Head of Tennis
Millfield School
Somerset
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive plus excellent benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 9 August 2024
Job overview
Millfield School is looking to recruit a Head of Tennis to take responsibility for the development of the Girls' and Boys' Tennis Programme across Millfield School and to support Millfield Prep School.
Millfield is an independent boarding school with outstanding pastoral and co-curricular activities, set in the heart of Somerset. We cater for approximately 1300 pupils aged 13 to 18, all of whom are engaged in sport and physical activities. Millfield Prep School is located 4 miles away in the bustling town of Glastonbury, catering to a further 350 pupils from ages 7 - 13. Both schools have outstanding facilities and a vibrant multisport environment.
As the Head of Tennis, you will be responsible for ensuring that Millfield Tennis is competitive in the highest levels of school tennis and connected to the LTA development pathway. This will include providing technical coaching to students, ensuring that the skills of the specialist and teacher coaches are continuously developed, contributing to the Sports Scholarship Programme and developing new links with the community and external sporting bodies. As the Head of Tennis, you will also be expected to expand on the school’s entrepreneurial activity, targeted and innovative recruitment approaches, and the promotion of Millfield School through tennis.
The successful candidate will hold LTA SPC Level 4 or Club Coach level 5 and must understand and have experience of education, holistic and dual pathway development (education and sport) and be connected to the world of tennis.
This is a full-time role which includes work during the school holidays, working an average of 42 hours per week across Monday to Saturday. In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 10 weeks holiday per annum to be taken outside of term-time, plus an extensive range of staff benefits.
About us
Millfield is an independent boarding school with outstanding pastoral and co-curricular activities set in the heart of Somerset. We cater for approximately 1,300 pupils aged 13 to 18, all of whom are engaged in sport and physical activities. Millfield Prep School is located four miles away in the bustling town of Glastonbury, catering to a further 350 pupils from ages 7 to 13. Both schools have outstanding facilities and a vibrant multisport environment.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: Noon on Friday 9th August 2024.
Please note that applications will be considered on receipt, and as a result, the vacancy may close early should an appointment be made. As such, we would recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.
Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to Enhanced DBS clearance. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Be kind, be individual, be brilliant. Millfield School, where being an individual is recognised as the key to brilliance.
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About Millfield School
The modern world is highly competitive and the way we prepare our children for its demands is more important than ever. Young people today are subject to great pressures and it takes strong personalities to avoid the traps that life has lying in wait. Hence a good school must seek to develop confidence and maturity in all its pupils whatever their strengths and weaknesses.
All individuals have different needs and therefore a variety of opportunities must be available to enable each one to achieve success. They must learn to apply themselves to academic work but must also be encouraged to express their other talents.
With its outstanding facilities, a staff:pupil ratio of 1:7.5, an extraordinary range of academic courses and the unrivalled strength of its extra-curricular programme, Millfield strives to achieve all these aims. It also seeks to move with the times whilst maintaining the important traditions of good manners, discipline and respect for others.
We pride ourselves on the richness and diversity of the Millfield experience as well as the friendly atmosphere within our community.
If you are considering joining our school community, please read our blog Five reasons for teachers to work at Millfield
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