Sports Graduate Associate
Queen Anne's School
Reading
- New
- Salary:
- £17,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Late August
- Apply by:
- 12 July 2024
Job overview
Term time only • One year contract with accommodation
About us
Queen Anne’s School is an exciting place to work, where every member of the school team is valued. We aim to recruit the highest calibre of staff through all areas of the school. Queen Anne’s School is a community and all staff work with a professional, committed and enthusiastic attitude.
The School is located in beautiful 35 acre grounds with good transport links and within easy walking distance of Reading Station. We offer a number of staff benefits including excellent training and Inset opportunities, free gym membership, subsidised meals, free car parking, pension scheme and School fee reduction where appropriate.
The role
Managed by the Director of Sport, we are looking to recruit a Graduate Sports Assistant to support the PE department in delivering high quality teaching and learning, in both the curriculum and co-curriculum. The main responsibility will be to provide practical support, whilst gaining valuable experience of working in the education sector.
A proven ability in either Lacrosse or Netball is essential and experience in coaching or officiating would be advantageous.
Single (shared) accommodation is provided and meals during term time. You will be expected to be involved in activities outside of timetabled lessons and sports sessions plus play a full part in the busy life of our boarding school, which will include agreed evenings per week and weekend duties.
The successful candidate will:
- Be confident to coach at least one sport to a high level.
- Assist in coaching and officiating at two sports, leading teams and officiating matches mid-week and on Saturdays.
- Support the Heads of Netball and Lacrosse with team organisation and management.
- Assisting with planning and preparation of PE.
- Supervise pupils during sports fixtures, tournaments and trips.
- Be on duty in school boarding houses, assisting Housemistresses and providing pastoral care.
Full details of this position and how to apply are available from https://www.qas.org.uk/our-community/work-with-us or by emailing HR@qas.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 12 July 2024
Early applications are encouraged, and the School reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date for applications.
Applications are dealt with on receipt and early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close the deadline before the published date if sufficient applications are received.
Queen Anne’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online social media check.
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About Queen Anne's School
Queen Anne's School is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18. Situated on a 35 acre campus just north of Reading, it has excellent road/rail links to Heathrow Airport, London and the south east.
Girls enter by means of the 11+, 12+ or 13+ Common Entrance or the school's own examination. Offers of Sixth Form places are made during the academic year in which GCSEs are taken. The offer is conditional upon the entrance examination. Several scholarships are available; all are awarded for excellence whether in academic work, art, music or sport.
Each weekend is packed with activities to cater for a variety of interests. There are many extra-curricular activities including Drama, Junior and Senior Choirs, Orchestra, Photography, Riding, Rowing, Gymnastics, Ballet, Engineering Club, Public Speaking, Pottery, Young Enterprise and many girls participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Pastoral care is strong; each girl has the support and understanding of a Housemistress, experienced in looking after girls and young women, and her team of House staff who together provide full pastoral care on a day to day basis under the auspices of the Deputy Head, Pastoral. The large Sixth Form operates on a tutorial system and is more akin to university life. 100% of girls go on to Higher Education. There are 2 boarding Houses and 2 day Houses for 11-16 year olds; and the sixth form are accommodated in two separate Houses.
Facilities include a performing arts centre for drama and music, a well equipped IT department, a state of the art Sports Centre with fitness suite, dance and aerobics studio, and an indoor climbing wall. As well as the Sports Centre the facilities include tennis courts, squash courts, heated indoor swimming pool and gym.
In the security of a single-sex environment, all opportunities for leadership and learning are open. With an excellent academic record and many extra-curricular activities, girls are fully prepared for university life and successful careers.
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