Sports Centre Manager

Wycombe Abbey; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Fee remission

CPD training

Free Sports Centre access

Eye tests

Employee assistance

Job summary

Wycombe Abbey is seeking a proactive Sports Centre Manager to lead the Davies Sports Centre in High Wycombe. You will manage staff, ensure safety and high service standards, oversee bookings and budgets, and deliver a first-class experience to pupils, families and external users year‑round.

This permanent, full-time role offers a 40-hour week with a probationary period of three months and a salary of £34,000‑£39,000 depending on skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in a sports, leisure or facilities management environment.
• Strong organisational and operational skills.
• Experience managing staff and budgets.
• Commitment to high standards of safety and service.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Sports Centre team.
• Oversee facility bookings, budgets and compliance.
• Ensure high standards of health and safety and pupil/family experience.
• Deliver outstanding facilities and customer service year round.

Skills

Staff management

Health and safety

Facilities operations

Budgeting

Customer service

Tools

Davies Sports Centre

Job description

Manage a thriving Sports Centre at the heart of one of the UK's leading independent boarding schools.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Sports Centre Manager to oversee the smooth, safe and effective operation of our Davies Sports Centre. Leading a dedicated team, you will play a key role in delivering outstanding facilities and customer service, supporting both the School's sporting programme and a wide range of facility users throughout the year.

The successful candidate will bring strong organisational and operational skills, together with experience in a sports, leisure or facilities management environment. You will be responsible for managing staff, maintaining high standards of health and safety and compliance, overseeing facility bookings and budgets, and ensuring that pupils, staff, families and external users enjoy a first-class experience.

If you are a proactive and solution-focused professional who enjoys leading teams, improving services and delivering excellence, you will be joining a school community that values trust, encouragement, innovation, mutual respect and outstanding service.

Contract: This is a permanent contract. The first three months will be a probationary period.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week. This job involves full time working hours all year round (including outside of term time) and some early mornings, evenings, weekends.

Salary: £34,000 - £39,000 depending on skills and experience.

Wycombe Abbey is a world class full‑boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170‑acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11–18.

We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world‑class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

The School benefits from easy access to London (24 minutes to Marylebone), the Chiltern Hills and attractive towns such as Marlow, Henley‑on‑Thames and Beaconsfield. Heathrow is also just 20 miles away plus good transport links to other London airports.

Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector.

Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:

• Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme
• Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools
• Generous CPD training and development scheme
• Free use of the Sports Centre
• Free eye tests
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Closing date for applications: 9 November 2026

Interview date: w/c 16 November 2026

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare all unspent convictions and conditional cautions, and any spent convictions or adult cautions that are not protected, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community in which everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, identities and experiences.