PE Support Assistant (Gap Year Opportunity)
Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 8ABThis job expired on 27 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,043.00 Annually (Actual) For the period from 1st Sept 2025 to 17th July 2026. 35 hours per week, term-time plus inset days. Monday-Friday 08:30 - 16:30 (one hour for lunch) - This may vary if helping with fixtures with later start and finish times.
PE Support Assistant (Gap Year Opportunity) job summary
The PE Support Assistant is a vital role within the PE department and is key to ensuring outstanding PE teaching and an enriching extracurricular programme.
The post involves having responsibility for resources, maintaining equipment and providing support for both PE lessons and extracurricular activities. The work carried out by the PE assistant is valued by our staff and contributes to the creation of a safe and welcoming environment both in curriculum lessons and at extracurricular PE clubs. As a PE assistant, you will have the opportunity to impart your knowledge and passion for physical activity and sport onto students in order to support our aim. Experience of girls' sport essential.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- To provide administrative support for whole-school PE events:
Sports Day, Gym & Dance display, Sports Relief Week, Sports Awards Evening, End-of-Year Sports Assembly and Inter-house competitions. - To maintain equipment, including the re-gripping of rackets, pumping up balls etc.
- To assist with swimming lessons, including overseeing the changing rooms before and after the lessons.
- To assist with fixtures, attending away fixtures and tournaments as the second member of staff.
The successful candidate will:
- be an A-Level or equivalent, gap year student
- have strong organisation skills, and be able to communicate effectively across the whole school community
- be enthusiastic with a "can-do" attitude
- be flexible and adaptable to changing needs and priorities
- be positive, even tempered and calm under pressure
- be able to maintain confidentiality and discretion
What we offer:
- A unique selling point as a school within an all girls’ schools trust
- An excellent working environment that prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and students
- A generous contributory pension scheme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free tea/coffee/squash available in the staff room
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential advice on a variety of matters
- Term time free access to the on-site David Lloyd Leisure Centre (during fixed times
Key Application Dates:
- Shortlisting Date: 27th June / 30th June 2025
- Interview Date: During the week commencing Monday, 30th June 2025
- Start Date: 1st September 2025
Our commitment:
The Girls’ Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people and aim to employ a culturally diverse workforce, which reflects the nature of our communities.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for more details about our school, the job description and person specification.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Sponsorship:
We are not able to offer sponsorship to non-settled individuals for a Skilled Worker Visa.
Further information about the job
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.
About Nonsuch High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1494 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nonsuch High School for Girls website
We are a highly successful 11-18 girls’ selective state school in Cheam, Sutton.
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