PE Director of Hockey - Full-time

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury

Ref:KCC886-5412-18T
Posted:06/03/2018
Pay:MPS/UPS depending on experience (TLR of 2C £2,666)
Start Date:Sep 2018
App Close Date:19/03/2018 at 12:00
Interviews:26th March 2018

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Director of Hockey

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Director of Hockey from September 2018 who will lead the newly formed Elite Hockey Academy as well a fulfilling the duties of a teacher of Physical Education. The successful candidate will have coached or played Hockey to a high level, and ideally will have experience of leading a hockey programme in an educational setting.

As a selective school, graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, we are fortunate that our student body are, on the whole, bright and enthusiastic. There are many talented sportsmen and women amongst their number and the school does well at collecting representative honours. Our teams feature strongly in county tournaments, frequently moving on to national competitions. In recent years Rugby, Hockey and Football have reached the top 16 and the top 8 in National Competitions. Many of our students have represented their sport at county level, a number at regional and several at full international across a variety of sports.

The Physical Education Department enjoys some of the very best facilities in the area. There is a floodlight synthetic turf pitch used for both Rugby and Football, a 25m heated indoor swimming pool, an indoor climbing centre, a fitness suite, a strength and conditioning suite, a sports hall and a gymnasium. Surrounding the school are its playing fields with provision for rugby, cricket, football, outdoor volleyball and athletics on site. The school also utilises Polo farm sports centre for Hockey, where Canterbury HC play in the Premier League.

For more information on sport at the school, please visit www.thelangton.org.uk/about/sport-at-the-langton

For more information on the job vacancy and to apply please visit www.thelangton.org.uk/inormation/vacancies/

Closing date: Midday Monday 19^th March 2018

Interview date: 26^th March 2018

Information about the school

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is a school community of nearly 1400 students and staff set in the Kent countryside on the outskirts of the medieval city of Canterbury. We enjoy a high reputation locally and nationally as a school with an enviable academic record consequent upon inspirational teaching and top quality pastoral care. We also consider ourselves to be in the vanguard of English schools developing a research based approach to education allowing students to engage with genuinely open-ended academic research projects which have gained international recognition.

Job Contact Information

Name:Rebecca Rose
Address:Langton Lane, Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Telephone: (01227) 463567
Email: srollinson@thelangton.kent.sch.uk

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