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Sports Assistant

Sports Assistant

St Mary's School Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

  • £25,563 pro rata
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2022
Apply by:
29 October 2021

Job overview

St Mary’s School, Cambridge is an independent day and boarding school for girls aged 3 to 18.

Situated in the heart of the academically and culturally vibrant city of Cambridge, we are a school where any girl can thrive and achieve academic excellence. A Christian school run in the Catholic tradition and founded on the principles of Mary Ward, we have a unique approach to education and an atmosphere which fosters a love of life and learning. 

St Mary’s School is looking to appoint a Sports Assistant to aid the PE department. St Mary’s has recently partnered with Homerton College in the regeneration of the school’s sports facilities. To be successful, you will be enthusiastic and have excellent organisational skills, the ability to work effectively as a team and have the ability to coach a range of sporting activities to a high standard.

You will be required to assist with PE lessons in the Junior and Senior school and extra-curricular sport at lunchtimes and afterschool, lead coaching sessions and games practices, umpire fixtures, and attend and help school trips. You must also be confident IT and computer skills to manage the administration for feeder schools' programmes and weekend bookings and fixtures.

Regular working hours will be between 8.30am and 5.30pm and, when required, additional hours working on a Saturday. 

Further information can be found on our website: www.stmaryscambridge.co.uk/about/job-vacancies.htm 

Closing date: 9:00am on Friday, 29th October 2021.

Interviews to be held to be held shortly after on a date to be confirmed. We will review applications on receipt. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.  

The School is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About St Mary's School Cambridge

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+44 1223 353253

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St Mary’s School is a girls-only, non-selective, Roman Catholic, all-through school with sixth form situated in Cambridge. It is an independent school with day and boarding options. A smaller than average school, it provides 750 places for junior, senior and sixth-form students between the ages of 3 and 18 when fully subscribed.

The school was founded by sisters from the Congregation of Jesus in 1898. They drew their inspiration from 17th-century religious sister the Venerable Mary Ward, basing it on her vision of the essential dignity of each human.

Headmistress

Charlotte Avery

Values and vision

St Mary’s School provides its girls with a strong social and moral framework, which helps them succeed in higher education, the world of work and as successful citizens in the wider community. Teachers foster a love of learning in their students, nurturing talents, valuing each girl as an individual and helping every pupils flourish academically. The school strives to cater for all academic, pastoral, creative and athletic needs.

ISI Report Key points

The school achieved an outstanding overall 98% parental satisfaction rate.

'Almost all pupils achieve places at the most selective universities, conservatoires and art colleges in a range of disciplines, including those with the highest entry criteria.'

'Pupils make strong progress across the range of subjects’ and are: ‘highly successful in their achievements beyond the classroom in a range of activities encompassing different interests.'

'Pupils display mature levels of understanding across the curriculum’, with the quality of teaching praised as ‘ambitious, stimulating and well matched to their needs.'

'Pupils form highly positive relationships with each other and with staff and they develop good leadership skills’ with students feeling ‘ready and well prepared for the next stage of their lives.'

View St Mary's School Cambridge’s latest ISI report

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