Sports Coach and Boarding Staff
Cargilfield School
Edinburgh, City of
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 18 October 2024
Job overview
Cargilfield is the leading independent preparatory school in Scotland, situated in Barnton, Edinburgh, with a current school roll of 300 boys and girls aged 3 to 13.
The School is seeking to recruit two experienced and enthusiastic Sports Coaches to join our Games Department and support our Head of Games in delivering the sports programme to all of our pupils from Primary 3 upwards. The Sports Coaches would also be expected to join the Boarding team who manage the flexi, weekly and weekend boarding at the School.
Applications close: Friday 18th October 2024
Start date: January 2025
We aim to appoint the best candidates and so we could look to split the role further.
The School would be happy to speak to any candidates ahead of making an application and to answer any further questions.
The Positions:
The Sports Coaches would work alongside our Head of Games in teaching and promoting sport within Cargilfield.
The successful candidate will be a sportsperson who has played at an advanced level in one or more of the School’s core sports (hockey, cricket, netball and rugby). The expertise to deliver high quality coaching experiences for our pupils is crucial. The ability to engage, motivate and develop our pupils across the full range of sporting opportunities at the School will be key to success. An officiating or coaching qualification is highly desirable. Excellent subject knowledge and effective communication skills will be essential.
If you are passionate about sport, committed to high standards and excited by the opportunity to inspire and develop our pupils love of sport, we would like to hear from you. We are particularly interested in those who have significant experience playing and coaching hockey.
The Boarding Staff are responsible to the Headmaster and Boarding Coordinator for the well-being and pastoral care of all boarding pupils. They also help to create a welcoming environment in which pupils can enjoy their weekly, flexi or weekend boarding experience.
This role requires an understanding of children, a degree of patience, tolerance and understanding, as well as operating in accordance with the rules and protocols of the school.
Ideal candidates will:
· have a high level of emotional intelligence and be calm under pressure.
· bring a dynamic approach to life in the boarding house at Cargilfield.
· be willing to contribute to the life of this busy prep school.
· be ready to work hard to support the children in their care.
· communicate effectively with children, parents and colleagues, both orally and in writing.
· be good team players.
The remuneration package will include:
• An apartment within the School – rent-free and with utilities covered
• Pension
• Generous holiday allowance during Christmas, Easter and summer holidays
• School meals throughout the year when the School’s kitchens are open.
About Cargilfield School
Cargilfield is the oldest independent boarding and day prep school in Scotland, for more than 300 boys and girls, aged 3-13 years. Each child has an extensive range of opportunities to learn, explore and discover before they leave Cargilfield to join leading senior schools across the UK. Children leave with confident, lively minds, secure values and a sense of identity and community spirit that serves them well for their future lives. We achieve this by delivering a broad and challenging education in a supportive and caring family-led environment.
Cargilfield, founded in 1873, was the first prep school to be established in Scotland. It moved from Trinity in Edinburgh to its current location in Barnton in 1898. A Pre-prep and Nursery Department were added to the prep school campus during the early 1980’s in response to the changing nature of the parental body and the introduction of girls. The school was founded in 1873 by the Reverend Charles Darnell. Darnell’s aim was “to provide a liberal education and teach the merits of hard work and honesty under conditions of happiness and well-being”. This remains at the core of our ethos today.
We pride ourselves on high standards of teaching and a coherent programme of learning from Nursery through to Form 8. This is perhaps best measured by the outcomes for our pupils. We prepare boys and girls for senior schools all over the United Kingdom, offering parents choice in Edinburgh, across Scotland and the UK. In the past five years we have sent pupils to Ampleforth, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Edinburgh Academy, Eton, Fettes, Glenalmond, Gordonstoun, Harrow, King’s Canterbury, Loretto, Marlborough, Merchiston, Oundle, Rugby, Sedbergh, Shrewsbury, Uppingham, Winchester and Wycombe Abbey.
Boys and girls are prepared for the Common Entrance or Academic Scholarship exams for their senior schools. We are proud of a 100% success rate at Common Entrance and our pupils winning an impressive number of scholarships to schools all over the UK in recent years. Although we admit to a broad range of abilities, we believe that a combination of high expectations with good teaching in small classes (an average class size of between 14 – 16 with a maximum of 18) explains our excellent results. We believe that a wide range of activity is essential for the development of children at Cargilfield. We play sport every day and creative activities such as music, drama, art and design are an important part of our curriculum. We also offer over 50 clubs that take place during the term, either during the day, the evening or boarding weekends.
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