Sports Coach

Vision For Education Ltd.; Cannock; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working – choose your days

Competitive daily pay

Dedicated consultant support

Ongoing professional development

Job summary

Vision For Education is seeking a Sports Coach / Cover Supervisor in Cannock to support pupils across secondary schools on a flexible basis. The role involves delivering pre-set lesson plans, managing behaviour, and keeping students engaged to ensure effective learning.

Experience in sports coaching is valued, with DBS checks and right-to-work in the UK required. Flexible full-time or part-time roles are available, with ongoing training and a dedicated consultant to assist you.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people (sports coaching ideal).
• Strong classroom or group management skills.
• Confident, professional, and reliable.
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one).
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre-set lesson plans across a range of subjects.
• Manage classroom behaviour confidently and effectively.
• Ensure students remain on task and engaged.
• Support pupils’ learning in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Build positive relationships with students and school staff.

Skills

Sports coaching

Behaviour management

Leadership

Student engagement

Job description

This is the perfect opportunity if you’re looking to transition from sports coaching into the classroom, gain school experience, or secure flexible education work that fits around your schedule.

As a Sports Coach and Cover Supervisor, you will:

• Deliver pre-set lesson plans across a range of subjects
• Manage classroom behaviour confidently and effectively
• Ensure students remain on task and engaged
• Support pupils’ learning in the absence of the regular teacher
• Build positive relationships with students and school staff

Your experience as a Sports Coach makes you an excellent candidate — your behaviour management skills, leadership, confidence, and ability to engage young people are highly transferable to the classroom.

About the school's

Whether you're seeking full-time cover supervisor work in Cannock or part-time flexible supply roles, we can tailor opportunities to suit you.

• Flexible working – choose the days you work
• Competitive daily pay rates
• Opportunities in a variety of secondary schools across Cannock
• Long-term and permanent progression routes
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Dedicated consultant support

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Sports Coach you will:

• Experience working with children or young people (sports coaching ideal)
• Strong classroom or group management skills
• Confident, professional, and reliable
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)
• Right to work in the UK

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Experience working with children or young people (sports coaching ideal)

Vision For Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision For Education

Vision For Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Vision For Education offer

As a valued employee of Vision For Education, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Vision For Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.