Tetherdown Primary School - Sports Coach Apprenticeship

INSPIRE ATA LIMITED

London, N10 3BP

Closes on Friday 24 January

Posted on 19 December 2024

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Summary

As an Apprentice Sports Coach at Tetherdown Primary School, your key responsibility will be to support the lead in Physical Education (PE) by facilitating high-quality sports programmes and activities. The aim is to elevate the children's experience in sports education, promote physical health, and instil a love for sports and a healthy lifestyle.

Annual wage
£11,648 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Automatic pay increase after one year on programme for 19+ year olds

Training course
Sporting excellence professional (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am to 4:30pm, with a 30-minute lunch break.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 31 January

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Connect with all children, using their names and building a good rapport.
  • Be actively involved in all sessions, ensuring all the children are participating and having fun.
  • Help all children learn, with demonstrations and positive feedback
  • Be effective and adaptable when working in a team, and ensure the effective running of classes.
  • Have a keen interest in Dance, gymnastics or Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA).
  • Assist in planning, delivering, and evaluating a diverse range of sports activities and physical education lessons under the guidance of a qualified teacher or senior coach.
  • Help in organising sports events, resources, competitions, and extra-curricular activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of all participants, within and with other school events.
  • Motivate and inspire children to participate in physical activities, promoting the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle.
  • Lead lunchtime sports activities for children in Years 3 – 6 with guidance from the PE Lead.
  • Support the monitoring and assessment of children’s progress in physical education, providing feedback to teachers and parents as required.
  • Assist in maintaining sports equipment and resources, ensuring they are safe and ready for use.
  • Participate in professional development opportunities, including training sessions and workshops, to enhance coaching skills and knowledge.
  • Contribute to the school's sports development planning, offering ideas for new activities and improvements.
  • Manage and maintain sports equipment and facilities, ensuring they are in good condition and accessible for lessons and extracurricular activities.
  • Assist in the procurement of new equipment and resources as needed
  • Uphold the school's policies and values, including those related to safeguarding, health and safety, equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Lead and supervise after-school sports clubs, providing opportunities for students to further develop their sports skills and interests.
  • Plan and deliver engaging activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of all participants.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Passionate about sports and physical education, with a good understanding of a wide variety of sports disciplines.
  • Have a keen interest in Dance, gymnastics or Outdoor Adventurous Activities. 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and inspire young children.
  • Be adaptable and flexible to change.
  • Good organisational skills, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging sports activities.
  • A commitment to professional development and a willingness to learn new coaching techniques and approaches.
  • A positive, patient, and encouraging attitude towards working with children.
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
  • First Aid certification or willingness to obtain it.
  • An enhanced DBS check (or country equivalent) may be required.

