Job Introduction
Sports Coach
Band 6
37 hours per week
£28,239 - £32,061 + SEN Allowance
Dove House is seeking to recruit a hardworking, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Sports Coach to join our wonderful PE Department on a permanent basis.
Dove House is a popular, successful, and highly regarded school in Basingstoke, for students with moderate learning difficulties and autism, aged between 11-19. We are proud to be an outstanding school (Ofsted 2019) but retain our passion to keep moving forward.
In this key position, you will be required to plan and deliver sports sessions under the guidance of our PE Faculty Leader as well as running after school clubs.
As an individual you will need to be dynamic, flexible and energetic, with a passion for helping our pupils meet their full potential.
Experience of working with primary or secondary pupils with complex special needs would be advantageous.
Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:
- Valuing Difference
- Effective Communication
- High Challenge & High Support to Empower
- Respect for All
- Solution-Focused Approaches
We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive – and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining Dove House Academy, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and well-being
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- Competitive employer pension contribution
- SEN Allowance with an increase after 3 and 5 years of service
- Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Free onsite parking
- Access to our onsite Fitness Suite
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform
The hours for this role are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8am – 3.45pm & Wednesday 8am – 4.30pm. Your salary will be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.
For more details, please visit our website Solent Academies Trust - Work With Us
Please complete a Solent Academies Trust application form.
If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info.
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
Closing date for applications is Friday 27th March, 9am.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 15th April 2026. Please note, applications will be considered upon receipt therefore interviews may be held at an earlier date.
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
