapsulated in three words: "Respect," "Engage," and "Aspire," which are used to promote a positive learning environment, both on and off the water. QEHS has been praised by Ofsted for its inclusive nature and the quality of support offered to students.

The successful applicant will be joining an established team of six coaches. The lead coach is a high-level coach with over 17 years’ experience, who has a particular skill in developing others, whether they are athletes or coaches, this will enable you to develop as a coach as part of your professional development.

The school is committed to the safeguarding of children and adopts recruitment procedures that promote their safety and well-being. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS clearance.

How to apply

Please look at our websites for more information and how to apply: https://www.qehs.net/index.php/vacancies/

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@qehs.net.

We reserve the right to amend or withdraw the advert at any time.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Hadrian Learning Trust is fully committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to prioritise this commitment. The preferred candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. As the preferred candidate for Headteacher, we will also conduct a Section 128 check for financial probity. Please also be aware that, in line with the Keeping Children
Safe in Education guidance, you will be subject to an online check and may be questioned about the findings of such a check at interview.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Queen Elizabeth High School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1304 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen Elizabeth High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-elizabeth-high-school-ne46-3jb

Hadrian Learning Trust was established as an academy converter in 2016. The Trust currently comprises Queen Elizabeth High School and Hexham Middle School. Queen Elizabeth High School (QE) is a high-performing 13–18 comprehensive school whose origins date back to 1599. It is situated in the historic market town of Hexham, in a beautiful part of Northumberland, a short drive from Newcastle and Carlisle. With just over 1,300 students on roll, it is a popular and successful school, with a particularly strong sixth form. As well as attracting students from Hexham and its rural hinterland, about a third of students come from outside the catchment area. The school values its reputation as a warm, friendly, welcoming school, and relationships amongst staff and students are excellent. We benefit from a fantastic working and learning environment with first-class facilities following a move into brand new buildings in 2021, adjacent to our front-facing Grade II listed Hydro building, which was refurbished. QE shares its location with Hexham Middle School, with which it has a very close working relationship. Both schools have their own distinct identities but work in tandem to enable some sharing of facilities, teaching and subject leadership. Cross-trust collaboration is overseen by an executive team comprising the Trust’s executive lead, the schools’ headteachers, the Chief Financial Officer and the Business & HR Manager.

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