Permanent, Full-Time, Full-Year Contract

Salary: Point 22 – 27 on the John Whitgift Foundation Support Staff Salary Scale. The full-time salary will be between £37,276 gross pay per annum (at Point 22) to £42,848 gross pay per annum (at Point 27) depending on qualifications and relevant experience.  

Whitgift is a leading independent boarding and day schools for boys aged between 10 and 18 years, with approximately 1500 pupils and over one hundred boarding or flexi-boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast. 

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Games Coach – Cricket to join our ambitious and successful Sports Department. Working closely with the Director of Cricket and Cricket Development Officer, the successful candidate will deliver high-quality coaching to pupils from Year 6 to Year 13, supporting players at all levels, from beginners through to county and performance pathways. The role will include coaching and managing cricket teams, supporting fixtures and tours, contributing to the Whitgift Cricket Academy, and creating an environment in which pupils can develop their skills, confidence, teamwork and enjoyment of the game.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of cricket coaching within a school, club, county pathway or professional environment and hold an ECB Core Coach qualification or equivalent. They will be an excellent communicator with a genuine commitment to developing young people through sport and maintaining high standards of safeguarding and pupil welfare. In addition to cricket, the postholder will contribute to the wider sporting life of the School, including coaching winter sports, supporting Games lessons, fixtures, events and tours, with some weekend duties required.

In return, we offer a generous benefits package, including a money purchase pension scheme (with Life Assurance), access to an Employee Discount Club, membership of a healthcare plan, discounted school fees for permanent posts within the Foundation, and a supportive working environment with opportunities for training and development.

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

We invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a daily basis, and interviews may take place at any time. This vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline if sufficient applications are received, so early submission is encouraged.

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service, online media checks and overseas checks. It is an offence to apply for a role at the School if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

All roles within the School involve contact with children and are therefore classed as regulated activity. Child protection and safeguarding are the responsibility of everyone who works or volunteers in our school. All staff must be committed to providing a safe environment for children and supporting the School’s safeguarding ethos. 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are required to declare all convictions and cautions, even those that are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules, to assess suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose information relevant to safeguarding prior to interview.