Placement Sports Coach 

Contract type: Fixed Term until July 2026

Hours of work: Full-time, Term-time

Salary: £7000 with accommodation and full-board

Anticipated start date: September 2025

Closing date: 22nd January 2025

Interviews: Expected shortly after closing

Location: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Job Overview 

For September 2025 Stowe School is looking to appoint s Placement Sports Coach with experience in Football. We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with a love of sport who is equally committed to participation as well as performance and has the ability to engage and motivate students. We welcome those with a specialism in football, who is also, ideally confident covering a variety of sports.

What we can offer: 

  • A perfect role for aspiring Coaches or Teachers
  • A paid placement
  • Free board and meals 
  • Excellent term time holidays

The successful candidate would be expected to teach practical PE and coach across a wide range of ages and abilities in the Senior School, including an opportunity to help sports award holders who are part of the High Performance Programme.

There may also be an opportunity to coach at Swanbourne House and Winchester House Prep School’s (both Co-Ed ages 3-13). 

The role requires the candidates to be integral members of 7-day-a-week boarding schools and as such may also include pastoral responsibilities in the boarding houses.

The department is committed to career progression and training. We can assist with getting additional coaching qualifications and attending specialist courses to enhance your coaching CV.

Please read the full Candidate Pack for this role here.

Stowe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and an online background check by our third party providers, SP Index.

The School reserves the right to withdraw the advert before the closing date.

Person Specification

The selection of candidates for short-listing will be based on this specification and candidates should bear this in mind when preparing their application and completing the application form:

Attributes

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

  
  • A good degree or currently working towards a degree

Specialist Skills & Experience
  • Personally committed to continued professional development
  • The ability to transfer your enthusiasm and knowledge of sport to the pupils
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  • The ability to play and coach at least 2 sports to a high level
  • Ability to referee in at least one sport 
  • Good ICT skills
  • Driving licence

Personal Qualities
  • Hard Working, Enthusiastic and energetic
  • Good team player
  • Patience and a sense of humour Good organisational skills
  • Good professional manner and appearance
  • Excellent practitioner able to inspire pupils in the love of (your) sport
  • Ability to communicate effectively with pupils, staff and parents
  • Willingness to contribute fully to the life of busy boarding schools
  

To apply now , please download the application form for this job here. We look forward to receiving your application.