School Sport Coach

Dear prospective applicant,

Thank you for expressing an interest in this key vacancy as part of the Inspire Together team based at our college.

Over the last six years we have been on a journey to try and make this school not only one of the best schools for children to  attend but also one of the best schools to work in as a member of staff. That is extremely rare, and we urge you to come and  see us in action, speak to the staff and speak to the students. Every decision that we take is done with a lot of thought and  consideration and we put wellbeing at the centre, so that teachers can teach, and students can learn.

There is always a tension between wellbeing and accountability, but I do believe that we are getting closer to finding the  sweet spot between the two. Although it is not the end of our journey, we have been recognised for the work we do in this  area; we have won the wellbeing school of the year award and have also been shortlisted for the prestigious Pearson’s Award  for secondary school of the year 2023.

The role of the coach is to deliver programmes and support events across the city along with our other coaches and officers.  You will be working with young people who may face barriers to a healthy lifestyle. Our programmes and events need to be  delivered in an inspirational, supportive way which above all children find fun and engaging to bring the best out of them and  to help them to discover enjoyment in movement to support activity for life.  We currently deliver on behalf of the FA, RFU, LTA and Public Health Leicester, and the successful candidate may have the  opportunity to learn new skills in all of these areas.  This is an exciting time to be joining Inspire Together as we look to move into the next phase of the re-imagined school sports  partnerships. Although the post is on a fixed term basis until the end of the academic year, we hope that we will be able to  extend it into the future.

If you would like to have a look around and meet some of the team, please let us know and we will try to accommodate this.

We have a very different approach and we are trying to create a very different culture at CHCC and Inspire Together, a culture  whereby those in leadership do not hold authority and deserve to be followed; leaders at CHCC have to earn the right to lead  and we welcome and appreciate challenge if we do not live up to the standards that are expected of us.

The THIRST values permeate all that we do and are a framework that staff can hold leaders to account for the way that they  lead. We have high expectations, but we will provide the support, training and resources for you to deliver the best possible  education for our students.

We are very clear that the gender, background, colour, poverty, wealth or social status of a child should have no bearing on  how well they perform, and sta here work extremely hard in trying to close that gap between the different groups of pupils.

As a result, we have improved our headline figures year on year and initial analysis places us in the top 12% of schools  nationally for progress, although we know that we can still do better.

I would urge you to read our Wellbeing charter that provides you with an understanding of things that we do to just make  your job that little bit easier, not tokenistic but just genuine little things that help.

Please read the attached job description and person specification. If you are interested in applying, please fill in the  application form available on our eteach portal, please include e-mail addresses of all referees, together with a letter of application (no  more than 2 sides of A4, font 12) outlining your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to this post by 9am on  Monday 28th September 2026. Please include your cover letter in the supporting statement section.

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 28th September 2026

Interviews likely to be in the week beginning 5th October

Start as soon as possible

I look forward to receiving your application.

Yours sincerely,

Mr F Adam