Sports Coach

Harbour Vale School, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 4DN

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,539.00 - £21,518.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 7, Point 8 - 14: £19,539 - £21,518 per annum (subject to experience)

Sports Coach job summary

Salary: Grade 7, Point 8 - 14: £19,539 - £21,518 per annum (subject to experience)

Contract: 32.5 hours per week, 37.6 weeks per year (term time only), fixed term until July 2026

The salary quoted reflects the annual salary for the position at the time of advertising. Payment will be made in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment, and again if employment ends partway through the school year, to ensure the correct salary is paid for work completed during the academic year.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and inspiring sports coach with energy, enthusiasm and a love of physical education, sport and recreation. This is an exciting time to join Harbour Vale and join ‘Pathways’ our bespoke education programme. This role involves driving to the locations of different provisions therefore, a valid UK driving licence and use of a car is essential for this role. We have a fantastic school community with a very dedicated and hardworking staff team.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a passion for PE, recreation and sport
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to celebrate and promote high quality teaching and learning
• Have the ability to embrace and contribute to the vision of the school
• Be able to build relationships quickly
• Have a positive approach
• Have a real interest in educational issues, approaches and alternatives from around the world
• Be proactive and confident
• Use resources, intellect, creativity and innovation to be successful
• Have the ability to support, challenge and inspire our students, encouraging them to achieve the best they can through the promotion of outstanding coaching and learning
• Have the ability to be a team player who will go the extra mile to support students and who will enjoy the opportunities of this role

We can provide you: 

• Supportive, experienced school team of staff and academy committee representatives
• Great opportunities to develop your career
• The chance to make a difference and contribute to the school’s future development
• The opportunity to work within SAST, a forward-thinking and growing multi-academy trust 
• Support and collaboration with other schools across the Trust. 

Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the School, please do not hesitate to contact Naomi Molyneux, Office Manager on naomi.molyneux@harbourvale.dorset.sch.uk or at 01935 814582 who will be happy to arrange this.

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. 

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child.  It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis.  SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check.  The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. 

 

SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.  

 

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. 

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

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role will include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will meet the person specification and is subject to an enhanced DBS and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Harbour Vale School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 18 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harbour Vale School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harbour-vale-school

We are a pupil referral unit, and we educate students who have been permanently excluded or are at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream education at Key Stages 3 or 4.

We also offer SEMH places at KS4, short term turnaround placements and medical places at both KS3 & 4.

We have a capacity of 38 students, and this is growing each year. The need for specialist and PRU places in Dorset is increasing and with our new school buildings it is possible for Harbour Vale to grow and flourish to support children within our locality.

As a school we joined the Sherborne Area Schools Trust (SAST) in November 2019 and officially became Harbour Vale School. It is fantastic being part of a trust who puts children at the centre of everything they do. Having a sense of belonging and working together with so many experienced colleagues, with great CPD opportunities, collaborative working, learning and support mechanisms centrally. Reinforces the benefits of being part of a Multi-Academy Trust.

In recent years, Harbour Vale School had a huge makeover. We commissioned a new build that included a new reception and classroom, as well as internal renovation work, leaving us with a school that is welcoming, friendly and fit for purpose.

We have robust processes of student induction that includes baseline and diagnostic testing upon entry, which allows staff to plan personalised learning from the moment the students arrive with us and supports positive re-integrations.

Our school values and ethos is centred on students to believe in themselves, feel proud of their achievements and successes, and we aim to support learners becoming more respectful, responsible and resilient learners.

Harbour Vale School has intervention programmes and personalised timetables for each student and we work collaboratively to promote positive outcomes and celebrate every small win.

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