PE Teaching Assistant

About Ewell Castle School

Ewell Castle School is a happy and successful co-educational independent school on the Surrey/London borders, easily accessible by public transport. We are a through school that offers children aged 4 to 19 the benefits of a family-friendly atmosphere whilst maintaining a stimulating and rigorous academic programme. We care about the needs of the individual child and this is facilitated by small class sizes and our personalised approach.

Ewell Castle is a private school that oozes charm and character in a green and beautiful enclave. There is widespread affection for the School’s family ethos and we are utterly loyal to our boys and girls, dedicated to inspiring their best achievement, whether in: academic success, sporting excellence or exceptional performing arts. The School’s reputation for an ambitious and personalised approach to each pupil is well founded, as is our excellent reputation for pastoral care, creating a rounded and grounded experience for all.

Ewell Castle School’s ideology is to focus our energy on the learning and welfare of our children. What happens in the classroom is the beating heart of the School, stretching and challenging our pupils to achieve more than they thought possible. The School has a vibrant community spirit and is a genuine mixed ability school with a focus on helping every child to thrive.

Main Responsibilities:

• To plan, organise and coach Games afternoon lessons and co-curricular activities under the guidance of the Director of Sport.

• Support class teachers in the delivery of core PE and Games, preparing resources, setting up sessions and working with smaller support groups where necessary.

• Maintain PE and update sport display boards. 

• Maintain match kits and sports equipment weekly.

• Maintain and update ECS PE social media accounts on a weekly basis.

• To lead one age group team within the school. (U12 – U15) per term.

• To liaise with the Heads of Sport on team selection.

• To publish the team and important information via the school sports website.

• To write a weekly match report for the teams that you coach.

• To act as a support coach to all other school team squads during timetabled games lessons and co-curricular sessions.

• Play a key role running lunchtime co-curricular sessions.

• To officiate school fixtures as required.

• To produce logs of GCSE and A Level compulsory morning sessions and team training and report absence to the Director of Sport.

• Liaise with team captains to collate weekly match reports

General Responsibilities:

• To help with the general day to day running of the department.

• To liaise with parents as necessary regarding pupils performance and behaviour under the guidance of department teachers.

• To be willing to attend Sports Tours during school holiday periods.

• To coach/teach other co-curricular sporting activities where required.

• Core Hours –Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

          Saturday – 8.30pm to 12.30pm

Other:

• To be aware of and abide by all the School’s policies, in particular safeguarding.

• To assist at school functions and with co-curricular activities.

• To carry out timetabled responsibilities as assigned in the School Timetable.

• To perform such other duties as may be required by the Principal.