Hockey Coach (part time) (with the potential of Head of Hockey for an exceptional candidate)
Oswestry School
Shropshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2023
Job overview
`We learn not for school but for life’
Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with a 11-18 senior school of c.380 pupils (120 of whom board) and a 4-11 junior school (Bellan House) of c.120 pupils. The strong ethos of the school is reflected in its fabulous pastoral care and sense of community. The School is a member of HMC and has been judged ‘excellent’ in recent inspections. The School is growing in size and standing. As well as providing a fantastic learning and living environment for young people, Oswestry School offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.
Oswestry School is located at the heart of its market town on the Welsh borders, with easy access to the great outdoors as well as good links to the local town of Shrewsbury and the cities of Chester, Manchester and Birmingham.
Hockey Coach (part time) (with the potential of Head of Hockey for an exceptional candidate)*
Oswestry School seeks a hockey coach to develop our school hockey programme. Hockey at Oswestry is a major sport that is played at all age groups throughout the school for girls and boys. Regular training sessions during games and in clubs as well as weekly matches take place during the hockey season that runs from September through to April. There is also an extensive Saturday fixture programme against other independent schools.
The successful candidate will be expected to deliver outstanding, engaging hockey coaching sessions, manage school teams and inspire them to achieve, organise regular fixtures and will play a major role in developing our hockey philosophy that will tie in with the sporting values of the department and school.
The role is for two terms until Easter during the hockey season but applications from candidates who are able to coach one of our major summer sports in cricket, athletics or tennis would be advantageous and coaching opportunities in the summer term will be considered.
The coaching hours are Monday to Thursday afternoons 2-4pm during our games programme and 4-5pm Monday to Thursday during our clubs slot. Saturday fixtures take place most weekends and we would expect the successful candidate to be able to commit to the weekend matches.
We invite applications from all coaches with a requirement of Hockey Level 1 or higher coaching award. Salary will be paid on an hourly basis and will be discussed at interview depending on experience and qualifications.
Details are available upon request. For an informal discussion regarding the post and an application form and job description please download this from our website: www.oswestryschool.com/work-with-us or contact HR Administrator, Lesley Ward at recruitment@oswestryschool.com
Closing date for the above position: 12:00pm on Friday 9th June
The school reserves the right to offer the post at any stage in the appointment process or not to offer the post.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Attached documents
About Oswestry School
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Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with a 11-18 senior school of c.400 pupils (120 of whom board) and a 4-11 Prep School of c.120 pupils. The strong ethos of the school is reflected in its fabulous pastoral care and sense of community. The School is a member of HMC and has been judged ‘excellent’ in recent inspections. The School is growing in size and standing. As well as providing a fantastic learning and living environment for young people, Oswestry School offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.
Oswestry School is located at the heart of its market town on the Welsh borders, with easy access to the great outdoors as well as good links to the local town of Shrewsbury and the cities of Chester, Manchester and Birmingham.
Located in the ancient town of Oswestry in the county of Shropshire, the School was founded in 1407 and, as such, lays claim to being one of the oldest truly independent schools in the country. It is located in a beautiful corner of Shropshire close to the Welsh border and enjoys a campus setting and extensive playing fields. Just 30 minutes from the market town of
Shrewsbury and an hour from the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester, the School is well located and draws pupils from all over the county and beyond through its extensive bus routes. A dynamic boarding community with pupils coming from over 30 countries provides a vibrancy and exciting diversity to the School; internationalism and diversity is celebrated and championed.
As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close professional relationship between staff and students. A recent ISI report described pupils as “energetic, articulate and responsible throughout the school.” Deliberately non-selective, the School strives to nurture and develop the talents and abilities of each and every pupil both inside and outside the classroom. Recent facility development includes a floodlit astroturf, the Momentum Sports hall, a refectory and a new library.
Headmaster
Peter Middleton
Values and vision
As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close academic relationship between staff and students. The school adopts a traditional approach to pastoral care, uniform and behaviour. Staff have high expectations of the ability of pupils to police their own behaviour and approach their education in a mature and adult way. The school invests heavily in extra-curricular activities, with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme just one of the major activities on offer.
ISI report
“Pupils are energetic, articulate and responsible throughout the school. Relationships amongst pupils and between pupils and staff are excellent. This enhances the pupils’ personal development. In the senior school, where a third of pupils come from a wide range of countries, tolerance and mutual respect are firmly established, and this has a profound influence on the school as a whole.”
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