Sports Coach (Hockey Specialist)
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PG9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Casual Role (as and when required)
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- NJC SCP 26 £19.32 per hour (plus £2.33 holiday pay)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sports Coach (Hockey Specialist) NJC SCP 26 £19.32 per hour (plus £2.33 holiday pay)Casual Role (as and when required)
Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the students are engaged and committed to study; the staff are intelligent, friendly and forward looking.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated Sports Coach to join our collaborative and supportive PE team. The ideal candidate will be required to deliver extra-curricular coaching sessions including Games afternoons and accompany fixtures. This will be under the guidance of the Head of PE. Successful candidates will be expected to implement programmed sessions with students in the activity spaces of the PE department. It is important that the ideal candidate is able to work constructively as part of the PE team, understanding roles and responsibilities and their position within these.
You will ideally have experience of working within a sports coaching role or have played sport to a high club level at least. You may have some experience of working within a school context. You are someone who is flexible, able to use initiative and keep calm under pressure or during any unexpected circumstances. You are someone who has good numeracy and literacy skills, has a familiarity with ICT, and understands how to support learning. The ideal candidate requires the ability to deal with colleagues and students in an appropriate manner.
If you would like more information about the role, please contact Simran Sahota (Executive Assistant) by emailing s.sahota@qmgs.merciantrust.org.uk
Applications should be made using the recruitment portal on the vacancies page of our website and set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of job description and person specification. Please read the information pack, which is also available on the job listing.
Closing Date: Sunday 5 October 2025Interviews: W/C 6 October 2025
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
What the school offers its staff
Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the students are engaged and committed to study; the staff are intelligent, friendly and forward looking.
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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About Queen Mary's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1377 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen Mary's Grammar School website
- Email address
- hrmatters@merciantrust.org.uk
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is far more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. We are an outstanding school, as recognised by OFSTED in our most recent inspection in March 2023.
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