Graduate Sports Performance Coach (Hockey)

Uppingham School is seeking an ambitious and driven Graduate Sports Performance Coach (Hockey) to join our high-performing Sports Department. This is an exceptional opportunity to develop your coaching career within one of the UK’s leading co-educational independent schools, working within a well-established hockey programme that supports participation, aspiration and elite player pathway development.

You will lead and deliver hockey coaching across multiple age groups, contribute to scholar and high-performance programmes, and play a key role in matchday planning, player development and programme organisation. Working closely with the Director of Hockey and the wider coaching team, you will help foster an environment that combines technical excellence, tactical understanding and player welfare, while being fully immersed in the wider life of a busy boarding school community.

 About you

Educated to degree level (or equivalent), you will hold a recognised hockey coaching qualification and have experience of coaching and leading young people, ideally with exposure to club, pathway or performance environments. You will be confident in designing engaging, purposeful training sessions that support technical, tactical and mental development, and be committed to helping players progress within structured performance pathways. Organised, articulate and driven by high standards, you are motivated to build a long-term career in hockey coaching or performance sport and are excited by the opportunity to take genuine responsibility within an ambitious and supportive programme.

What we offer: 

When you join us, you become part of a community that appreciates and supports its team members. You will enjoy a range of benefits that reflects our appreciation:

• 50% Contribution towards premiums for the School’s private health scheme
• Discount on School fees
• Discount at a local nursery in Uppingham
• 25% Discount on holiday club fees
• Westfield healthcare
• Westfield Rewards which gives discounts at various retailers, gyms, cinemas, and restaurants
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• In house Occupational Health Service
• Membership to dual-use Sports Centre (with a £25 annual joining fee)
• Free staff lunches during term-time
• Free annual Flu vaccinations
• Complimentary staff ticket for select School performances
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Recognised as a “Disability Confident” employer
• Recognised as a “Mindful” employer

Interviews: Week commencing 16 March 2026.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received an adequate number of applications, therefore we encourage early submissions.