PE and Sports Apprentice (Level 4)

Our PE & Sports coach apprentices have an important role to play in improving the health & wellbeing of children by delivering fun, inclusive and engaging activities that help to change physical activity habits. The apprentice will support the delivery of PE in schools, deliver extra-curricular clubs and lunch clubs, and work in our holiday camps.

• Are you passionate about sport and physical activity? Do you love working with children to make a difference and impact on their learning and wellbeing? Can you be a positive role model to inspire and motivate children? Would you relish the opportunity to work alongside a friendly, supportive and hard-working team? If so, our apprenticeship opportunity may be perfect for you! This is an excellent opportunity for a flexible, creative and committed individual to join our happy, vibrant and skillful team

• The Sports Coach apprentice has an important role to play in improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities by delivering fun, inclusive and engaging activities that help to bring about a change in physical activity habits. They will use extensive technical and tactical sports knowledge and skills to design and deliver coaching programmes that engage, motivate and evolve participants’ skills and performance

• During this programme, Apprentices will engage with training that will develop and enhance their coaching skills and equip them to work in a variety of environments, with a range of stakeholders and work effectively in partnership with other organisations. In addition to this, there will also be a unique opportunity for candidates to engage with training that will develop and enhance their classroom practice/teaching skills so they can deliver whole class teaching for PE

• School Sport Coaches design and deliver coaching programmes that focus on the acceleration of sustainable mastery of children’s psychomotor skills and wider physical education standards. They profile children’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development needs. They measure psychomotor, technical and tactical skills in a range of physical activity contexts drawn from the Department for Education’s National Curriculum to enable physical education targets to be agreed. These results are used to create a high-level curriculum plan that considers school term schedules and a ‘whole child’ development approach

• The nature of roles and responsibilities for this role may include:

  • Working directly with pupils of all ages

  • Support/lead extra-curricular activities

  • Assist with school games competitions & events

  • Run/organise and support physical activity and engagement at break and lunch times

  • Support the delivery of our holiday camp provision

  • Supporting the delivery of high quality and inclusive PE lessons to pupils in schools in line with the requirements of national curriculum for PE and the profile of needs across the pupil population

  • Administration tasks related to planning and evaluating coaching activities/projects

  • Safeguard children at all times

  • Contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are shared with children

  • Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice

  • Support the teachers and coaches in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate

  • Attend training sessions as required for CPD purposes

The training provider (Aspire Training Solutions) offer a blended learning delivery design which encompasses a range of methods to engage apprentices and offers a rich and exciting programme. Your training programme with them will involve:

• Level 4 Sports Coach (Schools) Apprenticeship Standard
• Level 2 Award in Multi-skills Coaching/Development in Sport 
• Sector specific CPD, such as; 
  
  • Supporting the PE curriculum
  • Behaviour Management
  • Practical PE Curriculum
  • Gymnastics
  • Dance
  • Safeguarding / Prevention
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Functional skills in maths and English (where required)
• You will receive dedicated study time and a skills coach to support with coursework and assignments
• Professional recognition: On successful completion of the Standard, all Apprentices will be automatically given CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) at Affiliate Member level 
• Grassroots will also offer ongoing internal and external CPD to increase, improve and add to your development and progression
• Grassroots allocate a mentor to work with you for the duration of the apprenticeship offering advice, support and guidance on both a work and personal level