Rowing Coach
Surbiton High School
Kingston upon Thames
- Salary:
- £27, 385 - £33,354 (FTE), Actual Salary £20,447 - £24,904
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2024
Job overview
Rowing Coach
Surbiton High School is seeking a dedicated and experienced Rowing Coach to join our thriving Sports department. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in coaching rowing at various levels, from beginners to competitive athletes.
Start Date: September 2024
Tenure: Permanent, Part-time, 52 weeks of the year
Hours: 28 hours per week, Monday to Saturday. You may also be required to work additional for events and training camps as well as Sundays on occasion.
Surbiton High School Boat Club has been encouraging pupils to engage with the sport of rowing since 2010 and has now built an enviable reputation as one of the leading rowing programs for girls in the country. The main ethos of the Boat Club is centered around developing a lifelong passion for rowing in a fun and enjoyable environment. Pupils start rowing in Year 8 and can continue through to Year 13, with regular training camps at the boathouse or in France and Italy.
Located by the River Thames in Teddington, the boathouse boasts a dedicated coaching team and over 200 pupils rowing, making it a thriving rowing community. In this fun and enjoyable environment, pupils develop an understanding of accountability to themselves, the crew, and the club; whether training, racing at local or national events, or representing Great Britain.
If you are ready to contribute to this exceptional environment, we invite you to apply to become a part of Surbiton High School, where excellence meets passion.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
Surbiton High School is culturally diverse and are fully committed to celebrating, respecting and learning about inclusion and diversity throughout the community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, Disclosure and Barring Service and Online/Social media Searches
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email
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About Surbiton High School
- Surbiton High School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Principal
Rebecca Glover
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