Welcome to Ignite Sport and Physical Education Limited.
Thank you for your interest in joining Ignite Sport as a Sports Coach.
Through positive experiences of PE, sport and physical activity, Ignite Sport aims to engage and inspire as many children as possible to be active, healthy and fulfilled for life.
As a Sports Coach, you will deliver outstanding PE lessons and engaging sports coaching at our partner schools and community settings.
We are looking for outstanding individuals who are curious, compassionate and conscientious professionals. With a strong background in sports coaching and/or teaching you will be excited and motivated by the opportunity to develop your career with an ambitious sports coaching organisation.
Ignite Sport's services
Outstanding physical education, sport, physical activity and alternative provision for schools.
We offer a flexible service to meet the individual requirements and context of each partner school. Our provision includes PPA cover, staff CPD training, pupil mentoring, active breakfast clubs, lunch clubs, after school sports clubs and holiday sports camps.
We work closely with our partner schools, their PE leads and senior leaders to help embed movement and physical activity across the school day, develop a progressive and inclusive PE curriculum and to ensure that our clubs and holiday sports camps are accessible for all, especially the most disadvantaged. Our coaches are flexible and conscientious. They support with additional aspects of PE, such as intra-school tournaments and sports days.
Our philosophy
At Ignite Sport we believe that high quality physical education, sport and physical activity can elevate every child's life, and that there is at least one sport/activity for every child.
With the first eleven years of a child's life playing a critical role in shaping their interests, habits and attitudes towards physical activity and sport, our overarching aim is to develop every child's physical literacy because active children are healthier, can concentrate for longer, are more resilient and are more likely to be happy.
We achieve this by creating learning and sporting environments that celebrate effort over ability, enable all participants to feel confident and safe, respected and trusted, and which foster positive self-reflection and self-worth.
The opportunity
I founded Ignite Sport in November 2024 following a 22-year career in the education, sports coaching and charity sectors. From September 2014 to September 2024, I designed, launched, built and directed Bristol Sport Foundation's Forever Sport programme from a team of two to a team of over 50 who coach over 8,500 children in nearly 50 school and community settings every week.
You will be part of a small team working for an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation. Within the fields of fitness, health, education, sport and physical activity, there is no ceiling to how Ignite Sport evolves or to who or what we deliver.
Role description
Ignite Sport's Sports Coach will support in the following key areas:
PE lessons - deliver outstanding PE lessons in our partner schools and within community settings.
Lunch and after school sports clubs - deliver safe, inclusive, enjoyable, active, and purposeful sports clubs.
Holiday sports camps - support camp leads with safe, inclusive and fun camps during the school holidays.
Relationships - build meaningful relationships with people to gain trust & confidence quickly, and to influence positive outcomes.
Qualifications, skills and experience required:
* Hold a minimum Level 1 National Governing Body coaching qualification or a formal teaching qualification
* A full, clean driving licence, and your own transport
* The right to work in the UK
* A minimum of 2 years experience teaching/coaching primary school-aged children
* Strong interpersonal skills to build successful relationships with participants, school staff, parents, and coaches
* Excellent time management, organisational, and administration skills
* Proactive, flexible, and solution focused
* Consistent, and relentless in the pursuit of success
Please note - as this role involves working with children, the successful candidate will require an Enhanced DBS check and a self-declaration form.
What success will look like
* The Ignite Sport team feel motivated, respected and recognised
* All contracted sessions are delivered
* Our partner schools – the children, the staff and the wider school community are very satisfied with the service provided
* Through accurate pricing and a child-centred approach, our active breakfast clubs, after school sports clubs and holiday sports camps are highly subscribed
* By listening to our partner schools and recognising new business opportunities we achieve a sustainable P&L
* Staff retention is high because the team have autonomy, a sense of belonging and feel competent in their roles
* The Ignite Sport team is growing due to the quality of our services and the reputation we establish
* Due to hard work, commitment and impact, the team achieve career progression
* We double the number of partner schools for the start of year two
Job Types: Part-time, Freelance
Pay: £20.00 per hour
Benefits:
* Company events
Application question(s):
* Do you have a minimum of a level 1 UKCC sports coaching qualification?
Experience:
* Sports coaching: 2 years (required)
Work Location: On the road