Resident Graduate Assistant for Sport

Girl's Schools Association; England; On-site; GBP 15,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's School is seeking a Resident Graduate Assistant for Sport to assist pupils academically and pastorally within the boarding community for the 2025-2026 academic year. This role offers a supportive experience in an independent school setting while engaging with students and contributing to their development.

Benefits

Accommodation provided

Meals provided

Access to gym and swimming facilities

Supportive CPD programme

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Suitable for a graduate seeking experience in education.
• Must be able to support sports and boarding community overall.
• Position requires strong interpersonal skills and willingness to engage with students.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic and pastoral support to boarders.
• Supervise boarders during weekends.
• Support the PE Department with after school fixtures.

Skills

Academic support

Pastoral care

Supervision

Job description

Required for September 2025 a Resident Graduate Assistant for Sport to provide academic and pastoral support to pupils within the boarding community.

Detail

St George's is a thriving independent boarding and day school of 270 girls aged 11-18 around 45% of whom are boarders (full, weekly and flexi) and with a Sixth Form of approximately 80 pupils. St George's offers an ambitious, connected and future-facing education tailored for pupils to realise their potential both at school and in fulfilling adult lives ahead.

Awarded 'excellent across the board' in its November 2022 ISI inspection, the School is a place where girls flourish academically, creatively, physically and morally, a place where risks can be taken, lessons are learnt and challenges are welcome.

We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community. Visitors are impressed by our facilities within a beautiful setting and the ambition of our educational provision.

Our unique extended day and flexible boarding model allows all girls the time and space to foster confidence, independence and academic curiosity providing a future-facing education exclusively for girls in a world not yet designed for girls and introduces them to contemporary subjects and topics, through speakers, workshops, classes and visits.

St George's offers an education that is grounded, relevant and fosters employability. The school operates as an Educational Trust administered by a Board of Governors, is a member of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA) ISBA, AGBIS and is ISC accredited.

The PE Department at St George's work exceptionally hard to engage and inspire pupils, to encourage them in a love of sport and equip them with a wide range of skills and personal attributes that can be applied in other areas of their lives.

Currently, the department comprises three full-time and one part-time specialist members of staff and the Director of Sport also coordinates and overseas the work of visiting coaches/teachers.

We are looking to engage a Resident Graduate Assistant for Sport for the coming academic year. This is a Fixed Term Contract that will run from September 2025 to July 2026.

The Resident Graduate Assistant will provide academic and pastoral support to pupils within the boarding community; the successful candidate will work with Housemistresses to provide supervision of boarders during weekends in additional to providing support to the Director of Sport and the PE Department.

This is a term-time only position and the post involves supporting some after school fixtures and working on Saturdays. There will be a requirement to attend routine teaching events (e.g. staff meetings, staff training days preceding each term, Open days and Educational days). The successful candidate will be entitled to at least 48 hours off each week.

The salary for this role will be in the region of £15,000 (gross) (subject to hours) over the contract period (1 September 2025 to 2 July 2026); paid in eleven equal instalments, September to July inclusive. Accommodation* and meals are provided for the successful candidate.

The successful candidate will be auto-enrolled into the School's Pensions Scheme if eligible and additional staff benefits include:

Use of facilities

• Staff have use of state-of-the-art gym with Technogym equipment at allocated times
• Staff swimming sessions and family swimming sessions in the recently built 25m, 6-lane indoor pool
• Supportive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme
• Ample free onsite parking
• Freshly prepared, nutritious lunches in the Dining Room during term time.
• Meals and refreshments are free of charge.
• The post holder’s children may, upon passing the entrance assessments, be eligible at the discretion of the Governors for a reduction on the basic tuition fees.

*Owing to St George's being a girls senior School and all accommodation being within the girls' boarding houses, we are required to appoint a female member of staff for this role.

How to Apply:

Letters of application to the Head, Mrs Hewer, should be no more than two sides of A4 and, together with the completed application form and confidential cover sheet should be emailed to [e-mail]

CVs will not be accepted and must be accompanied by the relevant application form and confidential cover sheet.

Deadline for applications: Midday on Monday 16 June - please note that we recommend applying in advance of the deadline as interviews are likely to be scheduled as applications are received.

The School reserves the right to interview and/or appoint at any time during the recruitment process.

Any queries about this post may be made in the first instance to [e-mail]

St George’s School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the School. A review of open source social media and online content will be conducted after candidates have been shortlisted and you may be asked about this at interview. The appointment will be subject to a successful disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. This will give details of all spent and unspent convictions and other recordable matters. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available, if required, from the School Office. The supplied references will be taken up and the School may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications. A medical questionnaire will be required to be completed by the successful candidate.

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