Rugby Coach - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
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PART-TIME RUGBY COACH

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Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School
Required as soon as possible.


THE POSITION


We are seeking a dynamic and well-qualified rugby coach to support our existing coaching team in driving forward the rugby experience for our students.

Rugby is, and has been, an integral part of the school and the sports programme for many years. 2027 will see the 150th anniversary of the school's rugby club.

As well as the traditional format of 15 a-side, our students regularly play 7's, non-contact versions such as touch and tag, along with modified versions to suit the abilities of the students and the opposition.

The numbers of girls playing rugby is also growing, which is exciting.


As part of the Rugby team the role will include assisting the Head of Rugby to develop and improve rugby at the RGS.

The primary responsibility of the Rugby Coach is the planning and coaching of rugby at school, including fixtures mid-week and Saturdays, lunchtime and after school rugby sessions where required.


You will be someone who shares in our belief that RGS should be a school where sport plays a key part in providing the best all-round education for its students.

The coach will report directly to our Head of Rugby.


THE SCHOOL


Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525.

Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country's leading schools, and the Sunday Times' North East Independent School of the Decade 2020.

Most recently, RGS was awarded the Sunday Times' 2023 North East's Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance.

We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.

RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,340 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 350 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational 20 years ago and girls now comprise 43% of the school.

The school is based in the heart of the city, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station.

The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.


THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT


The RGS Senior and Junior Schools offer a fantastic range of sports to students through curricular PE and swimming, timetabled games and co-curricular sports.

All students are encouraged and have multiple opportunities to represent the school and sport offers opportunities at all levels. Staff are mainly multi-disciplined and work with teams across a full range of sports and all age groups.


The sports facilities include four rugby pitches (one on-site and three a short 5-minute walk), a full-size football pitch, a six-lane 25-metre swimming-pool; two sports halls; strength and conditioning studios; dance facilities; a designated PE/sport classroom and changing-rooms to accommodate all the school's foreseeable sporting needs.

On-site the school has an excellent all-weather hockey (multi-use) pitch, netball courts, tennis courts and one rugby pitch. For cross-country running both Senior and Junior Schools use the adjoining Exhibition Park and Town Moor.

For cricket the school owns the Jesmond cricket ground which is a 5-minute walk away from the main school and we regularly use the Northumberland Lawn Tennis club for tennis, squash and badminton facilities.


All year groups have a games afternoon every week, giving the opportunity for all students to be involved in a comprehensive programme, as well as to play in fixtures.

Students in Years 7 to 9 get one hour of timetabled PE a week, and an hour of swimming every fortnight.

In Years 10 and 11 they get one hour of PE, or swimming on a rotation each week.

Alongside curricular PE, swimming and games, the department delivers AQA A level and will offer AQA GCSE PE for the first-time next year.

We also offer opportunities to develop leadership skills in sports, as we feel it is important for our students to develop leadership skills alongside their physical skills.


In sport we want all students to participate, whilst also striving to be the best they can, and there are inter-house competitions and school teams for rugby, hockey, football, netball, cross-country running, swimming, cricket, rounders, athletics, basketball, badminton, squash, tennis, athletics and gymnastics.

These sports have clubs during the week, before, during and a
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