Sports Coach

About Us

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is a thriving and successful school, proudly judged Outstanding in every category by Ofsted in May 2017. Our most recent inspection in November 2024 reaffirmed this status, highlighting our commitment to excellence. Ofsted noted:

“The high expectations of ‘Excellence, Every Child, Every Day’ underpin all that happens at school.” — Ofsted, November 2024

We are a five-form entry primary academy, currently educating over 1,100 pupils from Nursery through to Year 6. As the largest primary free school in the country, our growth and success have been made possible through the support of the Harris Federation, the Department for Education, and Thurrock Council.

We are a sister school to Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred and Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, along with the other Academies in the Harris Federation. We work very closely together and share the very best practice and leadership knowledge and capacity to make the education we offer outstanding.

Our vision, “Excellence, Every Child, Every Day,” is at the heart of everything we do.

Our core values — Manners, Perseverance, Responsibility, Community, and Achievement — are the foundation of our academy. These values are consistently modelled by pupils, staff, and families alike, both within and beyond the school gates. They shape our culture and contribute to the exceptional outcomes our children achieve year after year.

Summary

We are looking to appoint a Sports Coach at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower to support children in their PE lessons and clubs and lead the establishment of the EA Legacy Football Academy.

The actual salary for this role will be £24,060 (37.5 hours per week 38 weeks per year). The position is offered as a fixed-term contract to December 2026.

Main Areas of Responsibility

As Sports Coach, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading specialised football sessions for the KS1 and KS2 children selected to participate in the EA Legacy Football Academy
• Being part of the selection process in identifying talented students to join the EA Legacy Football Academy
• Ensuring equipment and materials prepared for PE lessons, clubs and sessions are to the specification of the teacher requisitions
• Preparing equipment for sporting fixtures
• Helping with the organisation and running of events such as sports presentation evening, sports days, inter-school competitions
• Maintaining all sports equipment and ensure that storage rooms are kept clean and tidy and that equipment is stored in a safe and orderly fashion when not in use
• Supervising and supporting identified children in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified child's learning needs
• Assisting in evaluating identified children’s progress through agreed assessment activities
• Providing detailed and regular feedback to teachers on children's achievement, progress and needs
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on…