Graduate Hockey Coach
Stowe School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- A very attractive and competitive package is offered.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 15 January 2021
Job overview
For September 2021 Stowe School is looking to appoint a graduate sports coach with a specialism in hockey. We are looking for enthusiastic team players with a love of sport who are equally committed to participation as well as performance, and have the ability to engage and motivate students. Stowe runs two terms of hockey across the Autumn and Spring Terms, and both the boys and girls teams play in the Independent Schools Hockey League. An ability to coach a summer sport would be advantageous.
We welcome all degree subjects and the successful candidate would be expected to assist with the administration of the sports department as well as to take on a pastoral role within a boarding house. There will be opportunities to assist with the teaching of PE and Sports Science as well as work with younger students who are part of the Stowe Group of Schools. The Stowe Group consists of Stowe School, Winchester House Prep School and Swanbourne House Prep School.
The department is committed to career progression and training. We can assist with getting additional coaching qualifications and attending specialist courses to enhance your coaching C.V. We can also provide time for post graduate study. Where appropriate additional classroom teaching can be offered and experience also gained in other areas of the school such as our marketing and commercial departments.
In addition, Stowe has very close links with Buckingham Ladies and Men’s Hockey Club with training, playing and coaching opportunities available at the club which is based on site at the school.
Competitive salary, accommodation and full board will be provided.
An application form and full job description may be downloaded from our website www.stowe.co.uk.
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About Stowe School
Stowe is the contemporary co-educational boarding and day school. Pupils at Stowe are educated in a sublime environment in which we help to build confident young people who are proud of their achievements. We emphasise academic achievement alongside other learning experiences.
At Stowe, we believe that every pupil has abilities and talents and we are committed to helping young people develop their potential to the full. Preparing our pupils for life after Stowe begins in their very first year, with teaching and academic support that helps each and every pupil to achieve excellence in whatever field he or she chooses. Our pupils achieve superb GCSE and A level results and our curriculum is broad and innovative. Pupils explore an exceptionally wide range of subjects. Lessons are exciting and fulfilling. We do not restrict teaching styles, our academic staff are specialists who infuse our pupils with their enthusiasm for their subjects, and Stowe’s unique surroundings and unrivalled facilities provide the best environment in which to learn.
Our value added scores place the School in the top 1% nationally. Academic support is given in the classroom and through our tutor system. Each pupil’s attainment is monitored closely and pupils are challenged to set their sights high. Our Virtual Learning Environment provides teachers and pupils with a resource which can be accessed in and outside the classroom, and helps pupils to continue their studies in their own time. Teachers at Stowe embrace new technologies which are proven to improve pupil learning.
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