Sports Coach - Term Time

The Viking Academy Trust

• Ref:KCC-F20-68-S
• Posted:23/05/2022
• Pay:KR3-5
• Start Date:1/9/22
• App Close Date:10/06/2022 at 09:00
• Interviews:TBC

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We have an opportunity for a Sports Coach to join our sports team at Upton for 25 hours per week, term time. Working hours will be 11:30 - 4:30 each day although at times some flexibility may be required for sporting events that take place.

The role will involve leading playground activities and supervising children at lunchtimes and being part of the team running PE lessons and after school clubs each afternoon. Attendance at competitions and inter-school events will also be required. Our Deputy Head and PE leader have a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to support the successful candidate.

We are looking for someone with:

• Proven coaching experience
• Proven experience working with primary school aged children
• Great team-work and interpersonal skills
• Experience of successful behaviour management
• The belief that physical activity plays a key role in a child's education

We can offer you:

• A supportive team
• A leadership team committed to delivering the best for our children
• Fantastic and enthusiastic children who make the job worthwhile
• Support from the sports teams across Viking Academy Trust 

Please outline in detail in your application how you meet the job description and why we should choose you. 

The contract will be temporary for one year in the first instance.

Please contact Mrs Kate Law, Head of School, by email with any queries or questions regarding the role (headofschool@chiltonprimary.co.uk)

 The Viking Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the care and welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service records check and references.

Information about the trust

The Viking Academy Trust is a primary only, Multi-Academy Trust consisting of three inspirational schools: Upton Junior School, Chilton Primary School and Ramsgate Arts Primary School.

Our One Childhood One Chance philosophy resonates throughout everything we do at the Viking Academy Trust.

At Viking, we make sure that our ultimate focus and core purpose remains excellent teaching and learning for every child. Our teaching is progressive and adaptive and we strive for the best outcomes for all. We invest time and training into our staff so that they can invest their skills and expertise into our children.

For children to thrive, they need to feel that they belong. Our people and our environments are warm and welcoming. Every member of our staff invests in building strong relationships with children and getting to know children well means we can focus on equity of opportunity.

This means that we can prioritise social and emotional learning along with the academic as we know that children need to learn how to be resilient, to have healthy and safe relationships and to face the world with problem solving skills.

We nurture children to become responsible citizens, ready to face the modern world and to make the most of their every potential both academically and socially. At Viking schools, we have high standards and expectations and we know how to support children to reach them.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Lisa Blatchford, HR Director
• Address:Upton Junior School,
  Edge End Road,
  Broadstairs,
  Kent,
  CT10 2AH
• Telephone: 01843 861393
• Email: hrd@vikingacademytrust.com

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