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Swim Teacher

Job details

Contract hours: 8
Basis: Part time
Salary: £19.89 per hour
Location: Uppingham School Sports Centre
Closing date: 4 September 2025, 11:59 pm

Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Swimming Teacher to join a state-of-the-art sports centre at one of Britain’s leading independent boarding schools and play a key role delivering safe, fun and effective swimming lessons to children and adults of all ages.

Our first-class facility provides a six lane, 25m swimming pool which is open to all members of the local community. You will ensure the swimming lesson programs are safe and appropriate to the needs/abilities of the participants involved and provide supervision and assistance to all participants

The working hours are an average of 8 hours per week, with shifts available on Saturday from 8:45am – 12:30pm and on Sunday from 8:45am – 13:00pm.

You will need an ASA Level 2 swimming teacher qualification as well as experience of teaching swimmers of varying ages and abilities.

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All positions at the School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ under the Act) MUST be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. All information given will be treated as confidential and each case will be taken on its merits. Failure to disclose this information may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or immediate termination of employment.

Uppingham School is an equal opportunities employer.

Working at Uppingham

Uppingham is a vibrant, stimulating, energetic and forward-looking school. Our community is made up of talented people offering a diverse range of experiences. We welcome applications from candidates who are both experienced and new to working within the independent education sector.