Games Coach Football

Permanent Full-time Full Year Contract

Salary: Point 24 - 37693 gross pay per annum depending on qualifications and relevant experience.

Whitgift is one of Britains leading independent boarding and day schools for boys aged between 10 and 18 years with approximately 1500 pupils and over one hundred boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London Surrey and the south coast.

We are seeking to appoint a full time Games Coach - Football to work within our nationally regarded Sports Department. The successful candidate should have experience of working with elite athletes and an understanding of player pathways at all levels of the game. They will be expected to coach players from beginners to academy standard so experience of coaching a wide range of ability is essential.

The Games Coach - Football will report to the Director of Football/Director of Sport.

We invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a daily basis and interviews may take place at any time. This vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline if sufficient applications are received so early submission is encouraged.

To apply please visit For any queries please telephone or email the Human Resources Department at

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service and online media checks. It is an offence to apply for a role at the school if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

All roles within the school involve contact with children and are therefore classed as regulated activity. Child protection and safeguarding are the responsibility of everyone who works or volunteers in our school. All staff must be committed to providing a safe environment for children and supporting the schools safeguarding ethos.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are required to declare all convictions and cautions even those that are spent unless they are protected under the DBS filtering rules to assess suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose information relevant to safeguarding prior to interview.

For more than 400 years Whitgift has been transforming boys lives through education.

Whitgift 2025 was created as a result of the input and imagination of staff and students and the next few years will represent an exciting time of evolution for the school both in terms of our site development plan and the educational partnerships we are embarking on.