Graduate Sports Assistants | Vacancies | Ipswich School

Graduate Sports Assistants 

Specialists in Hockey, Netball, Rugby and Cricket required. For the academic year 15/08/2026 - 15/07/2027. 

Our sports graduates play an important role - they enrich the learning experience for pupils and help with the day-to-day running of Sport in the School. It is possible that the position might extend into a second year, by mutual consent. 

We aim to create an environment that instils passion in sport. We have superb sporting venues at Henley Road, Westwood and Notcutts. Ipswich School Sports Centre, Rushmere is a multi-million pound training venue offering first class sports and events facilities. 

In this role you will:

•  Assist in the coaching of Sport in both the Senior and Prep Schools
• Assist lead coaches in providing a safe and constructive sports coaching environment
• Be available to coach/referee during games afternoons, after school clubs and weekends
• Contribute to the School's Athletic Development Programme
• Administrate and organise school sports teams
• Contribute to the administration of fitness data
• Organise pre-game kit and equipment and post-game laundering of team kits

You will play a key role in our boarding houses, helping to supervise pupils in the evenings and at weekends, and generally assisting the Head of Boarding with the delivery and supervision of boarders' activities outside of school hours. The quality of our boarding education was rated as Excellent in our ISI Inspection, with the inspectors commenting that boarders were "self-assured, courteous and respectful of one another. They develop warm and supportive relationships with one another and the boarding staff." 

To find out more about this role please contact our Director of Sport - Ryan Strudwick rqs@ipswich.school, Heads of Sport - Connor Annand (Hockey) cma@ipswich.school, Nicky Boje (Cricket) boj@ipswich.school , Matt Searle (Rugby) mds@ipswich.school. Alternatively please contact the HR team: hr@ipswich.school. 

Hours of Work, Salary and Benefits

• This is a fixed term post for one academic year 2026-27
• It is expected that your working hours will total 40 hours each week during term time, plus pre-season in August
• Your salary will be £19941.74 for the year
• Free staff accommodation is provided
• All meals are provided by the School Monday to Friday during term time
• Use of the School's swimming pool and fitness gym free of charge
• Option to join the Schools Pension Scheme and 3x death in service cover
• You will have access to Smarthealth, the School’s wellbeing app for staff which offers 24/7 GP access and mental health support. We also offer a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Closing Date and Interview Arrangements

We would encourage you to download an application form and a full job description for this role from our website: www.ipswich.school/vacancies or contact the HR team on 01473 408300 or via email. Please apply using our application form. We cannot accept a CV in place of a fully completed application form for a role that involves working in a school environment.

Email  hr@ipswich.school

Completed application forms should be returned by Monday 2nd February to: the Director of HR, Ipswich School, 25 Henley Road, Ipswich, IP1 3SG or via email.

Please apply as soon as possible as we may close this vacancy if we receive suitable applications. 

Please Note

Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the job, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.