Sports Graduate

Protocol Education Limited; North Shields; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

No umbrella companies

FREE access to our CPD Academy

FREE Thrive training through Protocol 

Long-term and permanent opportunities

Dedicated consultant support

Job summary

Protocol Education Limited is seeking a Sports Graduate to support students in a welcoming North Shields secondary school. You will apply coaching and leadership skills to positively impact learners inside and outside the classroom.

Gain valuable experience before pursuing teacher training or related careers, with CPD opportunities and ongoing consultant support through Protocol Education.

Qualifications

• Degree in Sports Science, Sports Coaching, Physical Education or a related subject.
• Strong coaching and communication skills.
• Motivation to support students and develop positive behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Support students one-to-one and in small groups.
• Use sports-based approaches to engage and motivate learners.
• Support positive behaviour and emotional regulation.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership

Communication

Education

Sports Science

Sports Coaching

Physical Education

Job description

Are you a Sports Graduate looking to gain valuable experience before a career in Teaching, PE Teaching, Educational Psychology, Youth Work, Behaviour Support or Sports Coaching?

Protocol Education is recruiting an enthusiastic Sports Graduate to support students in a welcoming secondary school in North Shields. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your coaching, leadership and communication skills to positively impact young people both inside and outside the classroom.

The school combines high expectations with a strong focus on personal development, helping students develop resilience, confidence and the skills needed to succeed in the future.

North Shields
£92.63 - £115.00 per day (PAYE)
Full-Time | September Start | Long-Term Opportunity

The Role

As a Sports Graduate, you may work as a:

• Behaviour Support Assistant
• Learning Mentor
• Teaching Assistant
• SEMH Support Assistant
• Inclusion Support Assistant
• Sports Coach
• Student Wellbeing Mentor

You’ll gain invaluable experience by:

• Supporting students on a one-to-one and small-group basis.
• Using sports-based approaches to engage and motivate learners.
• Supporting positive behaviour and emotional regulation.
• Working with students with SEMH needs, Autism (ASC), ADHD and additional learning needs.
• Promoting teamwork, resilience and confidence.
• Delivering mentoring and intervention sessions.
• Supporting learning across the wider curriculum.
• Working closely with teachers, pastoral teams and SEND professionals.
• Acting as a positive role model throughout the school day.

Every day provides new opportunities to make a meaningful difference while developing highly transferable professional skills.

Why Sports Graduates Choose This Opportunity

• Gain practical classroom experience before teacher training.
• Transfer coaching and leadership skills into education.
• Develop behaviour management and mentoring skills.
• Build experience supporting SEND and SEMH students.
• Strengthen applications for teaching, youth work and postgraduate study.
• Access excellent CPD and specialist training opportunities.
• Work within a supportive secondary school environment.
• Long-term opportunities with potential routes into permanent employment.

Why This School?

This school is committed to creating a culture where students are encouraged to be ambitious, resilient and successful. Staff work closely with students to ensure they receive both the challenge and support needed to thrive.

With a strong community feel and excellent pastoral support, it's an ideal environment for graduates looking to gain hands‑on experience working with young people.

We’re Looking For

• A degree in Sports Science, Sports Coaching, Physical Education or a related subject.
• A genuine passion for supporting young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence working with groups and individuals.
• A positive, resilient and proactive attitude.
• The ability to build strong professional relationships.
• Previous coaching, mentoring or youth work experience is desirable but not essential.

Whether you’ve coached grassroots sports, worked at holiday clubs, mentored young people or volunteered in the community, we’d love to hear from you.

Pay & Benefits

• £92.63 - £115.00 per day (PAYE only)
• Weekly pay
• No umbrella companies
• FREE access to our CPD Academy
• FREE Thrive training through Protocol Education
• Long-term and permanent opportunities
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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