Primary Sports Coach
Chichester Free School, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1NP5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2024
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 16.5 hours per week, 11.30am-5.00pm Monday to Wednesday. Term time only
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until July 2025
Pay scale
- SCP8-12: £25,992 (FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an exceptional candidate with the energy, passion and creativity to work as a Sports Coach in the Primary phase of our thriving All-Through school. This is currently a fixed-term contract until July 2025. The successful candidate will be required to work from 11.30am-5.00pm Monday to Wednesday, term time only, and will have the ability to strengthen and enrich the PE offer and be instrumental on delivering new school wide initiatives across the primary phase.
The Role
The successful candidate will be expected to deliver PE and games lessons, support extracurricular activities after school, assist with the development of play leaders on the playground by promoting more active play at lunchtimes and complete necessary admin, stock checks and equipment orders. The role will also involve support with attending off site fixtures for all year groups across KS1 and KS2.
You will:
- hold a full, clean UK driving licence and be willing to undertake in-house mini bus training
- you will be required to drive pupils to and from off site fixtures in one of the school minibuses
- be suitably qualified for the post of sports coach i.e. have sports coaching qualifications
- be a skilled and competent professional who is enthusiastic and totally committed to the ethos of the School
- readily establish excellent relationships with both staff, pupils and parents
- possess drive, expertise and enthusiasm
- possess an optimistic and resilient style when faced with pressure
- be able to communicate well with children and young people, having an understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
All staff at CFS commit to fully contributing to the ethos and life of the School in and outside the classroom.
Further information, including a Person Specification, is included in the job pack.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the deadline.
What the school offers its staff
CFS is a happy, collaborative and forward-thinking school for 4-16 year olds, where the personal development of our pupils is just as important as the academic curriculum. In our recent Ofsted, inspectors observed that CFS is a vibrant, ambitious and inclusive school, where our respectful and friendly pupils are thriving and are well prepared for their adult lives. Our values of ‘nurture, challenge and inspire’ influence everything we do as a school, and genuinely permeate all areas of school life. If you share our values and ideals, we strongly encourage you to find out more about CFS via a visit to the school or through our school website www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk.
Whilst this is a Primary post, there is something extremely unique and special about working in an All-Through environment; the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work creatively with colleagues from both phases helping to develop a cohesive and truly progressive educational experience for all learners.
CFS follows national pay scales and the starting point within the range listed will be agreed on appointment with the successful candidate.
Commitment to safeguarding
CFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with our Child Protection Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked ‘Private & confidential for the Principal’. The successful applicant must obtain List 99 clearance and DBS clearance at enhanced level.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Chichester Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Through schooljobs
- School size
- 1063 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chichester Free School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01243 792690
CFS is now entering its second decade and is fully established in our state-of-the-art facilities on the Carmelite Convent Site on the Hunston Road in the south of Chichester. Our PAN is 60 in Primary, and 120 in Secondary; in almost all year groups we are oversubscribed with waiting lists. Due to demand, we have a bulge intake of Year 7 who started in September 2023, with 150 pupils currently on roll.
The School joined Sussex Learning Trust last September – a move that we personally initiated through the desire to collaborate with a like-minded family of schools. The Trust is currently small and based in Haywards Heath; CFS are well placed to launch a new Chichester Hub of the Trust, which is really exciting.
As a Free School, we are the same as any other academy; we are both held and hold ourselves to the same exacting and rigorous standards as all state-funded schools. We follow the national curriculum, and are proud of our ambitious, inclusive and varied curriculum offer. Our pupils engage with SATs and GCSE assessments. Since 2013, CFS has achieved two ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspections. As a school we are now striving for excellence in all areas, and to achieve above average outcomes in both phases.
CFS is open to pupils of all abilities. We do not have a catchment area, thus ensuring the School is fair and inclusive. We take part in the West Sussex County Council (WSCC) admissions process. As a school we benefit from longer holidays, specifically at October half term, Christmas and during the summer.
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