Job description
Are you a sports enthusiast looking to make a meaningful difference? At Ark Victoria Academy, you'll be joining a school where pupils thrive at every stage of their education (Ofsted 2024). Our vibrant and diverse community is united by strong values, high expectations, and a shared commitment to ensuring success for all our pupils.
We are seeking a committed primary sports coach to join our fantastic primary team.
We are looking for:
- Individuals who are passionate with high expectations of themselves and for the pupils they work with
- Individuals who share our aspirations for pupils and will inspire, challenge and motivate them to achieve
- A positive attitude, the ability to work well as part of a team and a love of sports
We can offer:
- Engaged, well-behaved pupils who love coming to school, enjoy their learning and are respectful, confident individuals
- A wide range of professional development opportunities including personalised CPD, coaching, mentoring and regular opportunities to share best practice across the academy and the Ark Network
- A staff team who truly support and care for each other
- A leadership team who provide substantial support and training to their staff with a genuine focus on career progression
- The opportunities that working as part of an all-through provides including a wealth of resources, subject specialists and greater options for staff development working across the phases
- Highly supportive parents who work with the school to provide the best education for our pupils
- A genuine focus on staff wellbeing; our “Wellbeing Friday” treats have been very popular this year!
If you are ready to add further value to our primary team and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.
Benefits
Why work for our school?
We value our staff and provide a comprehensive programme of coaching and professional development for all our staff. We use our values and our virtue pathways to shape the way we work and learn together. Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy: https://arkvictoria.org/jobs/working-for-us
- We take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the number of training days as standard
- Our school’s ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ are a great hit – get in touch to find out more
- Our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite
- Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to £1,000 a year in savings from over 3,000 major retailers
- Interest-free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles
- Gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym
Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · All-through · Ages 3–18
- Pupils
- 1,544
- Avg teacher salary
- £49,649
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 18.8:1
- Academy trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
View full school profileOfsted rating key
Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Birmingham, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
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- Working pattern
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- Posted
- 7 September 2026
- Closing date
- 15 September 2026
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