Sports Coach and Cover Supervisor

The successful candidate will support the school's extensive PE Faculty programme, extra-curricular clubs and Sports Academy and should have a strong background in teaching PE and various sports. In this role, the candidate will ensure that the programme provides exceptional opportunities for all students of all ages and abilities.

As a Cover Supervisor, you would provide cover for teaching staff where immediate, short term or unplanned cover is required when teaching staff are absent. The role is to manage individuals, groups or whole classes either on their own or in the presence of teaching staff and/or Learning Support staff. The Cover Supervisor will primarily be responsible for the maintenance of good order and focused activity. This requires behaviour management and interpersonal skills.

Job Purpose and Context: To provide direction, support and vision to a dynamic PE programme whilst shaping students in a school that values all sports as a major part of its ethos. To supervise and support the learning of classes, delivering pre-set work, in cover lessons.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To implement strategies to improve the standard of the student's skills and knowledge of sports through training sessions before school, at lunchtimes and after school.
• To continue to promote and raise the profile of sports within school and beyond within local, county, and national fixtures.
• To establish and maintain a purposeful, positive working atmosphere which supports student progress.
• To communicate and consult with parents of students as necessary, including telephone calls, emails and parental meetings.
• To contribute to the day-to-day running of the PE Faculty.
• To act as a cover teacher in PE and non-PE lessons providing professional guidance to classes, setting high expectations of conduct and behaviour and monitoring student progress within the lesson.
• Invigilate and supervise school examinations, tests and assessments.
• Supervise students on or off school premises in the context of trips, visits, concerts, assemblies.
• Complete registers and/or use the school’s attendance recording systems.
• Work within the values, culture and ethos, equality and diversity of the school.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety law and school procedures, minimising any health and safety risk and security of the working environment.

Why work with us: As an employer, we are committed to promoting career development and recognise hard work and effort. As an equal opportunities employer, we offer from day one of your employment parental leave, compassionate leave and carers leave at or above the statutory levels. We are committed to wellbeing and flexible working requests which can be submitted from day one. As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the Spark and Medicash organisations. This includes access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline, physiotherapy, optical support, dental treatment, and access to a counselling service.

Redden Court School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (with children's barred list check). Redden Court School is an equal opportunities employer including blind recruitment. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, disability, religion or belief, age or sex and sexual orientation.

The Trust's January 2026 Staff Survey results confirm it is a great, safe, and supportive place to work. Staff are significantly more likely to recommend the Trust as a good employer compared to the national benchmark. This positive sentiment is consistent throughout, with general job satisfaction and communication outcomes also being substantially higher than the national benchmark. The Trust is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we welcome applications from the whole community. All applications for flexible working will be accommodated if operationally feasible. The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way with the interview/application process.