Sports Coach - Step into a Teaching Assistant Role

Sports Coach – Step into a Teaching Assistant Role
Location: Schools across Carmarthenshire and Swansea
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Full time or part time to suit you!
Salary: £89.38 per day / £446 a week

Are you a sports coach looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with young people and want to make a lasting impact beyond the pitch?

Teaching Personnel is offering an exciting opportunity for sports coaches to transition into Teaching Assistant roles within schools across Carmarthenshire and Swansea. Your experience in coaching, leadership, and teamwork is exactly what schools are looking for to support learning, behaviour, and pupil development.

Whether you’re looking for flexible work or aiming to build a long-term career in education, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

Why Join Teaching Personnel?

• ✅ Put your sports and mentoring skills to use in the classroom

• ✅ Work with pupils to promote engagement, teamwork, and resilience

• ✅ Get access to free CPD and training to build your education career

• ✅ Opportunities to work in mainstream and SEN schools

• ✅ Full-time, part-time, and flexible day-to-day roles available

• ✅ Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement

You’ll Be a Great Fit If You:

• ⚽ Have experience coaching children or young people

• Are confident leading groups and managing behaviour

• Are interested in working with students in PE and across subjects

• ✅ Have an enhanced DBS (or are willing to apply for one)

• Can travel to schools across Carmarthenshire or Swansea

Turn your passion for sport into a rewarding career in education.
Apply today and discover how Teaching Personnel can help you move from the pitch to the classroom!

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding children. All applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks as part of our compliance process.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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