Graduate Assistant: Sport (one-year contract)

Required: September 2026
Closing Date: Midnight Friday 5th June 2026
Interviews: w/c Monday 8th June 2026
Salary: £20,800 (Free shared onsite accommodation is included as part of the package.) For those without accommodation, the salary will be £24,852.

Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 35 minutes from London Liverpool Street.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Sport Graduate Assistant to support our ambitious and innovative co-curricular sports programme. This role is ideal for those considering a career in teaching or looking to develop professional skills while working with students.

This full-time, one-year role offers graduates the opportunity to support fixtures, team practices and lessons across both the Senior and Prep Schools. We particularly welcome applications from graduates with an interest in coaching either Netball, Hockey, Football or Cricket.

The successful candidate will help deliver high-quality sporting provision through coaching, mentoring students, supporting lessons and assisting with the administration of the sports programme. Graduate Assistants also contribute to tutor groups, House activities and the wider life of the School. Our extensive programme includes Football, Cricket, Netball, Rugby, Athletics, Swimming and Tennis, alongside a range of recreational activities.

Sport Graduate Assistants are expected to work most Saturdays supporting fixtures, with occasional evening and holiday commitments, including residential trips as directed by the line manager.

For further information about working at Brentwood School, please see the links on this page or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk. To apply for this position, please use the Operational Staff Interactive Recruitment Form. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.

Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Job Description – Graduate Assistant: Sport (one-year contract)