PE Assistant - Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Location: Amersham
Overview
We are seeking to recruit a PE Assistant from September 2025, on a 1 year fixed term contract to support the work of our outstanding Sport and PE team at this 11-18 Grammar school for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Type: £23,829 pa fte
Salary details: £20,653 pa pro rata (actual salary for 39 weeks)
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 37.5 per week
Closing date: 18/06/2025 12:00
Interviews to be held: To be confirmed
About us
Dr Challoner's is a grammar school for boys with 1368 students, of which 452 are in our co-educational Sixth Form. We have a long history of providing superb education to our students and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding. All our support staff play a key role in enabling that to happen, by contributing to the forward thinking and innovative culture of the school.
Website: https://www.challoners.com/
About the role
This post offers a unique opportunity for a recent graduate or school leaver, or anyone with a strong interest in sport, to gain experience working with young people.
Applicants will be expected to assist with teaching and coaching as well as undertaking administrative and other duties.
Sport plays a central role in the life of the school, and Challoner's sportsmen and women compete at the highest level both locally and nationally.
About you
You should be educated to at least A level standard or equivalent, have experience in a position of responsibility, either at work, school or a club environment, and be an effective communicator and team player.
Experience of working with young people in a sporting context, and an interest in hockey, netball or rugby would be an advantage.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 787500
Email: [email protected]
Please see our web page https://www.challoners.com/c/information/general-information/staff-vacancies for our application form and recruitment monitoring form.
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates, to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
