Sports Coach, Mentor and Teaching Assistant

About this Role

Our PE & Sports Coach will play a pivotal dual role within Bushbury Lane Academy. You will deliver high quality PE lessons and provide professional development for teaching staff, while also leading enrichment activities, games, and sports provision during break and lunchtime. A key part of the role includes organising school games, competitions, and local sports partnership events. The role will also include some mentor work with individual children, and general teaching assistant work supporting in class.

This position requires initiative, strong organisation, and a passion for maximising opportunities to improve children's physical well‑being through lessons, structured play, clubs, and wider sporting engagement. We are looking for someone excited to lead and elevate all aspects of PE and sport, helping us continue to build on our strong reputation for sporting excellence.

• Deliver the majority of PE lessons across the school, from Early Years to Key Stage 2.
• Support and develop teaching staff in planning and delivering high quality PE.
• Lead breaktime and lunchtime sports provision, ensuring engaging and inclusive activities.
• Organise school sports events, competitions, and partnership activities.
• Contribute to the strategic leadership of PE across the academy.
• Promote a positive, active culture that supports children's physical development and well‑being.

We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds, including:

• Sports coaches working outside school settings.
• Graduates who have studied PE or sport related subjects.
• Individuals aspiring to train as PE teachers.
• Qualified coaches or teachers seeking the opportunity to shape a school's PE curriculum and provision.

Above all, we value:

• A genuine passion for sport and physical education.
• The ability to coach, motivate, and inspire young children.
• Strong communication skills and a positive, proactive approach.
• A commitment to creating high quality, inclusive PE experiences.

Formal qualifications can be developed on the job; what matters most is your enthusiasm, skill in working with children, and drive to make a meaningful impact.

We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well‑being:

• Generous Annual Leave: healthy work‑life balance.
• Professional Development:
  Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
• Flexible & Family‑Friendly:
  We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time, term‑time, home working, and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.
• Exclusive Discounts:
  Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
• Well‑being Support:
  Receive comprehensive well‑being and employee assistance for you and your family.

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children’s Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

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