Sports Coach in Residence from September 2025

Welcome to OSH

The School is now on an exciting journey to become fully co-educational by 2025. Girls joined us in September 2021 in Year 7, whilst the Sixth Form has been mixed since 2004.

OSH is calm place to work. It is inclusive, tolerant and welcoming. The atmosphere is supportive and orderly, and it is also very relaxed because for many of our pupils their school is also their home. Parents, pupils and staff are all on the same side and our pupils want to learn before going out into the wider world and making their own contribution to it.

Our extensive extra-curricular programme contributes to our pupils becoming happy, healthy and interested young people, for whom sport, music, art, drama, outdoor pursuits feature in their everyday lives.

A major building programme has recently been completed which includes a large extension to an already impressive sports centre, an all-weather floodlit sports pitch, a new teaching block with a specialist arts room, a performing arts centre and a new senior boarding house.

Sport at OSH

The Physical Education Department at Old Swinford Hospital has 4 qualified PE teachers who teach a broad and balanced curriculum at both KS 3 and 4. The department also offers its students the opportunity to pursue their interest further in the subject through GCSE and BTEC courses.

In years 7 – 11 all students have a minimum of 3 hours of Physical Education per week while in the sixth form they have 2 hours as a games afternoon. Students who chose examination PE will have considerably more contact time in the subject.

The Sports Coach in residence works closely with the teaching and coaching teams.

Old Swinford Hospital has had much success at local, regional and national level in an array of sports and has close links to several elite sports clubs in its major sports.

Person Specification

This position would equally suit a graduate seeking to gain valuable school-based experience in a successful and busy department or a coach looking to increase their portfolio. Our preference is for candidates who can offer expertise in Rugby Union but we are also interested in hearing from candidates who offer expertise in some of our other major games.

The successful candidate will be:

• Conscientious and reliable.
• A team player
• Self-Motivated
• Interested in continuous professional development.
• Experienced in playing and or coaching at least one of our major sports.
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Job Specification

The Sports Coach in Residence is responsible to both the Director of Sport and the Housemaster of their appointed house with boarding duties and responsibilities.

Main Sport Duties will include:

• Contribute to the development of Sport within the school and enhance the department reputation with parents and visitors.
• Act as classroom instructor as and when required by the Director of Sport or a member of the SLT;
• Help organise and supervise the day to day PE Curriculum
• Help with the organisation and management of fixtures, transport and catering for the major sports.
• Provide supervision and recreational activities in the school sports centre one evening per week;
• Help with the administration and delivery of the wider co-curricular programme of activities;
• Provide supervision as a Residential Boarding Tutor
• Any other tasks that may from time-to-time be reasonably required by the Headmaster or the Director of Sport.

Any individual nights when the Sports Coach in Residence needs to be away from the accommodation must be agreed in advance with the Deputy Head.

Main Boarding Duties will include:

• Attend House Assemblies;
• Undertake weekday House duties at least one day per week as part of a weekly rota. This shall include but not be limited to:
• Being on duty in the house in time for the formal start of Prep until the end of duty at 11.00 pm unless otherwise agreed with the relevant Housemaster;
• Supervising Breakfast and Supper in the Dining Hall on the House Duty Week as part of the Duty Rota.
• Undertake weekend house duties on at least as part of a termly rota. This shall include but not be limited to:
• Being on duty in the house from during the allocated sessions as agreed with the Housemaster;
• The Sunday duties being occasionally double shifted (8.30am to 6.30pm)
• Help cover Outweekend Duties when the House is on Duty;
• The supervision of the dining hall for meal times is the responsibility of the Duty House Housemaster and his tutor team during the weekend with the support of the Senior Duty Team.
• To contribute to the House Audit Plan;
• Take an interest in the welfare and progress of all the boys in the house and support the house as appropriate in supporting house activities and house competitions;
• Provide duty cover in the house when requested in the absence of the Housemaster and/or Matron;
• To assist with the weekend activity programme when required;
• To assist with Matron duties when requested;
• To assist with Boarding House Open Evenings or other similar events;
• Lead or supervise at least one extra-curricular activity under the direction of the SLT;

Remuneration & Hours

The position is fixed term, full time contract from 1st September 2025 and lasting no longer than to 10th July 2026.

The Musician in Residence will be entitled to eat all meals in the School Dining Room during term time.

In line with current regulation, you will, if you are eligible, be offered a workplace pension through NEST.