Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School - Hockey Coaches 2026/27: Zero Hours Contracts

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is looking for experienced coaches to join the Borlase Hockey coaching team for the 2026/27 season.

The school has a rich hockey pedigree with a membership of around 320 players and a number of junior internationals amongst the current students and alumni.  Borlase Hockey has just experienced one of its most successful seasons with three teams reaching the national finals.

The school runs hockey as an extracurricular activity for all students across the autumn and spring terms, with training sessions and fixtures taking place from 4pm-6pm every weekday evening at Marlow Sports Club.

We also run a comprehensive Indoor hockey program from September to April for all age groups.

The roles available are as follows:

• Lead and assistant coaches for school outdoor sessions and fixtures on weekday afternoons from 3.30pm-6pm. This will involve planning and delivering training sessions, coaching and managing teams on match days, including travelling away to opposing schools, umpiring fixtures and selecting teams on a weekly basis.

• Lead and assistant coaches for school indoor sessions and fixtures.  This will involve planning and delivering training sessions, coaching and managing teams on match days, including travelling away to opposing schools, umpiring fixtures and selecting teams on a weekly basis.

Details:

• Hours are expected to be between 8-16 per week during the autumn and spring terms 
• Sessions run between 3.30pm-6pm Monday to Friday. Wednesdays from 2pm and travelling away for fixtures hours can be extensive. We also have Indoor opportunities available in the mornings and 1-1 Coaching at Lunchtimes for the right candidates
• Hours are term time only. There may be extra hours in the school holidays for camps and pre-season sessions.
• Competitive rate of pay depending on coaching/experience level.
• You will receive benefits including CPD opportunities, free kit and many others.
• We have close links with Marlow Hockey Club if the right candidate was looking for more coaching hours

Specific Responsibilities:

• To lead and assist the coaching of various age groups to a high standard.
• To show a commitment to safety.
• To undertake training and constructively take part in team meetings
• To be committed to the school’s core values and ethos and to demonstrate this commitment in the way duties are carried out.
• To maintain confidentiality and ensure that duties are undertaken with due regard to and compliance with the Data Protection and Equality Act at all times.
• To carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with the school and Academy Trust’s Health and Safety Policy and relevant Health and Safety legislation.
• To demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct; showing tolerance and respect of the rights of others whether other staff, students or parents.
• To observe proper professional boundaries and having regard to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students.
• The post holder is responsible for ensuring all child protection policies are adhered to and that any concerns or incidents are raised in accordance with these policies.

We are looking for applicants to:

• Be confident and experienced at communicating with young people and fellow coaches.
• Have experience at working as part of a team.
• Motivate and educate players whilst working in a culture driven and principle based environment.
• Have some knowledge of the England Hockey coaching framework, structure and principles.
• Be organised, on time and able to have positive communication with parents.

If this is of interest to you, please complete the application form and return it to the Director of Hockey, Tom McCarthy : hockey@swbgs.com.  Please also get in touch if you have any further questions or queries about the role.

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and for ensuring that they are protected from harm, therefore it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.

As part of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust's pre-recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates. 

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of cultures and all sections of our community. 

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy prior to the closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.