Where you’ll work

Grand Avenue

London

N10 3BP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Your training course

Sporting excellence professional (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Use digital technology to refine and optimise performance in terms of tactical approach to the opposition, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, creating individual tactical plans and reviewing training and competitive performance.
  • Use data and digital insight to improve performance of their skills and performance.
  • Continually improve physical capabilities by utilising insight and expertise from specialist support staff through completing bespoke conditioning activities such as speed, power and coordination, as well as on and off field/course/venue training programmes that might take place in the gymnasium, swimming pool or performance lab.
  • Engage in injury prevention and management programmes utilising insight and expertise from specialist support staff to help mitigate impact of injury on training and competition performance.
  • Apply safe practice principles across all elements of training, preparation and competition - for example when working with equipment, working alone, working under pressure, or travelling abroad.
  • Take appropriate action to source relevant information for pre- and post-testing and at all times, be able to access a current list of prohibited and banned substances.
  • Implement a programme to improve diet and approach to hydration and nutrition, incorporating feedback and evaluation from specialist support staff.
  • Psychological and Emotional performance: Profile psychological strengths and weaknesses and implement their agreed programme to meet individual and sporting requirements.
  • Apply consistent and effective psychological and emotional skills in training and performance or competition environments.
  • Plan, implement and develop personal leadership skills both in and away from their professional playing/riding career.
  • Communicate and build constructive and effective relationships with staff, colleagues and peers conducive to performance development.
  • Effectively manage conflict and present a positive image of themselves, their organisation and their sport in all situations.
  • Identify and engage with a personal action plan to improve lifestyle management that promotes and develops mental wellbeing and emotional health.
  • Design and implement a personal career action plan that identifies how to manage the transition into the next stage considering secondary and supplementary careers.
  • Deliver consistent performance under pressure through effective integration of all performance disciplines .
  • Reflect and review performance and training to analyse, progress and improve performance, both in training and competition.
  • Demonstrate assured basic techniques and an extensive range of ball skills which meet positional specific requirements (e.g., shooting, heading, handling) and meet governing body guidelines. (football)
  • Manipulate the ball with clean contact skills and excellent control when passing or distributing, receiving, retaining, and travelling with the ball, and using all parts of the body. (football)
  • Pass and/or distribute the ball intelligently and efficiently over varying distances when unopposed and under pressure. (football)
  • Execute positional specific techniques skilfully at optimum and varying speeds and maintain precision under pressure. (football)
  • Effectively execute specific individual roles and responsibilities within units and teams making good tactical decisions (e.g., cover, balance, when to press, when to drop). . (football)
  • Demonstrate effectiveness within team attacking and defending strategies and when in periods of transition. (football)
  • Apply appropriate tactical approaches to deal with specific moments in the game (e.g., game management). (football)
  • Constantly monitor the development of play both in and out of possession and during transition to make effective decision making in a range of situations. (football)
  • Execute and have assured fundamental technical skills in relation to their primary role. This will be either batting, pace bowling, spin bowling or wicket keeping. (cricket)
  • Execute fundamental technical skills in relation to their secondary role. This will be batting, pace bowling spin bowling, wicket keeping or fielding. (cricket)
  • Execute fundamental fielding techniques in relation to how they move as an individual and position on the pitch. (cricket)
  • Actively use coaching and support staff to positively affect their game so they know their individual strengths and weaknesses in relation to their skills (in training and competition). (cricket)
  • Set targets to improve their individual approach to their technical skills. (cricket)
  • Effectively execute specific individual roles and responsibilities within team performance making correct tactical decisions for example - regarding game formats, timing, shot selection, ball selection (what type of ball to bowl), field positioning, game intelligence. (cricket)
  • Constantly monitor the development of play and react accordingly, using game intelligence, and demonstrating that their decision-making is effective in a range of situations as games progress. (cricket)
  • Demonstrate assured basic techniques and an extensive range of skills to take the most appropriate course of action on the field. (rugby league)
  • Consistently execute a number of key skills when attacking and defending such as: Attacking – execute consistently their grip, catch, passing and lines of run to achieve positive outcomes and successful carries.Defending - execute consistently the appropriate footwork, body position and tackle technique, to achieve positive outcomes and successful tackles. (rugby league)
  • Play a positional specific role within the team, adapting and applying the correct techniques depending on the game situation and the impact of individual performance on the team’s outcomes. (rugby league)
  • Make the correct and appropriate decisions under pressure, whilst taking into consideration a number of varying parameters and possible outcomes. Constantly monitoring the development of play in relation to:Attack – receiving the ball to demonstrate effective decision making in a range of situations.Defence – reacting to the oppositions decision making to achieve a positive outcome (e.g., tackle completed). (rugby league)
  • Effectively execute specific individual roles and responsibilities within the team in both attack (e.g., running support lines, executing set plays) and defence (e.g., working in units, dominating the tackle). (rugby league)
  • Read and react to the oppositions decision making to achieve positive outcomes in both attack and defence. (rugby league)
  • Apply assured basic techniques and an extensive range of core skills such as evasion, collision, and contact, pass and kick, which cover the aspects of the game required by all positions. (rugby union)
