Resident Graduate Assistant - Repton Prep

Package Description

Location:  Repton Prep 

Contract Type:  Fixed-term, one academic year – required from September 2025.

Salary:  £15,855.84 per annum

Benefits: Accommodation, free school meals during term-time, free Wifi, contributory pension scheme and free membership of Repton Sports Centre. 

Job Introduction

Repton Prep is the ideal school for future elite sports men and women to begin their training and start working on individual sports with high quality coaching and development programmes. Many of our pupils have gone on to represent their country in their chosen disciplines. Hockey, Football, Cricket, Netball and Swimming are delivered as the main sports across the curriculum, with Athletics and PE taught alongside these areas.

Graduate Assistants specialising in Games will be able to coach teams in areas of specialism, as well as getting experience in other sports, learning from our existing team of specialist teachers.

Repton Prep teaches French from Year 1 and introduces Latin into the curriculum in Year 6, and Spanish from Year 7. Our MFL department is a vibrant place to be, with lots of practical and spoken lessons, supported by a dedicated Language Lab.

Graduate Assistants that specialise in Languages are able to support lessons, offer one-to-one additional sessions to those that need either extension level work or support with catch up and foundations, as well as run after school language clubs and workshops.

As a Graduate Assistant interested in academic teaching, you will be able to support lessons and observe teachers in the classroom. As the year progresses, it will be possible to take small groups and offer additional sessions and lesson cover as required. You will learn the foundation skills needed to be an effective classroom practitioner. There is also chance to explore your passions and work in our Drama, Art, DT and Music departments.

The role is required for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 10.00am on Friday 29th November 2024. You should complete the online application form and also submit a covering letter, addressed to Mrs Vicky Harding, Head, which should include what attracts you to the position and how you feel your experience, skills and personal qualities qualify you to take on the role.

About Repton School

Repton School, founded in 1557, is a leading co-educational School situated in the historic village of Repton. Five miles from Burton upon Trent and eight miles from Derby, Repton lies in the very centre of England. The School boasts a consistently fine academic record and is active and successful in a wide range of other activities. The School’s 600 plus pupils, both boys and girls, are predominantly boarders. Each belongs to one of the ten boarding houses. Repton prides itself on its long and close association with the village. 

With the establishment of Repton Dubai in 2007, Repton was a pioneer among UK independent schools in opening overseas ‘branches’. The Repton Family of Schools has now established a group of seven international schools: with four in the UAE, one in China, one in Malaysia and one in Cairo. The family also comprises two UK Prep schools: St Wystan’s School and Vinehall. Repton (UK) takes great pride in its international and UK family, and works closely with its overseas partners to ensure that each Repton international school fully reflects the standards, ethos and values of the UK school.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, therefore the following shall be deemed to be included, in addition to the duties that you may be required to perform:

Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 it is a criminal offence for a person over 18 (e.g. teacher, matron, sports coach) to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust in respect of that child, even if the relationship is consensual. This applies where the child is in full-time education and the person works in the same establishment as the child, even if s/he does not teach the child. Moreover, whatever the age of the pupil, a sexual relationship between an employee and a pupil will be considered an abuse of a position of trust and gross misconduct, likely to result in dismissal.