Sports Coach/Pastoral

Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9TQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  12 July 2024 at 6pm

• Date listed

  27 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,601.00 - £24,421.00 Annually (Actual) NJC England & Wales: SCP 15-SCP 17

Sports Coach/Pastoral job summary

The dual role of a Sports Coach and Pastoral Support Worker involves supporting pupils with their teaching and learning and pastoral care to get the best possible outcomes. The role will work across the whole school, primarily as a sports coach but also as a PSW. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the barriers to learning for pupils and demonstrate a resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our pupils’ needs. You will be able to engage and work with families so they can help support their children. You will have a passion for coaching, and you will also be enthusiastic about supporting pupils within the class environment, as well as contributing to specific interventions designed to encourage engagement with learning and development of social and independence skills.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following abilities:

The delivery of coaching for a range of sports

Supporting teaching colleagues with the delivery of the curriculum and bespoke pathways for individual pupils

Working closely with colleagues, other professionals and families

Promotion of high standards

Committed to and be able to promote the aims of the academy and the values of the Trust

Committed to the welfare, wellbeing and safeguarding of students

A resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our pupils’ needs

In return we can offer:

A commitment to you and your professional development

Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors

A growing learning community

Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference

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 Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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