  • Manipulate attackers and defenders with a variety of methods such as footwork, ball skills, and contact collisions skills. (rugby union)
  • Use both hands and both feet to perform skills within the given context. (rugby union)
  • Recognise opportunities to run or kick the ball, and is effective in doing so in a variety of different ways
  • Execute techniques skilfully at varying speeds and maintain precision under pressure.
  • Effectively execute specific individual roles and responsibilities as an individual and within team roles, whilst monitoring and being aware of a number of varied parameters and different outcomes. Such as:Attack – receiving the ball to make appropriate decision making in a range of situations.Defence – reacting to the opposition attackers to make an appropriate decision (e.g., to tackle or to enter a breakdown) leading to a successful outcome.Kicking Game – reacts to both defence and attacking shape to make the appropriate kick or supporting action when the ball is kicked. (rugby union)
  • Demonstrate effectiveness within team attacking and defending strategies and when in periods of transition. (rugby union)
  • Constantly monitors the development of play and positions effectively relating to the situation and area of the pitch. (rugby union)
  • Pass and kick the ball intelligently and efficiently over varying distances when unopposed and under pressure. Beat opponents in one versus one situations or by combining play with others. (rugby union)
  • Demonstrate confident and effective riding techniques and an extensive range of equestrian skills which meet competition-specific requirements (e.g., speed, direction, balance, judgement of pace and distance). (equestrian)
  • Undertake pre-and post-competitive activity, taking account of horse and rider welfare and safety. (equestrian)
  • Ride to obtain optimal performance within the competitive conditions with excellent control at all paces and with an effective and balanced body position. (equestrian)
  • Ride competitively, intelligently, and efficiently taking due regard to the monitoring of horse health and welfare, checking for injury and reporting as appropriate. (equestrian)
  • Execute positional-specific riding techniques skilfully and maintain precision under pressure. (equestrian)
  • Effectively execute equestrian-specific skills within a training and competitive environment, making good tactical decisions (e.g., pace, balance, terrain, going, other participants). (equestrian)
  • Demonstrate effectiveness within a competitive performance under different conditions, including terrain, going, weather, season and taking account of the tactics of other riders. (equestrian)
  • Apply appropriate tactical approaches to deal with specific instances in the competition (e.g., start, finish, change of going or weather conditions). (equestrian)
  • Constantly monitor the development of competition to make effective decisions in a range of situations.. (equestrian)
  • Use digital technology to refine and optimise performance in terms of tactical approach to the opposition, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, creating individual tactical plans and reviewing training and competitive performance.
  • Use data and digital insight to improve performance of their skills and performance.
  • Continually improve physical capabilities by utilising insight and expertise from specialist support staff through completing bespoke conditioning activities such as speed, power and coordination, as well as on and off field/course/venue training programmes that might take place in the gymnasium, swimming pool or performance lab.
  • Engage in injury prevention and management programmes utilising insight and expertise from specialist support staff to help mitigate impact of injury on training and competition performance.
  • Apply safe practice principles across all elements of training, preparation and competition - for example when working with equipment, working alone, working under pressure, or travelling abroad.
  • Take appropriate action to source relevant information for pre- and post-testing and at all times, be able to access a current list of prohibited and banned substances.
  • Implement a programme to improve diet and approach to hydration and nutrition, incorporating feedback and evaluation from specialist support staff.
  • Psychological and Emotional performance: Profile psychological strengths and weaknesses and implement their agreed programme to meet individual and sporting requirements.
  • Apply consistent and effective psychological and emotional skills in training and performance or competition environments.
  • Plan, implement and develop personal leadership skills both in and away from their professional playing/riding career.
  • Communicate and build constructive and effective relationships with staff, colleagues and peers conducive to performance development.
  • Effectively manage conflict and present a positive image of themselves, their organisation and their sport in all situations.
  • Identify and engage with a personal action plan to improve lifestyle management that promotes and develops mental wellbeing and emotional health.
  • Design and implement a personal career action plan that identifies how to manage the transition into the next stage considering secondary and supplementary careers.
  • Deliver consistent performance under pressure through effective integration of all performance disciplines .
  • Reflect and review performance and training to analyse, progress and improve performance, both in training and competition.

Your training plan

  • The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Sporting Excellence Professional Apprenticeship standard qualification 

More training information

Each apprentice will have their own dedicated tutor who will conduct monthly remote tutorials and reviews, providing continuous support throughout the apprenticeship program. Depending on the apprentice’s needs, the frequency of these sessions may vary. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths (grade Grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Passionate about sports
  • Flexible
  • Positive
  • Willingness to learn

Other requirements

Permitting you’re eligible for the role, please expect to receive contact from our Inspire ATA Recruitment team, to discuss your application further. Additionally, please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, DBS checks and references will be obtained as part of your enrolment.

About this company

Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.

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After this apprenticeship

  • Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INSPIRE ATA LIMITED

Katie Munn

Katie@inspire-ata.co.uk

07752430280

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292919.

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Closes on Friday 24 January

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