Graduate Sports Assistant
Silcoates School
Wakefield
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 January 2019
Job overview
Graduate Sports Assistant, Junior School (Pre-School to Year 6)
Salary: £17,000 (FTE, pro-rated down for term time only working, actual salary £13,190 per annum)
Silcoates is a successful independent co-educational day school with a long and proud history. We achieve excellent academic results and offer a broad and stimulating variety of co-curricular activities. We are looking for a talented individual to join our friendly team as a Graduate Sports Assistant in our Junior School.
The school is set in 50 acres of grounds in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, within easy reach of the M1 and M62, offering an all-through, fully co-educational day school experience for children from 3 to 18. Sport is an important part of our school, with numerous opportunities for our pupils to get involved both on a regular basis and for specific teams and fixtures.
This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate and accomplished sportsperson, maybe considering a career in education, and who is experienced in sports coaching. Your role will include offering your skills and expertise in the day to day running of PE and Games in our Junior School (ages 3-11), as well as providing support for Teaching staff as required under the direction of the Head of Junior School. The sports we offer in Junior School include netball, hockey, rounders, rugby, football, cricket, dance and athletics and it is desirable if you have experience in coaching netball, hockey and/ or rounders.
You should be a graduate in a sports or PE related discipline, with a passion for your subject and an ability to communicate your enthusiasm to our pupils. You should have strong administrative skills and be able to work as part of a small team. You should have strong interpersonal and ICT skills and an interest in working in the independent school sector.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a commitment to the ethos and aims of the School and a commitment to co-curricular activities. Given the nature of school sports clubs and fixtures, a willingness to occasionally work hours outside of the standard school day is needed.
Full details of the post are available on our website: https://www.silcoates.org.uk/information/vacancies/
Please note that we are only able to accept applications on our school application form and are unable to accept CVs.
Silcoates School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS.
Closing date: Friday 4th January, 12pm Interviews: w/c 10th January
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About Silcoates School
Silcoates is a 3 to 18 school which seeks to bring out the very best in every pupil through instilling in them a love of learning and a willingness to seize every opportunity they are given. Whilst many of our pupils begin their life at Silcoates in the Junior School, others join aged 11 and 16 (and at many points in-between!). This continuity serves to embed the skills and qualities that make our pupils enthusiastic and effective learners. It also ensures that they develop strong and life-long friendships with their peers. New pupils to the School are given an especially warm welcome and they soon feel valued members of our community.
Whilst we are academically selective, the pupils have a broad range of abilities and needs and thus we have a curriculum that becomes increasingly flexible as pupils develop their own strengths and aptitudes. However, the most academic will succeed at Silcoates, with recent leavers obtaining places at Cambridge and Durham universities and medical school. The breadth and variety of our curriculum is matched by the range of activities on offer outside the classroom. Having all the School on one site enables the pupils in the Junior School to benefit from the vast array of facilities on offer, from the all-weather playing surfaces to the indoor swimming pool to the fully-equipped Drama Studio.
Sport and exercise are important features of life at Silcoates. Boys are introduced to our core sports of rugby, hockey and cricket in the Junior School and, due to our size, most have the opportunity to play for the School throughout their career; girls are equally as competitive in hockey and netball.
All pupils are given every encouragement to express themselves in the full range of artistic activities and push themselves way beyond their comfort zones through going on trips and expeditions abroad. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very well established and several pupils achieve Gold every year. ‘Grit’ and determination are also evident on our biennial expedition to Tanzania.
The principal accolade that many parents and former parents afford the School is that it is a warm and welcoming community and that their children make friendships here that last them a lifetime.
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