Rowing Coach

**Salary**:
Dependent on experience

**Job type**:
Part Time, Fixed Term

31 December 2024

**Job overview**:
Taking a lead and teaching: Elements of the rowing program including leading water sessions, indoor rowing training on the ergometers and strength and conditioning sessions in the gym.

The roll will involve planning and coaching rowing sessions at the boat house at Acton Bridge. The rowing club has access to a 5km stretch of river on which the school are the only rowing club. At the boat house students have access to changing facilities and showers, and a club social area which includes kitchen facilities. Grange rowers enjoy the use of an extensive fleet of elite and club racing boats.

**Responsibilities**
- Coaching and leading squads as appropriate in Rowing.
- Individual and team coaching in a range of situations.
- Coaching water and land sessions in line with the program.
- Being involved in regattas, trips and events attended by The Grange School.
- Developing the training program for specific age group squad.

**The Person**
- Experience of coaching or teaching rowing
- Experience of competing and / or coaching in a performance environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- A commitment to instilling and developing excellence in young athletes.
- Ability to engage and motivate young people.
- Ability to plan and deliver against identified goals.
- A commitment to equality and diversity.

**About **The Grange School**:
**The Grange School**
- Bradburns Lane, Hartford, Northwich- Cheshire- CW8 1LU- United Kingdom+44 1606 74007

The Grange School has been one of the great success stories of independent education over the past forty years. The school was founded in 1933 as a Kindergarten and Preparatory School. In 1977, the Governors took the major step of developing secondary education and since 1978 the school has grown steadily and developed an outstanding academic reputation. Today, The Grange has a total enrolment of 1209 students with 411 in the Junior School (4-11 years) and 798 in the Senior School. It is consistently one of the best performing schools in Cheshire and undoubtedly among the very best independent co-educational day schools in the country.

Our academic results speak for themselves; we are consistently one of the highest ranking co-educational independent schools in the country. In 2024, 21% of GCSE entries were awarded grade 9. At A Level (in 2024), 26% of entries were awarded an A* grade. Thanks to these excellent results, 90% of our leavers went on to join their first-choice university.

More importantly we are a very happy school. The relationship between staff and students is exceptional; although very busy and, at times, pressurised, it is a pleasure to work and study in such a friendly environment. Expectations of teachers and pupils are high, but this serves both to stimulate achievement and provide reward.

We understand our chief purpose to be to help produce young people who truly flourish and find fulfilment as adults. We try to do this by helping them to identify and develop their unique combination of strengths, talents and passions, and to challenge them to find a purpose for their lives which such attributes can serve.