PE & School Sport Apprentice

Whittington C of E Primary School

Worcester (WR5 2QZ)

Closes in 13 days (Friday 27 June 2025)

Posted on 13 June 2025

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Summary

Do you enjoy working with children? Do you have the enthusiasm to inspire children and young people to enjoy physical activity and school sports? If so, this is a great opportunity for you to study towards a Level 3 Community sport and health officer apprenticeship within our primary school as part of our PE and sports team.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, term-time only. The usual school hours are 08:15 - 16:15, including after school clubs, and allowing 30 minutes for lunch everyday. One day a week, 8:30 - 16:00, will be allocated for study, attending training and on the job learning.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 July 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As a PE Teaching Assistant:

  • You will support teachers with delivering PE lessons and encourage the engagement of all children within the group.
  • You will help to develop skills, knowledge, enjoyment and participation in PE and school sports.
  • You will encourage physical activities during breaks and lunch times.
  • You will support after-school clubs by ensuring opportunities for physical activity and sports.
  • You will act as a responsible person on school trips, fixtures and events.
  • You will also be responsible for sports equipment, display boards and promoting physical activities and sports within the school.
  • You will be encouraged to develop new interventions and activities that will engage parents and children in physical activity.
  • You will undertake administrative tasks such as arranging participation in sports competitions and festivals.
  • You will assist in delivering interventions on a one-to-one or small group basis, using physical activity to achieve other outcomes such as improving behaviour, attendance and handwriting.
  • You will support young leaders and sports ambassadors with their roles.

Where you'll work

Whittington C of E Primary School
Old Road Whittington
Worcester
WR5 2QZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

RIVERSIDE TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Community sport and health officer (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Successful application of tactics and strategies to empower people from inactive and hard to reach populations to take up an active lifestyle
  • Successful application of a range of approaches that bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours within target communities
  • Supporting people within target communities to become involved in the preparation, planning and delivery of sport and active lifestyles
  • Using local insight and customer-orientated marketing skills to attract high priority groups into existing leisure, parks and sport infrastructure
  • Negotiation, lobbying and brokerage skills with local partners across public health, community development and anti social behaviour
  • Demonstrate clear and effective communication techniques in order to give/receive information accurately and in a timely and positive manner
  • Problem solving and effective decision making with regards the design and implementation of sport and physical activity programmes
  • Writing successful funding bids to enable new, different or more opportunities to take place for sport and physical activity
  • Managing disruptive behaviour of clients and customers before, during and after activities
  • Managing and adapting personal behaviours to ensure provision is inclusive, customer-focused and accessible
  • Building partnerships and developing meaningful relationships with local partners and stakeholders in sport and physical activity

Your training plan

Community sport and health officer apprenticeship Level 3

  • You will be supported in the workplace and attend online workshops during the working day with the training provider
  • You will have observations of your practice within the workplace and complete written work as part of the training
  • The school will also provide in-house training and professional development opportunities

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Pass)
  • Mathematics (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Coaching or sports experience would be an advantage. There will be a requirement to work outdoors and attend offsite visits and events.

About this company

Whittington Church of England Primary School is a small single form primary school situated in the village of Whittington, just south of the city of Worcester. Whittington Church of England Primary School has seven Core Christian Values that underpin our school vision. These values are: Community, Responsibility, Respect, Hope, Wisdom, Courage and Love . Each value is in focus for half a term each year.

https://whittington.worcs.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • On successful completion of this apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity to secure a permanent role within the school 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Whittington C of E Primary School

School Office

office@whittington.worcs.sch.uk

01905 354844

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325562.

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Closes in 13 days (Friday 27 June 2025)

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