Job Description

Moordown St John's School is very proud of its community swimming pool and is seeking to appoint an excellent swimming instructor who is passionate about teaching swimming to join our friendly school team.


You must be patient, adaptable and able to inspire and motivate learners. You should be comfortable delivering swimming lessons to infants and children.



The post is a zero hours contract. We currently operate Monday to Saturday

term time only

. We are likely to be able to offer some hours on a Saturday morning between 08.00 - 10.30am.



Benefits of working for Moordown St John's:


Fun and rewarding working environment Flexible approach to additional hours An opportunity to make a difference to people's lives.

Closing date will be 23.30 on Thursday 17th July 2025.




Moordown School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.



Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.



The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.



The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.



This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.



This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.



Keeping Children Safe in Education



Moordown School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.