Sports Coach
Harris Primary Academy Croydon, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 3JT24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 December 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: Term time only; actual salary £28,257 - £29,954 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £33,609-£35,628
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Annual Loyalty Bonus + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a talented Sports Coach to join our team at Harris Primary Academy Croydon, supporting our vision and ethos, securing effective teaching and successful learning, and promoting high levels of achievement and self-esteem for all pupils.
Our dedicated team provides a supportive network both onsite as well as support across the Federation to ensure all our staff feel encouraged to do their best. Join a community of dedicated, friendly staff standing by and upholding its mission in creating and maintaining a supportive and thriving learning environment.
The actual salary for this role will be £28,257 - £29,954 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week).
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths – Grade C or above
- UKCC Level 2 Qualified (or higher) in any sport or appropriate equivalent qualification
- A HLTA qualification
- Experience of delivering sport coaching sessions to young people aged between 5 and 11 in a school environment
- Knowledge of the PE National Curriculum and ability to deliver the curriculum through sport
- The ability to encourage and inspire young people through sport
- Energy and enthusiasm to improve the learning of all students
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to use your own initiative
- Strong team working skills
- The ability to work in a flexible way
- The ability to show sensitivity in complex situations
- Good organisational skills
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
At Harris Primary Academy Croydon, we are proud to be part of the Harris Federation: a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies across London. Since joining the Federation in 2020, we've benefited from a strong network of collaboration, professional development and shared best practices across our schools.
We aim to develop happy, confident, and independent learners who are motivated by a genuine love of learning. With high expectations and expert teaching, we ensure all pupils make excellent progress, particularly in reading, writing and maths, which form the foundation for success across the curriculum.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, an Annual Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Flexible working opportunities
We are committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual's circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Further information about the job
As our Sports Coach you will:
- Teach primary-age children the PE curriculum, including dance and gymnastics.
- Plan, prepare, deliver and assess a range of CPD lessons, PPA cover, extra-curricular club sessions and other related programmes, all designed to enhance the school's PE and Sporting culture.
- Provide teaching cover as and where required across the academy within the curriculum.
- Ensure all equipment associated with the PE session is correctly set up, maintained, stored and returned on completion of the PE session.
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with external agencies as required.
- Be responsible for agreed enrichment activities.
- To ensure all students identified for support are given every opportunity to access the curriculum.
- To highlight each student's learning needs to the class teacher and agree how they will be supported in lessons.
- Monitor identified students in lessons, providing teachers with feedback on participation and progress.
- Support identified students to engage with the learning objectives set for the lesson.
- Use the Academy's behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Harris Primary Academy Croydon
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8689 7688
Our aim for pupils at Harris Primary Academy Croydon (HPAC) is for them to develop into happy, confident and independent individuals who are motivated by a real love of learning.
We have high expectations for every child and provide expert teaching so that our pupils make excellent progress. We place a strong emphasis on the dedicated teaching of reading, writing and maths so that our pupils have a solid foundation to build their learning in other subjects.
Our curriculum is rich, varied and engaging and we deliver a range of extra-curricular activities so that our pupils can try new things and learn to embrace challenge. We hope that every child finds something they truly enjoy and excel at during their time with us, whether that is science, creative writing, art, public speaking, sport or anything else. Our goal is to develop the whole child and personal, social and emotional development are key in enabling our pupils to flourish. Every day our pupils, teachers and staff all contribute to making our academy a warm and welcoming place to learn. I am very proud of our pupils' positivity towards their learning and the kindness they display towards their teachers and each other.
We have high hopes for every pupil, regardless of their background or starting point. Our teachers prepare lessons and activities that engage their pupils’ intellectual curiosity and develop their burgeoning talents and interests. Every lesson is devised to be engaging and fun so that children approach their learning positively and make excellent progress. Our teachers and support staff work closely with any child who is finding aspects of learning difficult and identify those who need an extra challenge.
We are very much a community school and, as well as developing local links and partnerships, we encourage our pupils to be polite, caring and outstanding members of their local community. This, we hope, will help enable our pupils to become compassionate, ambitious, global citizens of the future. We also know that a close partnership with parents and carers is vital and we do all we can to keep them informed and involved in all aspects of school life.
Harris Primary Academy Croydon joined the Harris Federation in 2020 and is part of a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies in and around London. We have many successful Harris academies nearby in the borough and, as part of a thriving community of schools, we benefit from the ability to share, learn, support and challenge each other.
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