Job Description

Millfield School

Somerset

Salary:

Competitive and based on qualifications and experience

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

15 September 2025

Apply by:

31 August 2025

Job overview

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Millfield School is seeking a passionate and experienced Development Swim Coach to join our renowned swimming programme. As the Development Swim Coach, you will play a crucial role in coaching and nurturing young swimmers throughout our structure, helping them achieve their full potential.

Millfield is an independent boarding school with outstanding pastoral and co-curricular activities, set in the heart of Somerset. We cater for approximately 1300 pupils, all of whom are engaged in sport and physical activities. We have outstanding facilities and a vibrant multisport environment.

The successful candidate will have a minimum UKCC Level 1 coaching qualification and experience within the world of aquatics as either a teacher, coach, or athlete. They will have knowledge of the long-term development practices for students in line with the British Swimming optimal athlete development framework, and experience of coaching students to a minimum of regional championship standard. NPLQ and NRASTC qualifications are desirable.

This is a permanent, year-round position averaging 42 hours per week, typically worked across Monday to Saturday. Occasional Sunday working will be required to support swimming competitions, trips, and other events. The salary will be competitive and based on qualifications and experience.

In addition, you will enjoy a range of benefits, including 10 weeks holiday entitlement per year, discounted freshly prepared lunches, access to school facilities, and discounts/cashback at high street shops and restaurants through the school's Employee Assistance Programme.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work in one of the UK's leading sporting environments among a vibrant team of multisport coaches.

About us

Founded in 1935, Millfield's vision is to be the world leader for the development of children. There are nearly 1,300 students at the senior school (year 9 to U6), with a 3:1 ratio of boarding to day. Although essentially a rural British school, 20 per cent of Millfield students are international and come from more than 70 countries.

Set in over 100 acres of grounds, Millfield's size brings great opportunity, and the facilities are unmatched in the UK: an Olympic-sized swimming pool, golf courses, indoor centres for tennis, golf and cricket and an equestrian centre; concert hall, recording studio, theatre, art gallery, hi-tech Science block and outstanding teaching facilities; and high-quality boarding accommodation.

Our aim is to discover brilliance in every child and to immerse them in academic, creative and sporting opportunities to develop this brilliance. We offer an exceptionally wide range of courses and provide multiple pathways through the school to meet the needs of the individual child.

Millfield offers excellent facilities, professional development opportunities, and a strong community ethos that values both academic and personal growth.

To apply, please click the apply button where you'll be able to complete our online application form.

Closing date: Noon on 31st August 2025.

Please note that applications will be considered on receipt, and as a result the vacancy may close early should an appointment be made. As such we would recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.

Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to, Enhanced DBS clearance. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Be kind, be individual, be brilliant. Millfield School, where being an individual is recognised as the key to brilliance.

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Millfield School

Butleigh Road, Street
Somerset
BA16 0YD
United Kingdom

+44 1458 442 291

The modern world is highly competitive and the way we prepare our children for its demands is more important than ever. Young people today are subject to great pressures and it takes strong personalities to avoid the traps that life has lying in wait. Hence a good school must seek to develop confidence and maturity in all its pupils whatever their strengths and weaknesses.



All individuals have different needs and therefore a variety of opportunities must be available to enable each one to achieve success. They must learn to apply themselves to academic work but must also be encouraged to express their other talents.



With its outstanding facilities, a staff:pupil ratio of 1:7.5, an extraordinary range of academic courses and the unrivalled strength of its extra-curricular programme, Millfield strives to achieve all these aims. It also seeks to move with the times whilst maintaining the important traditions of good manners, discipline and respect for others.



We pride ourselves on the richness and diversity of the Millfield experience as well as the friendly atmosphere within our community.



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