Director of Sport - Edgeborough School
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Director of Sport
The Director of Sport has responsibility for all sport at Edgeborough. Bringing a breadth of experience from either the
Prep or Senior School sectors, and/or a background in professional sport, they will lead our team of teaching staff and
coaches to develop sporting excellence, encouraging participation from pupils of all ages and abilities. The Director of
Sport will be responsible for the planning, growth and overall strategic development of all sport at Edgeborough, within
and beyond the curriculum.
An Introduction to Edgeborough Edgeborough is an outstanding co-educational Preparatory School with approximately 380 pupils aged between 2 and 13. The School was founded in 1906 as a small, privately owned boarding school for boys and was registered as a charitable trust in 1966. The School became co-educational in 1992. The Pre-Prep and Nursery have been added subsequently. The School is set in 50 acres of beautiful, rolling Surrey countryside in Frensham. It is extremely well resourced both in terms of buildings and staff. Facilities include a Sports Hall, Theatre, Music, Art, DT and Dance studios, state of the art Science and ICT facilities, Swimming Pool, an outstanding Boarding House and a large Astro-turf. The pupils are polite and respectful, energetic and confident, while the teachers harness this enthusiasm with creative lessons and a friendly approach. Subject specific experts teach lessons in the Prep School while in the Pre-Prep pupils learn through exciting discoveries, entertaining topics and well structured lesson plans. The School boasts an award-winning, in-house catering team. An exemplary Boarding House offers a nurturing home away from home. The Music, Arts and Design Technology departments encourage talent to win regular prizes and the dedicated sports staff have the enthusiasm to motivate each pupil to find a love of exercise and a healthy way of living alongside earning regular regional and national success. Investment in buildings, facilities and staffing provide a first class foundation for an exceptional school. Edgeborough is non-selective. Pupils enjoy small classes and excellent teaching. There is a very successful Learning Support Department which gives provision to those who need support whilst fine tuning the learning of those who are most able. The School enjoys a very strong reputation and is well-known for the successful preparation of boys and girls for entry to some of the country’s finest Senior Schools. These include: Bradfield College, Canford, Charterhouse, Churcher’s College, Cranleigh, Eton College, RGS Guildford, Guildford High School, Harrow, Lord Wandsworth College, Marlborough College, Monkton Combe, Prior’s Field, Radley, St Catherine’s Bramley, St Swithun’s, Wellington College and Winchester College. Overall entrance results are high and a large number of pupils have been successful in gaining scholarships throughout the disciplines. More than anything else, however, our philosophy here is that happy children will thrive and succeed and our aim, therefore, is to facilitate a warm, nurturing atmosphere where children feel safe and happy.
Sport at Edgeborough Edgeborough is incredibly fortunate to occupy a spacious site located within the Surrey Hills. Enjoying the enviable privilege of a vast site, the School’s beautiful grounds play host to a busy schedule of fixtures throughout the academic year, with major team sports currently including football, hockey, rugby, netball, lacrosse, athletics and cricket. Edgeborough pupils also enjoy an outdoor heated swimming pool, open from May to October, a large astro turf hosting two hockey pitches, a large sports hall with a climbing wall, a cross country course and extensive grass playing pitches, all designed to ensure that boys and girls of all ages have the opportunity to fall in love with sport during their time here, and take ownership of, and pride in, their physical wellbeing. Edgeborough has an outstanding reputation for sport. Our boys and girls compete regularly in national and international championships across a variety of major and minor sports, enjoying great success. Edgeborough has always had a good reputation at IAPS competitions, recently qualifying for several finals. It is expected that the Director of Sport will be willing to continue to promote the School and its sporting successes in this way. The new Director of Sport will ultimately have the opportunity to shape the future of sport at Edgeborough. Candidates with experience in the Prep or Senior sectors, and/or with a background of professional sport are warmly invited to apply, and should be confident and motivated to think strategically about developing sport at Edgeborough. This represents an outstanding opportunity for the right candidate to enhance and diversify the sporting provision, ensuring that both the needs and potential of all pupils are met.
