Sports and Activities Assistant - Kent, United Kingdom - The Worthgate School

The Worthgate School
The Worthgate School
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Kent, United Kingdom

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The Worthgate School is a dynamic and progressive international school, offering a range of Programmes of Study to students.

The school environment is positive and harmonious, and our students are motivated and make good progress, allowing most students to progress to British Universities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to teach in our thriving English, Languages and Art Faculty.

If you are an outstanding, creative and inspiring teacher, able to teach French to KS5 (IBDP), join us in teaching bright international students in the heart of Canterbury.


Our student body is diverse, inspiring and ever-growing in number and consequently an exciting opportunity has arisen at the Worthgate School.

Sports and Activities play a key role in our extra curricular provision and also our pastoral care; we require an assistant to support our Sports and Activities manager with the supervision of students, alongside the planning and delivery of afternoon activities and evening events


With students from around 50 different countries and cultures, it is important that our Activities Assistants have sufficient presence to bring everyone together and create a fun, welcoming and vibrant atmosphere in the school.


The school has a collaborative ethos and academic, pastoral and boarding staff work together to drive the best possible student experience.

Students are aged 13-20 years old and can study on many different academic programmes: in addition to offering the more traditional programmes of studysuch as GCSE and A-level, students can also follow the International Baccalaureate or our University Foundation Programme at KS5-level.

We also offer bespoke one-year courses for students before they start GCSE or KS5-level courses.


Younger students have compulsory sports activities on their school timetables and additionally they, along with older students, have opportunities to engage with sports and other activities on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

Additional activities run in the Boarding Houses on evenings and weekends, and during school holidays.

  • Engage with young people in a friendly, professional manner;
  • Follow instructions so that students engage in fun, but safe activities;
  • Supervise students safely, being mindful of school welfare, attendance and disciplinary processes;
  • Adhere to all health and safety policies, procedures and risk assessments (as appropriate to the activity);
  • Proactively suggest activities and improvements to current ones;
  • Proactively work with other staff members to ensure a varied extracurricular provision;
  • Commit to ensuring our students have an enriched, holistic boarding school experience;
  • Support with Boarding staff duties as appropriate.

Proposed working patterns (school term time):
Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 6:00 - 8pm

Tuesday/Thursday: 2- 8pm

Other hours are available during weekends and during school holidays.


Closing date:
March 24 12pm.

For more information, please contact our Assistant Principal Pastoral, Mike Bell

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