Fitness Instructor (Casual)

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Oundle; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are seeking a fitness instructor to maintain a safe, clean gym and support pupils, staff and visitors in achieving fitness goals.

You will deliver inductions, personalised programmes and group sessions, motivate gym users, and promote services. The role welcomes newly qualified instructors; a personal training qualification is desirable but not essential. Shifts include mornings, evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and customer care skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and health & safety standards.
• Willingness to support pupils, members and visitors to achieve fitness goals.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, welcoming gym environment.
• Supervise users and support pupils, members and visitors in achieving fitness goals.
• Deliver inductions, personalised programmes and group sessions.

Skills

Customer care

Communication skills

Safeguarding

Health & safety

Education

Personal training qualification (desirable)

Job description

The Role

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming fitness environment, supervising users, and supporting pupils, members, and visitors in achieving their fitness goals. You will deliver inductions, personalised programmes, and group sessions, while actively motivating gym users and promoting services.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills, a proactive approach to customer care, and a commitment to safeguarding and health & safety standards. You will also support sales targets, handle enquiries, and contribute to the smooth day-to-day operation of the facility.

Whether you are a newly qualified fitness instructor or a seasoned professional, we welcome you to apply for this exciting role. While having a personal training qualification is desirable, it is not essential, and we encourage all enthusiastic candidates to consider this opportunity

Working hours: Your hours will vary according to the needs of the school. The shift patterns will include a mixture of mornings, evenings and weekends.

Hourly Rate: £12.71

For full details of the responsibilities, requirements and renumeration for this role including the benefits on offer and an overview of the School, please see both Job Descriptions available below.

The School and the Centre

Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools have long been associated with the very best of modern independent education, especially boarding. The Schools take seriously their responsibility to pupils so that they can emerge as decent, open-minded adults; ambitious about what they can go on to achieve and contribute. A team of around 800 staff, both academic and support, ensure an education of the highest standard is in place across the Schools with the efforts of the whole team focused on this fundamental aim.

As well as providing new and improved facilities for the School’s pupils, the new Sports Centre facility has been designed to allow increased access to local residents, sports clubs and Schools. After accommodating the educational and social demands of the pupils the School is eager to develop wider access to the Centre and encourages participation by local community in a range of Sports and Leisure activities organised and managed by the Centre’s staff.

Our State of the Art Sports Centre offers a wide range of classes, fitness facilities and activities on a commercial basis, as well as numerous courses, children’s holiday clubs and organised parties. Our facilities include a 50-metre swimming pool, an 8-court hall, a 70-station fitness suite, a dedicated dance studio and three further multipurpose studios.

Application Closing date: 4 October 2026 at 9am

Interview Date: Week Commencing 12 October 2026

Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are proud to be equal opportunity employers and we welcome applications from all. We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process, and we endeavour to comply with the duties placed upon us to make reasonable adjustments as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010. Should you need to request a particular adjustment to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, please ensure that this is made known, to the HR Department

The Corporation of Oundle School has an internal recruitment department, but where agency support is required, we will engage our trusted partners. Our adverts are intended to encourage direct interest from potential applicants, not recruitment agencies. Speculative CVs sent from sources other than directly from a candidate, will not be acknowledged or considered.