Job Description
General Information • Develop and maintain strong links with National Governing Bodies (NGBs), as
well as regional sporting institutions;
Job Title: Director of Sport
• Promote Edgeborough pupils, when appropriate, for representative honours
Start date: Autumn Term 2022 and academies;
Responsible to: Head • Maintain clear evidence to support ongoing evaluation of Edgeborough’s
sporting objectives and pupil outcomes;
Employment Status: Full Time, Permanent • Manage a well-balanced competitive fixture programme, in conjunction with
Remuneration: A competitive salary will be offered, in line with the successful the Head of Girls’ Games;
candidate’s qualifications and experience. • Ensure team selection processes are fair and that appropriate numbers of
teams are formed;
• Promote good sportsmanship and conduct for both staff and pupils across all
Main Tasks and Responsibilities aspects of sport at Edgeborough;
• Work in close collaboration with all teachers and sports coaches to ensure
In each of the following key areas, the Director of Sport will: that the department upholds the highest of expectations;
• Organise termly inter-house matches;
Sport and Development Performance • Oversee the planning and coordination of whole-school sporting events such
as Edgeborough’s Sports Day;
• Generate and foster a genuine love of sport among all pupils, demonstrating • Proactively look to further develop the existing relationships with sports
on a daily basis the positive impact of an active lifestyle upon ourselves and departments at Senior schools;
others; • Represent Edgeborough School at relevant association conferences and
• Be an inspirational and dynamic leader, building an effective team of teachers meetings.
and coaches;
• Further develop the existing culture of sporting excellence and pupil Leadership and Management
enjoyment at Edgeborough;
• Develop and maintain a clear strategic plan for the Sports department at
• Liaise with the Head and Senior Deputy Head when appointing teachers and
Edgeborough;
• Assume responsibility for ensuring appropriate staffing and provision for the coaches;
development of all sport, both major and minor sports; • Act as Line Manager to the Head of Girls’ Games;
• Ensure that elite sporting performers receive outstanding support and • Manage and maintain teaching areas and equipment to facilitate stimulating
guidance to fully realise their potential while at Edgeborough; learning environments which make effective use of available resources;
• Establish individual pupil plans for those in need of support with healthy • Develop and maintain the Sports Department Handbook, including policies
lifestyles, physical wellbeing and injury rehabilitation;
and procedures;
• Oversee the development and preparation of potential sports scholars;Job Description
• Ensure that resources are accurately recorded, well cared for and economically
used;
• Prepare and submit an annual budget proposal for the delivery and further
development of Edgeborough sport;
• Attend Heads of Department, Operational Management and Full Staff
meetings as required;
• Contribute to the induction of new staff;
• Identify and promote appropriate and targeted CPD opportunities for all
sports department staff in line with the School’s development objectives;
• Oversee the annual and biennial Performance Review processes for the
department as appropriate;
• Contribute, as required, to the Performance Review process for any colleagues
involved in Games activities at Edgeborough.
Sports Operations
• Be an outstanding and effective communicator;
• Enjoy the parent-school interface, and seek to build excellent relationships
with parents through in-person and written communication;
• Ensure that the fixture and sporting events timetable is finalised in good time • Instil and maintain the highest standard of dress and behaviour from pupils
in advance of the termly Calendar meetings; and staff at fixtures and during sports sessions, ensuring that kit is consistent
• Assume overall responsibility for ensuring that fixtures are accurately and correct;
represented and kept up to date on SOCS, including the publication of match • Contribute articles to promote sport and wellbeing to the wider school
reports; community through the School’s weekly and termly publications, as required.
• Ensure that appropriate transport is arranged for each away fixture or event;
• Liaise with the Catering Manager regarding the provision of Match teas for Teaching and Assessment
both Home and Away fixtures, as required;
• Record attendance and participation in the co-curriculum, including School • Assume overall responsibility for the delivery of a broad and engaging Games
representation in fixtures; and PE programme across the School (ages 2-13);Job Description
• Regularly review and evaluate methods of teaching and programmes of be on the school premises, and when they are engaged in authorised school
work; activities elsewhere;
• Organise, oversee and lead the delivery of all co-curricular sporting activities, • Ensure that the safety of pupils and staff within departmental areas –
ensuring both a sufficient breadth of provision and depth of accessibility; including indoor and outdoor facilities – complies with the School’s Health
• Plan staffing for PE and Games in conjunction with the Deputy Head, and Safety Policy.
