Job description
Sports Specialist/Coach
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Start Date: November 2025 (After October Half Term)
Salary: £93 - £110 per day
Contract Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
GSL Education are currently looking to appoint an enthusiastic Sports Specialist/Coach to support learners with complex SEMH needs, using sport as a tool to build confidence, resilience, and life skills, in York, North Yorkshire starting in November 2025.
About the School:
- With an emphasis on SEN children, this school is for secondary aged students, aged from 11 - 19 years which aims to provide SEN students and staff with exceptional standards of care and education.
- Every student at the School has a learning disability, and some of them also require extra special education services due to physical or sensory needs.
- The school provides its students with a customized, individualized curriculum that is in line with their needs and goals and closely related to the outcomes listed in each child's Education, Health, and Care Plan.
- The school's comprehensive curriculum provides teachers with a list of options of accessible and relevant topics to help students develop what is relevant to them and their identified EHCP broad areas of need.
- The curriculums at the school have been created after four years of intensive research into SEND as well as visits, research, and interactions with exceptional settings.
- One of the main goals of the school is to prepare students for adulthood.
Sports Specialist/Coach Responsibilities:
- Deliver engaging sports and physical activity sessions tailored to learners’ needs.
- Use sport to promote teamwork, communication, and emotional regulation.
- Support students’ individual learning and wellbeing goals through physical activity.
- Ensure that proper safety guidelines and equipment are in place during practices and matches.
- Work collaboratively with teaching and pastoral staff.
- Regularly update students and parents about practice schedules, match results, and any other relevant information.
Sports Specialist/Coach Requirements:
- Holding a Sport and Exercise Science or Physical Education Degree at 2:1 classification or higher.
- Relevant experience supporting children or young adults with SEMH and behavioural needs.
- Background in sports coaching, physical education, or youth mentoring.
- Strong leadership abilities to inspire, motivate, and guide student athletes.
- Hold an enhanced Child Workforce DBS registered with the update service or be willing to apply a for a new one through GSL Education.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
If you would like to apply for the position of Sports Specialist/Coach in York, North Yorkshire, please call Kerry Fowler at GSL Education and submit your up-to-date CV via the application link. Alternatively, please visit GSL Education official website to apply online.