Director of Sport
St Mary's Calne
Wiltshire
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- St Mary's own salary scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 7 May 2024
Job overview
St Mary’s Calne offers an academically enriching working environment within the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, with easy transport links to Bristol, Bath and London.
St Mary’s Calne is a member of the GSA and the Headmasters’ and Headmistress’ Conference (HMC); it is a leader in the field of girls’ independent boarding education. It has around 360 girls aged 11-18, including 120+ girls in the Sixth Form. As well as innovative teaching, learning and scholarship, St Mary’s Calne offers outstanding pastoral care and a vibrant, warm community.
Ethos
St Mary’s Calne believes in excellence in all respects. As a school community, we thrive amidst a culture of strong expectations and the education which we provide nurtures and develops the concept of high performance. The principal aim is to develop well-rounded pupils who are equipped to excel as adults.
Co-curricular opportunities beyond the classroom are a vital and integral part of life for girls at St Mary’s Calne. These opportunities are woven into the timetable during the day, in the evenings and at weekends. We believe that both boarders and day girls benefit from all aspects of the strong boarding ethos of the school.
Opportunity
St Mary’s Calne is looking to appoint a Director of Sport who will have responsibility for the leadership and operational management of the PE and Sport Department. They will demonstrate a clear vision for girls’ PE, Sport and Physical Activity and will encourage both pupils and staff to achieve high standards of participation and excellence.
The successful candidate will work closely with, and be supported by, the Executive Director of Sport who oversees the strategic provision of Sport across the site which includes St Mary’s Calne, St Margaret’s Prep, St Mary’s Tennis Academy and the St Mary’s Sports Club.
Sport is highly valued and popular at St Mary’s Calne. It plays a hugely important role in the day-to-day life of the girls and is a central part of the broad and balanced education we offer. Our aim is to provide all pupils with a first-class programme in physical education, sport, and physical activity.
Our dedicated team of specialist staff, across our site, have a shared philosophy which allows us to provide all our learners with an exciting range of opportunities and experiences. Our staff are passionate about sport, know our pupils well and care deeply about our offer to them. This is a combination that works well, and participation rates are consistently high across the school.
Our philosophy centres around putting pupils at the heart of everything we do. It is only by being clear about what we want to achieve for them that we can provide a carefully crafted offer to meet their needs. It is only by meeting their needs that we can create a culture where they can flourish and excel.
All pupils experience a generous programme of lessons and activities. These include PE lessons, games afternoons, team practices, fixtures and competitions, and a wider programme of co-curricular activities. Older pupils 16+ can make use of the state-of-the-art fitness suite based in St Mary’s Calne Sports Club.
The school’s major winter sport is lacrosse and major summer sport is tennis. In addition, we also compete in hockey, netball, swimming, cricket, athletics, cricket, cross country, equestrian, ski racing and badminton. We strongly believe in healthy competition. Each term there is a challenging and inclusive fixture programme for pupils to enjoy, whether they aspire to be a high-level performer or just enjoy participating with their friends.
Riding takes place all year round under the direction of the Equestrian Co-ordinator; girls stable their horses at local liveries and may choose riding as their main sport. In recent years Equestrian has grown in popularity and our team has been very successful.
We look to ensure pupils receive a broad, balanced, and engaging programme of activities to ensure variety. We strive to find something for everyone. Pupils can experience dance, health related fitness, water polo, climbing, outdoor and adventurous activity, archery, ultimate frisbee, yoga, pilates, mountain biking and kayaking, to name a few, in their time with us. This may be through our PE and games lessons or through our impressive co-curricular programme.
In addition, pupils can have 1-1 tennis lessons delivered by our onsite tennis academy, 1-1 swimming lessons delivered by our specialist swim coach based at St Mary’s Sports Club or 1-1 riding lessons at local stables organised by our equestrian co-ordinator. These are paid extras and are carefully built into individual timetables.
During their time with us there are also opportunities to for pupils to gain qualifications in sports leadership, officiating and coaching, as well as undertaking voluntary work with partner primary schools within our local community. Pupils can choose to study ‘A’ Level Physical Education in the Sixth Form.
Overseas sports tours, residential trips and visits serve to enrich experiences and providing lifelong memories of their time here with us.
We believe that by carefully selecting the right balance of activities and by adopting a multi-faceted approach we can provide opportunities that meet the needs of all learners allowing us to develop:
- Performance
- Competition
- Active Participation
- Health and well-being
- Memorable experiences
If you would like to be part of our successful team and believe you can lead our thriving programme, then we look forward to hearing from you.
What we offer
- Competitive salary and generous pension scheme.
- Excellent and tailored CPD within the department and across the school.
- Highly motivated pupils with lessons taught in small groups.
- Discounted membership of the St Mary’s Calne Sports Club.
- Fee remission for daughters educated at St Mary’s Calne and for sons and daughters educated at St Margaret’s Preparatory School.
- Complimentary meals in the Dining Hall during term time.
- Free on-site parking.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
How to apply
For campus visits and/or to arrange an informal chat about the role:
Telephone: 01249 857200 (Karen Turner)
Email: teacher.recruitment@stmaryscalne.org
For an Application Form please visit Vacancies on our website www.stmaryscalne.org
Closing date: Midday, Tuesday 7th May 2024
Early application is advised as we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date.
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About St Mary's Calne
St Mary’s Calne is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18, a happy, purposeful and flourishing community of around 360 pupils with a 80% to 20% boarding to day ratio.
Founded in 1873, the school has been providing an outstanding education for girls for 150 years, and our alumnae have prominent positions in every profession from the law, politics and medicine to the arts, drama and sport. There is a strong tradition of the core academic subjects and strength in science and mathematics, as well as modern languages, arts and humanities.
Our Sixth Form is flourishing and highly successful, with over 120 girls. The girls benefit from exceptional careers advice and work hard to achieve their goals. Their academic results are outstanding and the girls go on to study at top UK and American universities; the striking range of courses they embark upon shows the wealth of choice available to our pupils. Many of the Sixth Form also undertake extensive pieces of independent research in the form of the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), with 100% achieving A*s last year.
Located near the market town of Calne and amidst the natural beauty of the Wiltshire Downs, we are also within easy reach of the university towns of Bath, Bristol and Oxford and just over an hour by train from London. Our ideal location means that our girls benefit from a huge range of curriculum-enhancing opportunities as well as extra-curricular ones.
ISI May 2017: Under the new ISI framework in both quality of Pupil Achievement and Pupil Development St Mary’s was awarded the highest possible grade – Excellent. In addition, St Mary’s was found to be robustly compliant with all the ISI statutory standards in the Focused Compliance Inspection.
Our strategic plans for the next few years include the following:
- To build on and develop a high expectation and success culture amongst pupils and staff.
- To continue to develop and strengthen a fully integrated education for each girl which responds to her individual needs.
- To develop a cutting edge curriculum and extra-curriculum that anticipates and responds to the needs of the workplace and life in the 21st century and allows girls to develop their agility of mind, their independence in learning and their adaptability.
- To develop school structures, systems and facilities to support and enable our curriculum aims.
- To ensure the high profile of St Mary’s is recognised in the local, national and international community.
St Mary’s offers positions on its own pay scale based on experience and expertise. Benefits include pension scheme, reduced school fees for dependents (including girls and boys up to 11 at St Margaret’s Preparatory School), a nominal fee for on site Sport Club membership (including access to a wide range of fitness classes, swimming pool and gym) and excellent term time meals.
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