Sports Coach/Teacher

Full time or substantial part time

Due to expansion we have one or more positions available for an enthusiastic and inspiring Sports Coach/Teacher to join a team of some twenty+ staff who are involved in the coaching of boys and girls games. The ideal candidate will have a willingness and competence to coach a wide range of sports during the academic year. We are also able to offer teaching opportunities at GCSE in Sports Science and Physical Education or other teaching subjects at any age range. From Year 3 upwards, children are timetabled for five one-hour games lessons per week. Due to the size of the sports department, there is considerable flexibility as to how roles may be arranged.

St Edmund’s is an expanding and successful school of around 500 girls and boys aged 2 to 16. The opportunity arises due to expansion. The position is offered full-time although substantial part-time may be considered. The school participates in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Early applications are encouraged.  

The school has excellent sports facilities on its 40 acre site including a new Sports Hall opened this year, an indoor swimming pool, an astroturf all-weather pitch, and a nine hole golf course. Sport appears in the weekly timetable from 8.50am through to 5.30pm (sometimes later for cricket matches in the summer). It is desirable that applicants will be able to drive a school minibus when taking away teams.  

St Edmund’s is thriving with numbers the highest in its 146 year history. Average class sizes are small, circa fifteen pupils. In 2020 our students posted a 97.5% GCSE pass rate (grades 4-9) against a national average of 78%. Passes at grade 9 have risen to an impressive 24%, with 61% of passes at grades 7-9 (the old A*/A) and 92% at grades 5-9. More than a quarter of students achieved eight or more grades 7-9 and over half of candidates scored one or more grade 9.

A Regulatory Compliance inspection took place in January 2018 and the school was found to be fully compliant in all areas. A material change inspection by DfE in May 2015 rated the academic provision and planning for the senior years to be excellent.  

The school was inspected by ISI in January 2014 and all academic and pastoral areas were graded “Excellent”.  Extracts included: … “pupils make a high rate of progress in relation to others of similar ability. Pupils with SEND make excellent progress and achieve as well as their peers … the progress of those identified as academically able is high”; … “small class sizes enable teachers to give pupils individual feedback and support as the lesson is progressing and helps the pupils to move their learning forward”; … “relationships amongst pupils, and between pupils and staff, are excellent with high levels of respect, understanding and regard for each other”; … “The teaching demonstrates the teacher’s secure subject knowledge, using clear learning objectives.  It exhibits fun, pace and challenge and an imaginative range of methods is used to keep pupils interested and engaged”; … “Pupils’ high levels of achievement are attained largely as a result of the excellent teaching that is highly effective in promoting pupils’ rapid progress.”   The full report is available via our website.

A combined information and application form may be obtained from Richard Taylor (Deputy Head Academic) by email at rmat@saintedmunds.co.uk or by phone on 01428 604808.

Applications via TES are NOT accepted.

Closing date: Friday 21 May 2021.

Applications by email are preferred.

Please note that the school takes very seriously its responsibility for safeguarding the children in its care and the successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced CRB/DBS vetting.