Job Description

Oundle School Sports Centre is seeking an enthusiastic and professional

Swimming Teacher

to join our dedicated team.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to inspire swimmers of all ages and abilities, delivering high-quality lessons that support progress, confidence and a lifelong love of the water.


In this role, you will plan and deliver engaging lessons, assess and track individual progress, and maintain the highest standards of safeguarding, communication and customer care. You will work closely with our Swimming Coordinator and the wider team to ensure safe, enjoyable and effective sessions that meet award-level standards.


The ideal candidate will hold

ASA Level 2 or STA Full Qualification

, be confident, motivated, and an excellent communicator.


If you are passionate about delivering outstanding swimming lessons and creating a positive, supportive learning environment, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the flexible nature of the role, we can offer a range of shift patterns to help suit your lifestyle, family and other needs, including:

Role 1: Variable hours, with the working week subject to change. Weekend availability required.


Role 2: Part Time hours, with an agreed termly shift pattern. (example shift pattern: Monday - 16:00-18:00, 18:15-19:00; Wednesday - 16:00 - 18:30 and a weekend day 09:00-12:00).


Shift schedules can vary but are currently scheduled during Swim School opening hours which are currently weekday afternoon and evenings (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) and weekend mornings.

The School & The Centre

Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools have long been associated with the very best of modern independent education, especially boarding. The Schools take seriously their responsibility to pupils so that they can emerge as decent, open-minded adults; ambitious about what they can go on to achieve and contribute. A team of around 800 staff, both academic and support, ensure an education of the highest standard is in place across the Schools with the efforts of the whole team focused on this fundamental aim.


As well as providing new and improved facilities for the School's pupils, the new Sports Centre facility has been designed to allow increased access to local residents, sports clubs and Schools. After accommodating the educational and social demands of the pupils the School is eager to develop wider access to the Centre and encourages participation by local community in a range of Sports and Leisure activities organised and managed by the Centre's staff.


Our State of the Art Sports Centre offers a wide range of classes, fitness facilities and activities on a commercial basis, as well as numerous courses, children's holiday clubs and organised parties. Our facilities include a 50-metre swimming pool, an 8-court hall, a 70-station fitness suite, a dedicated dance studio and three further multipurpose studios.

Living in Oundle

We are fortunate in our location at the heart of a beautiful market town. School and town are part of the same community and our pupils take their place within this community, not isolated from it. The town has a spirited cultural life, with an annual international festival, literature festival, and frequent performances of nationally touring shows at the School's Stahl Theatre.

To apply

Full details of the role, including hours of work and salary, can be found at the '' link. If you are excited by this opportunity, please complete and return an application form and supplement to the application before the closing date.


Please note CV submissions cannot be accepted.


Application closing date:

17:00,

2 January 2026

Interview date:

To Be Confirmed

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

HR Department, Oundle School, The Bursary, Church Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EE

Email c/o:

opportunities@oundleschool.org.uk or

Tel: 01832 277193

Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are proud to be equal opportunity employers and we welcome applications from all. We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process, and we endeavour to comply with the duties placed upon us to make reasonable adjustments as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010. Should you need to request a particular adjustment to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, please ensure that this is made known, to the HR Department


Both Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.


Recruitment Agencies


The Corporation of Oundle School has an internal recruitment department, but where agency support is required, we will engage our trusted partners. Our adverts are intended to encourage direct interest from potential applicants, not recruitment agencies. Speculative CVs sent from sources other than directly from a candidate, will not be acknowledged or considered.


Pay: From 21.04 per hour


Benefits:


Company events Cycle to work scheme Free flu jabs Free parking On-site parking
Work Location: In person