Sport Assistant - Fixed Term

Gad's Hill School, Rochester

• Ref:KCC886-6007-223S
• Posted:11/06/2025
• Pay:£17,777.76 pa (21+); £14,560 pa (age 18-20)
• Start Date:1 September 2025
• App Close Date:27/06/2025 at 16:00
• Interviews:asap

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From 1 September 2025, Gad’s Hill School, a co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3 – 16 set in the former home of Charles Dickens, is looking to appoint a Sports Assistant on a fixed-term basis for the period of one year. This is a term-time only position working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Exact working hours will be agreed, between 8.30am and 5pm, depending on fixtures and timetable.

Our sports provision has expanded significantly in recent years, and the Sport Assistant will assist pupils and staff in a department that offers sports as diverse as karate, climbing and handball, alongside the traditional team sports and athletics.

Pupils benefit from a programme of fixtures against other schools, entry into regional and national competitions, while our own sporting events – such as the Christmas cross country and summer Sports Days – are some of the most eagerly anticipated days in the School’s calendar.

In addition to a large playing field and tennis courts, the centrepiece of our new school building is its sports hall, complete with basketball, badminton and netball courts and a 10m climbing wall.

Our Sporting Excellence programme has raised standards and expectations at elite level, but our sporting ethos is also one of inclusivity and enjoyment of healthy activity for all.

Information about the school

Gad’s Hill School operates as three distinct departments within one school. The Kindergarten takes children from age three in our Nursery through to Year 2. Here, alongside the foundation in literacy, numeracy, sciences and humanities, there is a strong emphasis on play, physical education, music and drama with all pupils performing in a number of short productions each year. The school places particular emphasis on communications and therefore pupils from Reception upwards receive twice weekly lessons in Spanish and also Computing.

The Junior School is two-form entry from Years 3-6. Our Junior pupils receive a high proportion of lessons with subject specialists; in particular Modern Languages (Spanish), DT, Computing, Art, Music, Science & Games. By Years 5 and 6 nearly all lessons are delivered by specialist tutors. In sport our students have the opportunity to represent the school in fixtures against other schools.

Our school is located geographically within a selective secondary system and historically many of our pupils would leave to attend grammar schools at the end of Lower Shell (Year 6). However, in the last few years, the growing success of our Charles Dickens Scholarship Award, providing financial assistance to the most able pupils from our own Junior School and many from the wider community, has resulted in the development of highly capable and aspirational cohorts at Key Stage 3. Our strength is to make the most of our small class sizes and supportive atmosphere to add significant value to every individual.

The Upper School generally has a two- or three-form entry. The curriculum is relatively broad, with all pupils taking a spread of subjects including Art, DT, Food & Nutrition, Spanish, Computer Science, Music and Drama. Students choose a range of options at the conclusion of Year 8. They follow a core of Maths, English (Literature & Language), Separate or Combined Science and CCF (comprising BTEC Teamwork & Personal Development and Institute of Leadership & Management diplomas). As options they may choose from History, Geography, Spanish, Art, Food & Nutrition, DT, Computer Science, Music, Drama and PE, and in recent years we have supplemented these options with Psychology and Statistics exam courses for our increasingly able cohorts.

At present there is no sixth form education at Gad’s Hill and pupils currently depart for local schools, colleges or other independents. In recent times we have partnered with the University for the Creative Arts and several of our leavers have commenced Extended Diploma courses with them.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Tracy Barker
• Address:Higham, Rochester, Kent, ME3 7PA
• Telephone: Tel: 01474 822366
• Email: information@gadshillschool.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Sport Assistant Information for Candidates
• Safer Recruitment Policy
• ISI Inspection Report
• Safeguarding Policy