Graduate Assistant Sport – Prep School (one year contract)
Required: September 2026
Closing Date: Tuesday 12th May 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 19th May 2026
Salary: £20,800 (Free shared onsite accommodation is included as part of the package.)
Brentwood Prep 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.
Kick-start your career in education and sport with a Graduate Assistant role in our Prep School. Designed for aspiring teachers and coaches, this position offers a supportive and high-quality environment to develop your professional skills. You’ll play an active role in delivering an engaging PE, Games, and co-curricular sport programme, helping to inspire a lifelong love of physical activity.
As a Sport Graduate Assistant, you will contribute to team practices, fixtures, and wider school sport, with opportunities to coach cricket, football, hockey, netball, and rugby. You’ll support lessons through mentoring, group work, and gradually progress to team and solo teaching. Alongside Prep School responsibilities, you’ll also gain valuable experience within the Senior School, developing a holistic understanding of education across the 3–18 age range.
This full-time, one-year term-time role (plus additional weeks as required) offers a dynamic and rewarding experience within a school that champions sport at every level. With responsibilities including team leadership, Saturday fixtures, administrative support, and House involvement, you’ll become an integral part of a thriving school community committed to excellence, innovation, and student wellbeing in sport.
For further information about working at Brentwood School, please see the links on this page or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk Applications can be submitted through the TES website, alternatively, applicants who do not have a TES account should use the relevant Interactive Recruitment Form on this page. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Candidates are encouraged to email their completed form to the Recruitment mailbox, along with a current CV and a personal statement.
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.
