Sports Coach

**Tes Schools Recruitment**
Epping Forest

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**Salary**:

Competitive

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:

November 2024
3 November 2024

**Job overview**:
**Tes is supporting the appointment of a Sports Coach with a specialism in Football to join an Independent School based on the edge of Epping Forest.**

The Sports Coach is responsible for the delivery of coaching football and other sports throughout the whole of the school(Prep and Senior).

**About the school**

Surrounded by ancient forest and only thirty minutes from central London, is an outstanding independent day school located on the edge of Epping Forest. A large, diverse, and vibrant school, with approximately 1,500 pupils from 4 to 18. Their traditional House structure means that each pupil is treated as an individual, of whom they have the highest expectations, whilst their size enables them to offer breadth and depth of opportunity. They are ‘known, liked and valued’ which is central to their educational philosophy.

They invest heavily in the development of pedagogy, teaching and learning, with all teachers expected to engage in an ambitious Professional Learning Programme which includes seminars and contact with leading minds in the teaching and learning space; most recently, They welcomed Tom Sherrington who presented on curriculum strategy and design. In addition, we are immensely proud of our culture of formative and developmental peer observation and instructional coaching through their Teaching and Learning Communities and StepLab. As one of the few Independent Schools Induction Panel (ISTIP) regional hubs and training centres in the country, they are proud of its success, expertise, and excellence in supporting Early Careers’ Teachers and those new to the profession. They have a rich tradition of developing outstanding teachers and a genuinely supportive approach centred on coaching and mentoring.

Whilst they are rightly proud of their pupils’ outstanding academic successes, they do not let outcome grades solely define the holistic and personal development opportunities encapsulated in a Forest education. In the last two academic years, 50% of grades at A-level were at A*-A, with nearly 80% of grades at A*-B. At GCSE, over half of all grades were at Grade 9 or 8, with nearly 80% achieving Grade 7 or above. At the same time, Pupils have progressed to a range of highly selective universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and other Russell Group institutions and pleasingly several have also undertaken degree level apprenticeships, taken up places at Art Schools and Conservatoires and are pursuing education abroad.

**Why work at this school?**

Key benefits include:

- A CPD budget far beyond that offered in the maintained sector, and a culture fully committed to evidence-based teaching and learning development.
- A beautiful working environment, you will be surrounded by ancient woodland and a variety of architecturally significant Georgian, Victorian and modernist buildings.
- The chance to work with motivated, rounded, and intelligent pupils and colleagues in a very happy, purposeful, and ambitious setting.
- Opportunities to benefit from regular and comprehensive Professional Development Review, including access to StepLab, LinkedIn Learning and the National College to support further professional development.
- A leadership mentoring programme for new Heads of Department
- The chance to develop other skills and areas of interest in support of Forest’s extensive Activities and Co-Curricular Programme. In the recent past we have supported staff in developing additional skills in scuba diving, fencing, outdoors survival and even flying in the Combined Cadet Forces.
- Holiday entitlement far beyond that offered in the maintained sector (on average, 17 weeks).
- Opportunities to contribute to the wider community via our extensive Outreach Programme.
- An assigned staff laptop.
- Free three course hot lunch in our beautiful staff diner (with a takeaway sandwich lunch also available) and refreshments throughout the day.
- 20% fee remission (pro-rata for part time staff) for children attending Forest which is applicable Y3-Y13.
- Subsidised membership to the Sylvestrian Leisure Centre, Forest’s outstanding on-site gym and leisure facility.
- A well-established staff forum, with an assigned representative, and a dedicated staff well-being committee
- Membership of the School's Group Life Assurance scheme and Personal Accident Scheme.
- Contribution towards private medical insurance fees.
- Membership of a generous pension scheme.

**Closing Date**:04th November 2024

**If you are shortlisted for the role, they will carry out an online search.**
- The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past empl