Sports Graduate Assistant
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- Salary:
- £1,800 per month plus excellent benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2025
Job overview
If you are passionate about sport and physical education this is an exciting opportunity to develop your coaching skills and teaching experience at a leading independent boarding school.
St Edward’s seeks to appoint a Sports Graduate Assistant who is interested in pursuing a career in teaching to join the school from September 2025 for one academic year, with the possibility that the contract will be renewed for a second year in September 2026.
As Sports Graduate Assistant, you will play a key role assisting the department with teaching and coaching sport in one of the school’s major sports – Rugby, Football, Rowing, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis or Netball.
You will be involved in the preparation for match days and match analysis and will lead training sessions and assist in the coaching of other sports offered by the school and supervise pupil training sessions in the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Gym,
You will also work with other sports coaches to ensure the smooth running of assessment days, prep school tournaments and other sporting events.
The work of Graduate Assistants is varied, and that variety is, to some extent, determined by the personality, enthusiasm and skills of the individual. The post has become a successful springboard for those considering teaching as a career and over a number of years Graduate Assistants have gone on to promising careers in major schools round the country.
Why join St Edward’s?
- Gain valuable work experience in a friendly and inclusive environment
- Gain support and training in preparation for a career in teaching
- Work in a school which occupies 100 glorious acres of North Oxford
- Enjoy free membership of the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellness Gym
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 19th January 2025.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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