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Girls’ Games Coach

Girls’ Games Coach

Newton Prep School

London SW8

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
4 June 2019

Job overview

Newton Prep is a leading co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 - 13 years, children who are keen to learn and enjoy a range of PE and sporting curricular and extra-curricular activities.  The PE Department’s aim is to provide children with the opportunity to participate in a wide range of PE/sports activities in order to instill positive attitudes to exercise. The PE Department has excellent indoor and outdoor facilities (including two gymnasiums, an all-weather pitch and a Sports Hall) and has a strong track record in extra-curricular activities with high levels of participation by pupils.

We are seeking to appoint a PE graduate or experienced Games Coach to join our PE Department in September 2019.  Your duties will include supporting the PE Department in the delivery of curricular PE and Games lessons to girls in Years 3 to 8; managing teaching resources; leading coaching sessions; accompanying teams to off-site fixtures and generally helping to motivate and encourage our pupils to develop and reach their potential in sports. You will need to possess excellent communication skills, a high level of skill in either hockey, netball, gymnastics, cricket, swimming and have had experience of coaching in two or more of these areas. The ability to work as part of a cohesive team and a strong work ethic are also essential pre-requisites of this role.

Working hours are 8.45am - 5.15pm Monday to Friday term time only (35 weeks per year) plus occasional weekends.  The minimum pro-rated (actual) salary for the role is £17,377 plus an additional payment for occasional weekend working.

Other benefits include contributory staff pension scheme, staff gym, free school meals during term time and free car parking.

Full details and an application form may be obtained from the School's website www.newtonprepschool.co.uk  or from the HR Assistant on 0207 720 4091 ext. 1255, email HRAssistant@newtonprep.co.uk.

Applications by digital or printed form only to: HR Manager, Newton Prep, 149 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BX. Email: HRAssistant@newtonprep.co.uk. 

Closing date: 5.6.19 

Interviews: week beginning 10.6.19

Newton Prep is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS disclosure check and references may be taken up on all shortlisted candidates, prior to interview.


Newton Prep

149 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BX

www.newtonprepschool.co.uk

About Newton Prep School

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+44 20 77204091

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In a London landscape crowded with prep schools, Newton Prep stands out. The school, founded in 1991, has an unbeatable combination of size and eclecticism, coupled with extraordinary facilities and outside spaces. Its position at the heart of Central London’s most burgeoning development, Newton is a short walk away from the Nine Elms to Battersea riverfront. This hosts the bustling new ‘town’ around the rebuilt Battersea Power Station; a new extension of the Northern Line tube now means the school is within five minutes of three stations.

When arriving, visitors and prospective parents always comment on Newton Prep children: they are well-educated, of course, but noticeably curious, kind and articulate. Above all, in this modern world, they are equipped with the best of British values: pupils are encouraged to think for - and be - themselves.

Academic success is central to all that is taught. More than that, however, the school ensures children are equipped with a sense of self, resilience and hopefulness. We encourage children to think outside the curriculum. Whether it’s piano lessons, judo or Boggle, children need ways of engaging: we aim for our Newton Prep children to enter adolescence feeling that they already have more to contribute than just academic achievements. Yes, we need to get them into the right schools, but not at the total expense of their well-being, character and love of learning.

Inspiring a love of learning is central to Newton Prep’s offering. With a huge all-weather pitch capable of supporting four fixtures at a time, a 120-seat recital hall, a music technology suite, recording studio, 300 seat auditorium, three gymnasiums, bustling art studios, dance studios, two libraries and three hands-on science labs, children are encouraged to “do” as well as “learn”. We have an oasis of a garden where our children perform Shakespeare, hunt for mini-beasts and conduct scientific experiments.

Despite the excellence of their education, Newton Prep children are notable for their lack of arrogance; there is no sense of entitlement here. The kindness and generosity shown by the pupils towards their peers is remarkable; we are particularly proud of the engagement between the older children and our youngest pupils.

This spirit of community is also built into the Newton Diploma, our revolutionary humanities curriculum for Years 7 and 8. This is a cross-curricular, rigorous and exciting programme which allows pupils to explore links between subjects, extend initiatives for service and leadership, and breathe real fire into their intellectual curiosity.

We are not a blazers-and-boaters kind of school. As a school only thirty years young, we are not limited to looking back at the past to inform what we do in the future. We focus all our present energies on ensuring a bright future for our bright children. We want Newton Prep children to enjoy their precious childhood years.


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