Job Description

Job Introduction

For September 2026 Stowe School is looking to appoint Placement Sports Coaches with experience in any of the following sports - Rugby, Hockey (girls & boys), Cricket, Netball, Tennis, Lacrosse, Football, Rowing, Swimming, Golf or S&C. We are looking for enthusiastic team players with a love of sport who are equally committed to participation as well as performance and have the ability to engage and motivate students. We welcome those with a specialism in one sport or all-rounders who are confident covering a variety of sports.


The successful candidate would be expected to teach practical PE and coach across a wide range of ages and abilities in the Senior School, including an opportunity to help sports award holders who are part of the High Performance Programme.

There may also be an opportunity to coach at Swanbourne House and Winchester House Prep School's (both Co-Ed ages 3-13).

The role requires the candidates to be integral members of 7-day-a-week boarding schools and as such may also include pastoral responsibilities in the boarding houses.

The department is committed to career progression and training. We can assist with getting additional coaching qualifications and attending specialist courses to enhance your coaching CV.

Closing date:

Sunday 2nd November 2025

Assessment Centre:

Which will be held at Stowe School on

Friday 14

th

November

Stowe School

Stowe School occupies Stowe House and approximately 200 acres of the Stowe estate and is located in Stowe's world-famous landscape gardens set in 880 acres. Stowe School is an independent co-educational boarding School with approximately 900 pupils. There are around 500 full and part-time staff with 60 staff and their families living on site. The Stowe Group of schools (Stowe, Ashfold, Swanbourne House and Winchester House) are situated on four separate sites in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire and educate children from 3-18 years.

Our Schools are not only outstanding places to learn, they are great places to work too.

We are committed to fostering team engagement, attracting, mentoring, developing and retaining our best teachers and support colleagues.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to The Stowe Group's vision. We pride ourselves on our commitment as an organisation to welcome diversity, and we are committed to providing an inclusive environment where anyone with talent can thrive. To ensure we continue to best serve a diverse community, our ambition is to attract and retain a workforce that is representative of the diversity of our pupil body.


The Stowe Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and an online background check with our third party provider.