GAP Student

GAP Student

Full Time

Term Time (33 weeks)

The School is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated gap year student with keen interest in the area of sports to support the PE department in the games sessions along with supporting the Wrap Around Care team during breakfast club. This role is ideal for someone taking a structured break before university or further education and looking to gain valuable work experience, develop key skills, and contribute meaningfully in a professional environment.

Job overview

The post will mainly involve working as a member of the Sports department and in particular supporting either the Director or Deputy Director of Sport. The School’s main aim is to provide a curriculum that is broad and balanced, covering the academic, artistic and physical elements that are crucial for the development of the whole child. You will help with administrative work, lunch duties, sports arrangements, lessons and matches. You will learn to plan, organise, support, extend and enrich the lives of children and be a reliable team player and will work with children in all age ranges from the Nursery to Prep. The Gap student will start the day with Breakfast Club which operates daily from 7.30 am but this is an additional part of the role and is flexible. You may need to work occasional evenings and weekends to support fixtures.

Job requirements

• Minimum 5 GCSEs, ideally including Maths, English and PE

• A keen interest in sport and working with children and young people

• Awareness of Child Safeguarding

• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with pupils, parents and colleagues

Why join us?

This role is a great opportunity for those who are planning a career working with young people and who need experience to get their first job or get onto a course.  You can prepare for a career working with children and demonstrate the impact you can have on their lives.  It is a one-year post which gives you an insight into a range of roles on offer in schools.

We set high standards of learning for all the children in a caring and supportive environment, and you will help to promote our ethos in encouraging enquiring minds and building pupil’s strengths, interests and experiences. We pride ourselves in fostering excellent home/school relationships with parents and the candidate will be expected to have strong communication skills.

In return, we offer competitive pay, a 33 week term, lunches and refreshments (term time), professional and personal development and an active staff social committee.

If you are enthusiastic about making a meaningful difference in a child's educational journey, we would love to hear from you!

Safeguarding

Newland House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in accordance with the guidelines of the government document, Keeping Children Safe in Education. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Newland House School values diversity, equity and inclusion for its pupils and staff. We want our community to feel valued and respected, so we are working hard to build an inclusive culture which celebrates diversity in different forms to reflect the community we serve. We believe that having a diverse workforce offers different perspectives which helps us to work towards our shared vision and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join our School.