Academic;
• Oversee the deployment of allocated Games staff, in conjunction with the General
Head of Girls’ Games;
• Oversee the provision, in line with guidance issued, of reports and termly PE • Adhere to the policies of the school, in particular policies relating to the
assessment grades for all pupils in the school; safeguarding of children;
• Produce detailed reports of the department’s activities and performance as • Promote, at all times, the general progress and physical wellbeing of all
required. pupils;
• Provide guidance and advice to pupils on educational and social matters;
Health, Safety and Wellbeing • Undertake wider staff responsibilities, including covering of lessons and staff
duties, as required;
• Build and uphold an excellent relationship with the grounds staff to ensure • Contribute fully to the wider life of the school, including but not limited
that outdoor sporting facilities and pitches are produced and kept to the to evening and weekend co-curricular activities, the sporting fixture
highest possible standard; programme, and boarding life at Edgeborough.
• Liaise with the grounds and maintenance staff, and Bursar as required, to
ensure that indoor sports facilities are suitably maintained;
• Ensure that all relevant aspects of Health and Safety are understood and
procedures are followed;
• Work with the Bursar and Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee of
governors to ensure that risk assessments are up to date and regularly
reviewed;
• Keep up to date with legislation, guidance and amendments to best practice
and rules;
• Maintain good order and promote high levels of discipline among the pupils;
• Safeguard pupils’ health and safety at all times when they are authorised toPerson Specification
Experience and Knowledge Personal Qualities
• Experience working with children of relevant age; • An effective team player who works collaboratively and effectively with
• Experience assisting with the assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ others;
progress; • Excellent interpersonal skills, communicating (verbally and in writing)
• Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislation (i.e. effectively to a range of audiences;
statutory requirements concerning Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, • Warmth, sensitivity, kindness and respect to all, especially the children.
SEND and Child Protection);
• The ability to use ICT effectively to support teaching and learning and to Qualifications and Training
monitor children’s progress.
• This role is suitable for someone with qualified teacher status with experience
Skills and Abilities in the Prep or Senior sectors, and/or with a background of professional sport.
• The desire, energy and capability to be an outstanding and inspiring teacher; Other Factors
• An understanding of children and an ability to respond to their interests,
• Commitment to work with children;
learning needs and individual characters;
• The ability to relate well to children and adults, and to build positive working • Desire to improve own practice / knowledge through self-evaluation and
relationships; learning from others.
• An understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities;
A number of out of term hours will need to be worked throughout the year to
• Confidence and competence when managing the learning and behaviour of allow for: INSET and OUTSET dates, progress review meetings, Open Days etc.
an individual, a small or large group, or whole class; Induction, Appraisal and Professional Development. As part of the Professional
• Ability to develop high quality, engaging and learning-rich learning resources, Development Programme, INSET Training is provided for 2-3 days before the
activities and experiences; start of each term.Terms of Appointment & How to Apply Terms and conditions of Employment The Salary offered will be competitive, based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Full details of the terms and benefits of the post will be discussed with the successful candidate at the time of the initial offer. Application process Interested candidates should complete the School’s application form available at https://www.edgeborough.co.uk/work-for-us/ together with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role, addressed to Mr Rob Smith, Headmaster. Please email both documents as pdf files to recruitment@edgeborough.co.uk or by post if you prefer to Mrs Gillian Dixon, Head’s PA, Edgeborough School, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey. GU10 3AH. The closing date for applications is 09.00 on Monday 21st March 2022. All applications will be acknowledged by email. All applications received will be handled by the School in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018. If you have not received acknowledgement that your application has been received within two working days of sending it, please contact the Head’s PA, Gill Dixon by telephone on 01252 792495 Interviews will be conducted on Thursday 24th March 2022 at Edgeborough. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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