PE Technician

Foxford Community School, Coventry, CV6 6BB

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  29 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Physical education
• Working pattern: Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): Up to 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus one week (teacher training days)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 - £25,584
• Actual salary: Pro rata - £21,176 - £22,200
• Pay scale: Grade 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our PE faculty to support our female students. PE is a really popular subject and the successful candidate will need to have a real passion for PE, be excited by extra-curricular activities, and sees sport as a way of bringing students together.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated professional to join our students support team as a PE technician who will play a vital role in the school. This is a rewarding job and one that provides valuable experiences in the classroom. You will need good interpersonal and organisational skills to be able to support the lessons for the female students with the ability to relate to the young people in our school. If you can embrace a challenge, we will give you fantastic support and the opportunity to work with a team of energetic and enthusiastic colleagues. You will be able to gain satisfaction from helping students meet their aspirational targets.

You will be able to demonstrate commitment and understanding in order that every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to progress and reach their full potential. We are dedicated to delivering a learning experience to all students which is stimulating and enjoyable, drawing from a wealth of extended learning environment and enrichment activities.

The successful applicant will:

• Have an ability to engage, enthuse and motivate students;
• Have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual;
• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting

What the school offers its staff

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking and an employee discount scheme.
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition.
• Annual Support Staff Conference for all Support Staff across the Trust.

We are proud to be part of Castle Phoenix Trust. This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop professionally. The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best. Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

We would be delighted to meet you and discuss the opportunity further. To organise a visit please email foxfordrecruitment@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk

Closing date:9:00am Sunday 29 June 2025.

Early applications are encouraged as the Trust reserves the right to call suitable candidates to interview prior to the closing date.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

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.

Applying for the job

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Foxford Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1080 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Foxford Community School website
• Email address: foxfordrecruitment@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk
• Phone number: 024 7636 9200
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/foxford-community-school

Foxford is an 11-18 vibrant, multi-cultural school which is known for its friendly and supportive ethos and its ambition to succeed. We have recently become part of Castle Phoenix Trust which specialises in leadership and was founded in February 2013, on the success of the Caludon Castle Teaching School.

Arranging a visit to Foxford Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email foxfordrecruitment@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk.

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