Director of Sport
Leighton Park School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary is competitive , depending upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 5 November 2021
Job overview
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
Director of Sports
From April 2022
Our Director of Sports at Leighton Park will be a qualified, experienced, skilled and enthusiastic practitioner who can inspire students and staff alike.
You will have a clear strategy to further the development of Sports to achieve excellence within the school. Using your management experience, you will lead the planning and development of Sports at Leighton Park. Your experience as a qualified teacher of sport at secondary level with experience of coaching/teaching young people will enable you to promote and achieve excellence in the teaching and delivery of Sports in School.
An ability to teach across the age range will be expected and you must be willing to participate in extra-curricular activities. The successful candidate will be someone with a passion for Rugby or Football
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere that creates achievement with values, character and community. Founded on Quaker principles, we seek to inspire each student to fulfil their academic and personal potential and be reflective, purposeful adults. We appoint candidates who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits. Accommodation may also be available.
To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Closing date for applications: Midday, 5th November 2022
Interviews will be held shortly after
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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