Assistant Sports Coach
Permanent, Full-time
Working pattern: Monday to Friday, plus Saturday AM or PM fixtures (and mid-week fixtures/tournaments as required)
Annual Salary: £28,781
Start date: 1 September 2026
We wish to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified Assistant Sports Coach to join our dynamic, busy and welcoming Sports department.
We are looking to appoint someone who is passionate about working with pupils in an environment which supports performance sport alongside participation for all. This ethos ensures that all our pupils are given the opportunity to take part in a broad range of sports and to develop to their maximum potential whilst ensuring high standards are met. Sport is thriving and plays a very important part in the life of King Edward’s.
Applicants must be suitably experienced and a qualified full-time Sports Coach to support the further development of our major sports (rugby, cricket, hockey and netball) across the Senior School. A proven ability as a player or coach at a high level (in at least one sport) would be a distinct advantage, and appropriate involvement with Saturday fixtures is expected. King Edward’s is a very successful school which achieves excellent sporting and academic results and was praised very highly in its last ISI inspection.
The closing date for this vacancy is 9am on Monday 20th April 2026 and completed application forms along with a covering letter need to be sent to our HR Department via their email address Recruitment@kesbath.com. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th April 2026.
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