School Sports Coach Apprentice (Level 4)

Introduction

Our PE & Sports coach apprentices have an important role to play in improving the health & wellbeing of children by delivering fun, inclusive and engaging activities that help to change physical activity habits. The apprentice will support the delivery of PE in schools, deliver extra-curricular clubs and lunch clubs, and work in our holiday camps.

About the Employer

Moving Matters is a sports coaching company based in Lambeth, Greater London. Our goal is to get more children, more active, more often and we have a fantastic team of coaches focused on achieveing that ambition. We are looking to recruit 2 new apprentices to join our growing team for the 2025-26 academic year. The successful candidates will train and develop with Moving Matters, building knoweldge and confidence across a range of delivery areas. Our aim is to develop our apprentices into full time coaches within our workforce. We are a young and diverse team, eager to support each other develop and grow. Visit our website or our social media channels, to find out more about our company.

What You'll Do

School Sport Coaches design and deliver coaching programmes that focus on the acceleration of sustainable mastery of children’s psychomotor skills and wider physical education standards. They profile children’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development needs. They measure psychomotor, technical and tactical skills in a range of physical activity contexts drawn from the Department for Education’s National Curriculum to enable physical education targets to be agreed. These results are used to create a high-level curriculum plan that considers school term schedules and a ‘whole child’ development approach.

The nature of roles and responsibilities for this role may include:

• Working directly with pupils of all ages
• Working collaboratively with a wide range of partner organisations and industry specialists
• Planning and delivering programmes of physical activity for pupils, families and communities
• Performing physical activity and fundamental movement skills baseline and impact assessments of children
• Supporting the delivery of high quality and inclusive PE lessons to pupils in schools in line with the requirements of national curriculum for PE and the profile of needs across the pupil population
• Delivering an exciting extracurricular sports and activity programme including lunchtime activities in schools/communities/leisure facilities
• Offering family engagement projects for physical activity
• Delivering provision to enhance the mental health, self-esteem and wellbeing of service users
• Supporting competitive sports events
• Coordinating sports and physical activity related projects
• Safeguard children at all times
• Contribute to the overall ethos and working values of the school
• Contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are shared with children
• Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice
• Support the teachers and coaches in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate
• Attend all training sessions as required for CPD purposes

This role is based in Lambeth, Great London. Apprentices must have a reliable commute or plan to relocate before starting the role. 

We are looking to recruit an apprentice to join our growing team for the 2026/27 academic year. The successful candidates will train and develop with Moving Matters, building knowledge and confidence across a range of delivery areas. Our aim is to develop our apprentices into full time coaches within our workforce.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for sport and PE, a strong work ethic, willingness to learn and excellent inter-personal skills.

We aim to develop our apprentices quickly, so they can take on responsibilities such as leading clubs and PE lessons in school and at camps. 

Training Outcome

Opportunities to progress within the company via increased responsibility and promotions with a clear exit route into full-time delivery-based roles within the organisation.

We will support you in your personal and professional development by providing you with the underpinning knowledge, skills and experience for the following:

• Careers within the Sport Coaching industry
• Potential further employment with the employer
• Opportunity for further education

Skills Required

• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Patience
• Physical fitness
• Working with Children
• Positive Role Model

Qualifications

• Desired - GCSE - Maths & English - C or 4

Course Information

Course: Sports coach (level 4)

Level: 4

Route: Health and science

Apprenticeship Level: Higher

Working Arrangements

Working Week: - Monday to Friday - Weekend availability - Working hours to be confirmed

Expected Duration: 1 Year 8 Months

Training Provider: ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED