Graduate Assistant – Sport
Required: September 2025
Closing Date: Thursday 1st May 2025
Interviews: Friday 9th May 2025
Contract: One-year full-time (plus subsidised staff accommodation for those relocating)
Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 35 minutes from London Liverpool Street.
Brentwood School is seeking a passionate and committed Graduate Assistant to support the effective delivery of an excellent programme of PE, Games and Co-Curricular Sport in the Senior School for a one-year full-time, term-time (plus 4 weeks in school holidays) contract. This is an ideal opportunity for individuals considering a future in teaching or coaching, offering a high-quality, supportive environment to develop professional and pedagogical skills. Graduate Assistants play a key role in our vibrant Co-Curricular Sports Programme, contributing to fixtures, training sessions, and mentoring students across both the Senior and Prep Schools.
The successful candidate will support in lesson learning through mentoring/coaching students, leading group work and as their teaching skills progress they take on team teaching and then solo teaching. In particular, we welcome applications from those with an interest in coaching, Strength and Conditioning and video analysis. Graduate Assistants, whilst based in a Senior School department, will spend a portion of their time in the Prep School working with the Prep School Sport Department.
Beyond coaching, Graduate Assistants are assigned a tutor group alongside the main tutor in order to develop their pastoral skills and a holistic view of education, contributing to House activities, and developing their pastoral skills. Brentwood School offers an ambitious and progressive sporting environment, committed to providing high-quality experiences and fostering lifelong engagement with sport. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain experience across a 3–18 age range in a nationally recognised sporting institution.
Brentwood School has its own pay scale that is significantly above the maintained sector and we also have a range of subsidised staff accommodation that may be available for the successful applicant should they need to relocate.
Applications can be submitted through the TES website, alternatively, applicants who do not have a TES account should use the relevant Interactive Recruitment Form on this page. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
