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School Sports Assistant at School Sports Partnership – Fixed contract

Vandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY

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• Start date details

  1st September 2025 ideally

• Closing date

  22 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,920.00 - £21,249.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Level 2A (points 3-4), from £20,920 to £21,249 per annum for 37 hours per week term-time only, plus 37 hours to be worked outside term-time (based on full-time salary of £24,027 to £24,404) Fixed 1 year contract in the first instance. Part time will be considered for the right candidate.

School Sports Assistant at School Sports Partnership – Fixed contract job summary

School Sports Assistant at School Sports Partnership – Fixed contract

REQUIRED September

NJC Level 2A (points 3-4), from £20,920 to £21,249 per annum for 37 hours per week term-time only, plus 37 hours to be worked outside term-time (based on full-time salary of £24,027 to £24,404)

Fixed 1 year contract in the first instance. Part time will be considered for the right candidate

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Vandyke Upper School is looking for a School Sport Assistant to join its National Award-winning School Sports Partnership team. Office is based within Vandyke Upper School.

The successful applicant will work with a number of schools across the Leighton Buzzard, Linslade, Woburn Sands and surrounding villages, to help increase the amount and quality of Physical Education and School Sport opportunities for young people aged 5 -19 yrs.

You must be highly motivated and organised person with a passion for sport.

Previous experience of working with young people is preferred. The role will involve a mix of practical delivery and administrational work; therefore, a driving license and transport is essential.

Successful applicant will also be responsible for delivering and developing some key partnership intervention programmes across our network of local schools.

If you have the energy and a passion that will inspire our students, we would like to hear from you.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. References and an online search will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Please visit our website at www.vandyke.beds.sch.uk for further information and an application form, or contact Mrs Jo Sessions, PA to Headteacher on 01525 636700 or via email recruitment@vandyke.cbeds.co.uk. For more information on the Sports Partnership contact Stewart Seymour (Partnership Development Manager) on 01525 636720 or 07894 099009

Closing date: 12 noon, Tuesday 22nd July

Once we have received sufficient applications the vacancy may close, so if you are interested you are advised to apply immediately. If you are short-listed for interview, details will be sent to you via email to the address provided on your application form. You are therefore advised to check your email on a regular basis.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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About Vandyke Upper School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1507 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Vandyke Upper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/vandyke-upper-school

A high achieving school where everyone matters.
At Vandyke we believe that the ingredients for effective learning and high achievement include outstanding teaching, high expectations and an atmosphere within which relationships flourish. We pride ourselves on the school’s high standards and inclusive reputation.

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