Director of Sport
Bristol Grammar School
Bristol
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2018
- Apply by:
- 15 January 2018
Job overview
The Director of Sport will build upon the School’s impressive sporting legacy, setting and implementing a new strategic direction for sport across and throughout the School (4-18). They will be responsible for all aspects of School sport and all aspects of curriculum games provision, setting sport’s strategic direction in conjunction with the Head and overseeing and monitoring its day‐to‐day delivery and management. Sport at BGS must involve the promotion of an inclusive sporting programme for all students of all abilities, as well as the promotion of sporting excellence. The Director of Sport is expected to take an active lead in ensuring the highest quality experience for all involved in School sport: students, teachers, coaches and parents.
BGS on-site facilities are superb. The Sports Centre houses a large indoor hall, internal climbing wall, four glass-backed squash courts, newly refurbished strength and conditioning facilities, and a number of multipurpose areas and a designated teaching base.
The School’s extensive games facilities are equally impressive. Located four miles away at Failand, there are some fifty acres of grass pitches, two floodlit Astroturf hockey pitches, six netball and sixteen tennis courts, athletic areas and an impressive sports pavilion. The School has recently developed these facilities further with the addition of a 3G artificial pitch.
Full role job details and an application form may be obtained from the School’s website: https://www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk/about/jobs
To apply please complete an application form and a monitoring form. This should be accompanied by a brief covering letter addressed to the Headmaster, Mr R I MacKinnon. Please send to the HR Department, BGSHR@bgs.bristol.sch.uk (Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SR). Please note a PDF version of the application is preferable, however if you experience problems with the PDF, a word version is available.
The closing date for applications is Monday 15 January 2018 at 9.00am.
Interviews are currently planned for Tuesday 30 January and Wednesday 31 January 2018. Candidates must be available for both of these dates.
Attached documents
About Bristol Grammar School
Bristol Grammar School received its Royal Charter in 1532 and has played a central role in the educational life of Bristol ever since.
We value our warm, vibrant and positive learning community, a place where pupils become accountable for themselves, responsible for others and empowered to have a voice and a role in the many activities and endeavours that make our School such a unique and exciting place.
The BGS Mission, Aims and Values
Mission
To provide an exceptional and rounded education to those who might benefit from it, regardless of their background and financial means.
Aims
· To nurture, challenge and celebrate each individual
· To develop an excitement for learning which goes beyond school
· To promote physical and mental wellbeing, and the development of good character
· To make a BGS education available to all those who might benefit from it
· To be a diverse and representative community, and one which serves Bristol and beyond
· To ensure that the school continues to flourish for generations to come
Values
· Kindness: being kind to others and oneself, and showing compassion, support, respect, selflessness and humility
· Integrity: being honest with others and oneself, and doing what is right, even when it is not easy
· Rigour: striving to fulfil our immense potential, and facing difficulty with courage and resourcefulness
For more information about the school please visit our website, Bristol Grammar School.
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