Director of Sport

The Appointment

The school is seeking to appoint a full-time Director of Sport from April or September 2026 depending on the successful candidate’s availability.

Job Title:                    Director of Sport
Reporting to:              Head

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy and Leadership

• To work with the Head and the Senior Leadership Team to form a strategic programme for the development of sport and physical activity provision at Lancing Prep Worthing.
• To work with the Deputy Head to deliver the sport co-curricular strategy across the school.
• To inspire and lead a small team of PE teachers, graduate coaches and visiting coaches to strive for excellence in teaching and learning, leading the department to the delivery of a successful and inclusive programme of sport and physical activity.
• To inspire others within the LPW school community and develop their ability to contribute to, and enhance, sport and physical activity provision.
• To maintain, evaluate and develop the effectiveness of sport and physical activity provision across the school.
• To write and implement a Physical Education (PE) Development Plan.

Participation, Inclusion and Breadth of Provision

• To develop an effective system for monitoring and managing pupil engagement in sport and physical activity throughout their time at school.
• To ensure that there is an appropriate balance between elite provision and participation opportunities for all pupils, including access to staff and facilities.
• To oversee the effective organisation of home and away fixtures to support and enhance our competitive sport programme.
• To organise matches and house competitions.
• To ensure that the sporting successes of all pupils are celebrated appropriately.
• To maintain up-to-date records of pupil and team achievements in and out of school.
• To forge links with the local community.

Teaching and Coaching

• To maintain high standards of teaching and learning within all sport and physical activity sessions by inspiring, motivating, monitoring and developing all staff involved in teaching and coaching pupils.
• To be responsible for the department’s scheme of work.
• To continually model good practice by teaching PE and Games lessons to a consistently high standard.
• To show a demonstrable awareness of different pupils’ educational needs with the ability to adapt teaching and learning appropriately to challenge all pupils.
• To coach pupils of all abilities and ages across a range of sports.
• To manage sports teams throughout the academic year across a range of sports, including team practices and fixtures that may sometimes take place at the weekend.

Communication and Liaison

• To ensure that all staff involved in sport and physical activity provision are aware of both long-term goals and short-term logistics.
• To organise and lead regular and effective departmental meetings.
• To work with the Marketing team to promote the school and its sporting successes.
• To work closely with the Director of Sport at the Senior School.
• To develop meaningful links with outside sports clubs with the aim of improving sport and physical activity provision for our pupils.
• To work closely with the Scholarship Coordinator regarding potential sport scholars.
• To organise team photos.
• To communicate effectively with parents and present professionally at fixtures to maintain and promote sport at LPW.

Form Teacher Responsibilities

• To provide pastoral care and guidance to the assigned form group, ensuring the wellbeing and personal development of each pupil.
• To monitor attendance, punctuality and overall progress of pupils within the form.
• To act as the main point of contact for parents regarding academic and pastoral matters.
• To foster a positive classroom environment that promotes respect, responsibility and engagement.
• To support pupils in developing social skills, resilience and a growth mindset.
• To organise and lead form time activities, assemblies and other pastoral sessions.
• To maintain accurate records and contribute to reports on pupil progress and welfare.

Other Subject Teaching Responsibilities

• To deliver high-quality lessons in allocated subjects, following the school’s curriculum and assessment guidelines.
• To plan and prepare engaging lessons that cater to a range of learning styles and abilities.
• To assess, record and report on pupils’ progress in line with school policy.
• To contribute to the development of schemes of work and departmental resources.
• To participate in subject meetings and collaborate with colleagues to share best practice.
• To support extracurricular activities and enrichment opportunities where appropriate.

Skills and Qualifications:

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or relevant teaching qualification or experience of working with children in an educational setting.
• Passionate about sport with an expertise in Hockey, Football, Cricket and Netball.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to inspire and motivate others through verbal and written communications.
• Good interpersonal and listening skills with ability to influence and persuade at all levels.
• Strong time-management and organisational skills.
• Ability to utilise IT (particularly Microsoft Office applications) and emerging technologies to improve teaching, coaching, administration and communication.
• Display a genuine enthusiasm for Physical Education, bring patience to the role, contributing to a supportive and motivation environment for pupils and staff.
• Be committed to driving change and improvement in teaching and learning.

Desirable

• A genuine desire to contribute to the wider life of the school, with the ability, skills and experience to contribute to the school’s co-curricular programme.
• A strong alignment with, and active commitment to, the values and ethos of the school.

This job description sets out the main duties at the time it was drawn up.  Such duties may vary occasionally but without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed, and the candidate will be required to carry out any reasonable requests required by their Line Manager.

Application Procedure:

Applications should be made using the application form.

Application forms are available from the College website www.lancingcollege.org.uk.

Please send any emails to recruitment@lancing.org.uk.

A full curriculum vitae and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of a minimum of three referees, one of whom should be the candidate’s current or most recent employer should be included with the application.

Informal conversations about the post may be arranged with the Head, Francesca Milling, at worthing@lancing.org.uk.

Closing date: Wednesday 4 February 2026

Interviews: w/c Monday 9 February 2026