Kimbolton School - Sports Coach

Summary

Kimbolton School is seeking a well-qualified, adaptable, enthusiastic and supportive Games Coach to design and deliver games lessons across both the Senior and Preparatory Schools. Specialism in one of our major sports (hockey, football, netball, cricket, tennis) and/or significant experience in strength and conditioning is required.

Detail

Kimbolton School is seeking a well-qualified, adaptable, enthusiastic and supportive Games Coach to design and deliver games lessons across both the Senior (Years 7-13) and Preparatory Schools (Years 1-6). The Games Coach will have a specialism in one of our major Sports (hockey, football, netball, cricket, tennis) and/or have significant experience in strength and conditioning.

The successful candidate would be expected to tailor their coaching techniques to the different teams and abilities, ensuring all players are challenged and provided with continuous opportunities for improvement. The main duties of this role include designing and delivering games lessons, managing and coaching teams for all home/away matches and leading and assisting purposeful and safe training sessions for teams and individuals.

It is essential the successful candidate be working towards a current NGB Coaching qualification in level 2 or above and have experience of coaching in a wide range of environments. Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills are also required.

Further details on this position and a full job description can be found in the attached application pack.

The safeguarding responsibilities of this role are clearly outlined in the application pack, and candidates are requested to make themselves aware of these requirements if considering an application.

Please note: we reserve the right to appoint to the post, prior to the closing date

We welcome direct applications from candidates. Recruitment agencies are kindly asked not to contact us.

Kimbolton School is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and implements a rigorous and robust recruitment process that gathers and evaluates child protection relevant evidence about candidates prior to interview. All appointments are subject to satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check and proof of right to work in the UK. All applicants are requested to read the Safeguarding Policy document. Please note that Kimbolton School does not have a sponsored Licence to recruit non-UK workers and therefore all candidates are expected to be able to work in the UK.

Documents

• Benefits Poster PDF Document
• Application Pack - Games Coach 2026 PDF Document
• Safer Recruitment PDF Document