Sports Coach

Job Title:

Sports Coach – Education Sector

Location:

Leeds and Wakefield

Start Date:

February 2026 or ASAP

Contract:

Full-time or part-time, fixed contracts or flexible work.

Love sport? Love working with young people? This could be your perfect next move.

Whether you’re a sports graduate thinking about a career in PE teaching, a seasoned coach looking to level up, or a qualified PE teacher after something fresh—we’ve got schools across Leeds and Wakefield ready to welcome you.

Our partner secondary schools are looking for energetic and confident educators to join their PE teams and make a real impact. This role will involve supporting across various secondary schools in the local area.

What you’ll be doing :

Leading PE lessons that get students moving and engaged
Supporting the school’s curriculum and behaviour policies (don’t worry, you’ll be backed by great staff)
Pitching in with other lessons when needed variety is part of the fun!
Keeping things safe, structured, and inclusive
Bringing your A-game to inspire students aged 11–18
You’ll need to:

Have experience coaching or teaching sports to young people
Stay calm, positive, and confident in front of a class
Be up for a challenge and ready to grow with the role
The nitty gritty:
 Monday to Friday (part-time options available)
 Term-time only
 8:30am–3:15pm

Why join the Protocol Education team?

Weekly pay via PAYE (no umbrella faff)
FREE access to our CPD Academy
1:1 consultant support from people who actually listen
Flexibility to suit your lifestyle
£££ refer-a-friend rewards
Fancy it?
Click apply now or drop your CV to (url removed) and we’ll take it from there.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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