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Sports Coach

Lindens Academy, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 2BB

This job expired on 5 June 2026 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  5 June 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,546.00 - £26,801.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time plus 5 inset days

Sports Coach job summary

Job Advert

Sports Coach

Reporting to: Head of Academy

Liaising with: Teaching PE across the academy

Grade/Salary: G5 pt 9 to 17: £23,546 - £26,801 pro rata (dependent on skills and experience)

Hours of work: Pro rata 37 hours per week

Location: Lindens Academy

We are looking to appoint a Sport Coach to work at Lindens Academy from September 2026.

The main duties will be to plan and deliver high quality sport and physical activities to all children from Nursery to Year 6 following the PE National Curriculum and deliver a range of extracurricular activities after school.

The role will involve encouraging students to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage in all activities, ensuring all pupils are included and understand the curriculum and class activities. You must be able to understand the individual needs of children and develop and inspire young people to become and stay involved in Sport.

Previous experience within a classroom or coaching environment is essential. Experience in 1:1 support and classroom management is essential.

Informal visits on Tuesday 2nd June at 4pm - please call the Academy Office on 0121 353 9273 to book a place.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS; two suitable references, Prohibition check (where applicable); Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity, right to work checks will be required.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Closing date: Thursday 4th June

Interviews: Thursday 11th June

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Lindens Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 486 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lindens Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lindens-academy

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