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Sports Centre Assistant

Priestnall School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3HP

This job expired on 15 October 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: The shift pattern for this position will be 18 hours per week - Saturday and Sunday 8am-5pm.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £11,263 - £11,623 (Actual salary)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Do you love a vibrant, active environment? Are you passionate about health and fitness?

Building on the success of our partner sites, we are delighted to introduce our new Sports Centre, Club Priestnall, located within Priestnall School. This development leads to a fantastic opportunity for a driven and passionate Sports Centre Assistant to become a part of our brand new team. In this role, the ideal candidate will play a key part in ensuring our facilities provide a welcoming and positive experience for all our new members. Furthermore, you will be responsible for supporting the daily interaction with community users along with the day-to-day cleaning, setting up and supervision of gym and sports facilities.

Club Priestnall will have a variety of sporting facilities available to hire to local community groups and sporting clubs. Facilities available from October 2024 will include:

• 3G Pitch
• Fitness Gym
• Dance Studios
• Sports Hall
• Squash Courts

The shift pattern for this position will be 18 hours per week - Saturday and Sunday 8am-5pm.

If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you.

Job Purpose

• To assist in the smooth running of the sports centre facilities.
• To liaise with the Heads of the School PE Department to ensure smooth operation/changeover between school and community use.

Key Skills & Experience

• Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent
• Must be able to move equipment correctly. (e.g. badminton posts, table tennis tables)
• Prior experience in a similar role

What the school offers its staff

Priestnall is situated in Heaton Mersey, a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, bordering the Manchester Local Authority – notably, Burnage. The school serves the communities of the ‘Four Heatons’: Mersey, Chapel, Moor and Norris. Priestnall is a non-selective, non-denominational, ten form entry 11-16 secondary school, there are approximately 1278 students roll. The school is part of the Laurus Trust (September 2023), a multi-academy trust, whose shared vision provides the framework and core values for our secondary schools.

The Class of 2024 have secured themselves the best GCSE grades the school has ever seen. Almost 40% of all grades awarded are at Grade 7 or above – a fabulous achievement – and an incredible 75% of grades are at Grade 5 or above. In both GCSE English and Maths, a superb 64% of grades are Grade 5+, and a mighty 81% are at Grade 4+.

Priestnall is very much a part of the wider community and the partnership between students, staff and parents/carers is vital to the continued success of the school. We endeavour to provide students with the best possible opportunities to succeed and develop a love of learning that will last and that will support them as they take their next steps in life.

We have high expectations of all members of our school community, and we provide opportunities for students to engage with the wider life of the school and, importantly, to develop the qualities, attitudes and habits which will allow them to flourish. At Priestnall School, we place the professional development of staff at the very core of what we do.

Providing high quality learning opportunities – and removing any barriers – is at the centre of what we want to achieve for our students, and we remain committed to ensuring all our students can get the very best out of their time at Priestnall School.

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.

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About Priestnall School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1272 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Priestnall School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@laurustrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/priestnall-school-stockport (opens in new tab)

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