AddressThe PE and Sport Assistant will be part of an enthusiastic and dedicated PE and Sport team who teach talented and motivated students in the Junior School. They will assist the PE department for the delivery of an exciting and challenging PE and Sport curriculum that celebrates inclusion and diversity and enables all students to reach their full potential.
Key responsibilities
- To assist the PE and Sport staff as directed in timetabled PE lessons
- To assist with sports coaching and umpiring fixtures after school and occasionally at weekends
- To assist with lunchtime and after school extra-curricular activities
- To assist in the organisation of all major sporting events
- To have responsibility for a team at home or away matches
- To assist with other general requirements of the department as directed by the Head of PE and Sport
- To support teaching staff with administrative tasks
- To prepare progress and monitoring registers and results sheets
- As part of the PE and Sport department ensure equipment is maintained for lessons and available for home and away fixtures
Candidate Requirements
- Dynamic, motivated and an enthusiastic sports graduate
- Proactive and cheerful team player
- Friendly, professional and ‘can do’ approach
- Good organisational skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- High level of professionalism, integrity and maintaining confidentiality
- Confidence to share your own ideas and initiatives to develop the curriculum and offering to the students
- Seeks to demonstrate and encourage our key purpose in all ways: to equip students to live with confidence, purpose and joy
- Demonstrates and represents the School’s values of courage, honesty and kindness
- Committed to promoting the wellbeing of students
- Exemplary pastoral and safeguarding practice
Abbey Life & Benefits
- The Abbey promotes a good work-life balance and recognises the importance of staff health and wellbeing
- The opportunity to work with remarkable and brilliant students and to be part of an enthusiastic and warmly supportive staff community
- Excellent opportunities for professional development, investing in you as an individual and in your teaching career
- Access to a suite of comprehensive support services and infrastructure to support and enable you to undertake your role
- We provide free car parking for all staff; the school is a 20-minute walk from Reading Railway Station
- Complimentary refreshments throughout the day and a three-course lunch is available for all staff throughout the year
- Break for cake on Fridays
- Complimentary use of the swimming pool and gym
- Opportunity to join a variety of clubs – history society, book club, staff singers, yoga and much more
- Enhanced payments for maternity leave and a generous Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
- Employee Assistance programme, offering free confidential counselling and access to an independent Occupational Health Advisor
- Fee concession available for parents of Abbey students
- Staff accommodation, subject to availability, to include a number of flats, for new employees moving into the area
- Annual ‘flu’ jab on site
- Personal accident cover
This is a fixed term, term time only position starting in September 2024.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please click Apply and complete our Application Form.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 10 months
Salary: £17,589.00-£18,580.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- QTS (preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Reading (required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Reading: Relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 02/09/2024
