Part Time Sports Assistant/Coach

Term Time only (36 weeks per year including INSET days) 25 hours per week, 12 noon – 5.00pm (You will be expected to occasionally attend school fixtures and you will be paid for this). Actual Salary £12,826 per annum (FTE £28,057). Would suit a candidate interested in a teaching career.

An exciting opportunity has opened within our PE Department, for a Sports Assistant/Coach with a football focus. You will be supporting our teachers with afternoon games sessions, football training and the running of lunchtime sporting activities. We are looking for someone who can contribute to the already high standards within this department and support the teachers in providing an exceptional sporting experience for all students.

We are looking to recruit a highly organised person with a “can-do” attitude to work both collaboratively and positively with our dedicated teachers. You would be joining a team that is passionate about sport, competitive, high performing with a forward thinking and innovative attitude. The Sports Assistant/Coach will work under the direction of the Director of Sport across our senior school and be fully immersed within the department and eventually will have the opportunity to be able to team teach, run a sports team and lead sessions with pupils. Having a full, clean driving licence would be desirable.

The successful candidate will:

• Be interested in potentially a teaching career
• Hold a NVQ Level 4 coaching qualification
• Support teachers with Games afternoons, football training sessions and lunchtime activities
• Assist with the organisation and running of sporting events including house events
• Be able to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Attend sporting fixtures during and after school, at home or away
• Assist with co-curricular activities, such as Floreat sessions
• Be organised, have good communication and administrative skills
• Be willing to take an active part in the wider life of the school

We can offer you:

• A supportive and friendly environment, where children are motivated, enthusiastic and willing to learn
• A PE team that are a passionate, competitive and high performing
• A supportive senior management team driven to improving standards
• A school that is committed to the wellbeing of all staff
• Small teaching groups
• Our commitment to your professional development

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24 June 2026. Interviews to be held Monday 29 June 2026. The school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date, so early applications are advised.

We are committed to encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Farringtons School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we will check the suitability of staff to work with children. The school follows safer recruitment checks which includes obtaining references, right to work checks and as this role will involve direct contact with children, all staff are required to undertake an enhanced DBS check through the Disclosure and Barring Service. All shortlisted candidates will undergo online screening checks. This practice is part of the "Keeping Children Safe in Education" (KCSIE) statutory guidance, which recommends schools conduct online searches for due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify any publicly available information that might relate to their suitability to work with children.