Salary: Up to £25 per hour (dependent on experience and qualifications)

Reports to: Director of Sports and Development

Working hours: Monday - Friday, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm and Saturday, 8.00 am - 11.00 am

Start date: 1st September 2026

End date: 9th July 2027

The Grange School is seeking to recruit a well-qualified, experienced football Coach. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role and will have coached at a strong level. Working as part of a team, you will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated to ensuring the best outcomes across football.

Sport is a major part of both curricular and co-curricular life at the Grange and plays an essential role in the physical, emotional and social development of every student in the school. We are justifiably proud of the facilities, support, expertise and talent provided by the Games and PE Department.

Key responsibilities of the role will include, but not be limited to the following:

• To plan and deliver the school football program
• To assist with the development of exercise routines, movement patterns and weight training.
• With guidance from the Director of Sport, enhance the existing football fixture list to include a girls' program.
• To communicate with pupils
• The Strength and Conditioning coach should maintain records of programmes to monitor pupil progress. They will need to communicate this information to coaches and, if necessary, use athlete data in order to assess training programmes’ effectiveness.
• To manage the space, storage and equipment, ensuring equipment is set up and put away safely
• To ensure that while sessions are in practice, all pupils and staff are aware of the correct techniques and methods when it comes to strength and conditioning exercises.
• To help with the writing of the Strength and Conditioning Risk Assessment.
• To help to maintain strength and conditioning equipment, communicate any suggestions for updates/new purchases, while considering wear and tear. Give guidance to the Director of Sport about all the indoor training and exercising.
• To individualise training programmes and evaluate pupils, to help design and perform baseline tests to assess the skills and strengths/weaknesses of pupils

Additional Duties

• Available to run enrichment sessions Monday - Friday
• Available to take a team on a Saturday.
• Engage fully in school life.
• Take additional sessions outside of the school day.