Head of Sport Performance

Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.

We are seeking a well-qualified, enthusiastic Head of Sports Performance to oversee individual sporting profiles of our pupils, leading the School’s Aspiring Athlete Support Programme, overseeing individual team strength and conditioning programmes and promoting performance and participation levels across the wide range of sporting activities at the School. The ideal candidate will have a Level 2 coaching qualification, be a competent umpire and have experience of coaching good School/Club level players.

Wycombe Abbey enjoys exceptional sporting facilities including a 6 lane 25m swimming pool, a state-of-the-art sports centre, 5 lacrosse pitches, a large floodlit Astroturf pitch, 18 netball hard courts and 24 tennis hard courts. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly team of teachers at a well-established boarding school.

Wycombe Abbey is located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector.

To apply: Further details can be found under ‘Current Vacancies’ on our website: https://www.wycombeabbey.com/vacancies/

Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan.

Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 1 May 2024

Interview date: Thursday 9 May 2024

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638