Apprentice Sports Coach
| Posting date: | 26 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE15 6FL |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 27e4984a-f816-4181-8f73-fb69f7088e13 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Assist the PE Coach/class teacher in PE lessons
• Prepare lesson equipment for PE lessons
• Prepare correspondence to parents/carers to promote after school sports clubs, fixtures/tournaments and liaising with the admin team to send the correspondence.
• Photocopying/laminating
• Arrange/confirm tournaments/fixtures with local primary schools/academies.
• Ensure the STEP minibus and staff to drive the bus are available for tournaments/fixtures
• Liaise with external coaches who run after school clubs
The post will be linked with an apprenticeship sports coach level 3 training at a training college.
• Good level of ICT literacy with knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and database packages;
• Relevant knowledge and experience of sports development, including club and coach development;
• Good communication skills;
• Good understanding of child protection, child development, health & safety and sports equity principles / policies / procedures (training will be given);
What the school offers its staff
• Membership to Perkbox discount scheme
• Subsidised Benenden Private Healthcare
• Free school lunch
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
• Assist the PE Coach/class teacher in PE lessons
• Prepare lesson equipment for PE lessons
• Prepare correspondence to parents/carers to promote after school sports clubs, fixtures/tournaments and liaising with the admin team to send the correspondence.
• Photocopying/laminating
• Arrange/confirm tournaments/fixtures with local primary schools/academies.
• Ensure the STEP minibus and staff to drive the bus are available for tournaments/fixtures
• Liaise with external coaches who run after school clubs
The post will be linked with an apprenticeship sports coach level 3 training at a training college.
• Good level of ICT literacy with knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and database packages;
• Relevant knowledge and experience of sports development, including club and coach development;
• Good communication skills;
• Good understanding of child protection, child development, health & safety and sports equity principles / policies / procedures (training will be given);
What the school offers its staff
• Membership to Perkbox discount scheme
• Subsidised Benenden Private Healthcare
• Free school lunch
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.