Sports Coach
Kings Hedges Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2HU3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP or September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,711.00 - £30,060.00 Annually (FTE)
Sports Coach job summary
Are you ready to join a highly motivated and skilled team? Do you want to feel excited and motivated coming into a vibrant working environment? Do you want to continue to develop new approaches to teaching and learning in a passionate and risk-taking school? If so, we are the right school for you!
We are seeking an enthusiastic, positive and motivated individual to be our Sports Coach to work at King’s Hedges Educational Federation.
Pay Scale: Level 5 Points 12 - 17 (£27,711 - £ 30,060 FTE)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 3.30pm
Fixed Term contract until August 2026
Weeks: Term-time only
We are looking to appoint an experienced Sports Coach who has the passion and skills to support our children to progress in their physical education journey. The right individual needs to be enthusiastic, inspirational, and have the drive to improve the physical education and activity of our children. This role will include teaching our broad and ambitious curriculum to children from nursery to year 6. Our curriculum includes Fundamentals, Games, Dance, Gymnastics, Athletics, Swimming, Outdoor Adventurous Activities and throughout an understanding of health and fitness, safety in sport, tactics and evaluation of performance.
To be a successful member of our team we are looking for an individual who:
- Is a qualified sports coach (or willing to embark on training) with experience of teaching primary-aged children.
- Willing to use a range of teaching methods to support learning.
- Works successfully in a team and has effective communication skills.
- Has an understanding of what a high quality lesson looks like.
- Has a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues.
We can offer you:
- Working in a school where staff and children are passionate about Physical Education and Physical Activity.
- Outstanding professional development opportunities for all staff.
- Mentoring from outstanding colleagues and the opportunities to work alongside outstanding practitioners
- To share ideas and collaborate with our specialist primary PE lead to ensure high quality provision.
- Working in a school with a consistent approach and high aspirations for all children.
- A supportive and hands on Senior Management Team
- Welcoming and sociable colleagues
Please come and visit us, it is the only way to truly realise how special we are. We received an overall ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted in December 2024.
To book a tour or if you have any questions please contact Liz Hedges – School Business Manager on 01223 518330 or email sbm@kingshedges.cambs.sch.uk
To apply please complete the application form via My New Term.
https://mynewterm.com/jobs/110775/EDV-2025-KHPS-25397
Kings Hedges Education Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in our care.
All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
This role is classed as regular activity. Before you proceed with your intention to apply for a position or to support us please take full consideration of the following points.
- All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, including a Barred List check where applicable to the role. Where you have been shortlisted for a role, you will be required to complete a Declaration of Offences Form, disclosing all relevant previous criminal convictions and cautions. Please contact the Head teacher to discuss this step further if you wish.
- If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, we will carry out an online search against you, for information that is publicly available online and usually before interview. This will include social media accounts you may hold.
- We will assess your knowledge of safeguarding by asking specific questions about this area of our role during the interview process and your answer to this question will form part of our decision-making process.
- You will be provided with an induction process, and you are expected to engage with this monitored process.
- Our safeguarding policies and procedures will be explained during your induction and on a regular basis.
- Kings Hedges complies the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) and childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Amendment) Regulations 208. All shortlisted candidates whose role will involve the responsibility for the provision or management of such childcare (including teaching) shall be required to declare that they are not disqualified from undertaking such work.
- Application forms must be completed in full. Please pay particular attention to your work history and inform us of any gaps in employment. CVs will only be accepted alongside a completed application form.
- Please ensure you state full details of your qualifications.
- References may be taken up prior to interviews and any discrepancies will be addressed during the interview process.
Closing date – 9am Monday 19th May
Interview date – 22nd May 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Kings Hedges Education Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in our care.
All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
This role is classed as regular activity.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kings Hedges Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 398 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kings Hedges Primary School website
We are an inclusive school who pride ourselves on promoting the best possible outcomes for all pupils. Our vision 'Excellence achieved through care, creativity and challenge' is at the heart of everything we do. Every child really does matter to us and we take the time to get to know each and every one within our school.
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