PE and School Sports Coach - Full-time/Part-time

Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-5455-320S
• Posted:21/10/2021
• Pay:Salary commensurate with experience
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:08/11/2021 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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About the role: The Tonbridge & West Kent School Sport Partnership (TWKSSP) is looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic PE and School Sport Coach to support the progression and development of physical education and school sport within the TWKSSP. The role can be full or part time and is fixed term which will be reviewed annually. 

Operating from The Hayesbrook Academy in Tonbridge, the successful candidate will support in the delivery of the school sport partnership PE programme, develop an extensive school sport offer and assist in the facilitation of events, festivals and community driven projects to raise standards and enhance the school’s physical activity opportunities. The role is mobile, moving between various primary schools across the Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells area.​​​​​​​

We believe that these opportunities will:

• Have clear education value
• Be inclusive and easily accessible to all children
• Encourage aspiration and achievement
• Inspire and motivate
• Provide a varied array of activities
• Value participation regardless of ability
• Encourage and support progression to higher levels of performance as appropriate
• Provide opportunities for competition and various levels
• Encourage positive personal and social values such as teamwork, self-esteem and self-awareness
• Promote responsibility as a citizen and develop leadership​

Information about the school

Core values of integrity, courage and imagination underpin all that we do. We are unrelenting in our mission to teach those that we have the privilege to care for to do the right thing, to make courageous choices and to ignite their curiosity and imagination. Our students will leave the academy with the qualifications and skills to access the very best universities, apprenticeships and careers to which they aspire.

As a local resident and parent, I am personally invested in ensuring Leigh Academy Tonbridge plays an instrumental role in shaping the lives of our young people and the local community. As educators, we are driven by a united purpose: to maximise the future opportunities of every young person that passes through our door. The wellbeing and success of every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

Building on the strengths of our legacy school, Hayesbrook Academy, Leigh Academy Tonbridge will always be an institution that values and nurtures every young person in our care. Our small school model means that every child will be known, cared for and challenged to succeed. As has always been the case at Hayesbrook, we will continue to value the partnerships with our families recognising the critical value of the home-school partnership in ensuring the success of every child.

Leigh Academy Tonbridge is an inspirational community, with high-standards of discipline creating disruption free classrooms and a broad, innovative digital curriculum, underpinned by the principles of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. Our curriculum is knowledge rich, promotes diversity of thought and creates a framework within which students explore, understand and appreciate the power and application of knowledge in real global contexts. Through the implementation of our curriculum students mature into reflective and resilient learners who can work both independently and collaboratively to overcome challenges, are confident critical thinkers and master lifelong learning. We provide all of our students with a Chromebook to develop their digital skills and to enrich their learning in their classrooms and to support their independent study.

Our students flourish, becoming curious, caring and culturally astute young people as they move on to higher education or employment. They leave with a broad skill set and the versatility to embrace the future challenges of the modern world.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Talent Team
• Address:Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: info@latonbridge.org.uk

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