Basketball Coach

An opportunity has arisen to work at an Ofsted Outstanding sixth form college. The college’s reputation attracts students from across Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Wyke has grown significantly over the last decade, accommodating over 2500 exclusively level three students on a modern £30M university-style campus. At Wyke, we put the student first and all decisions centre around staff working together to meet their best interests. 97% of our current teachers and support staff recommend working here. Come and join the amazing learning culture that creates “The Wyke Experience”.

Wyke is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and inspiring coach for the Basketball team.

The successful candidate will:

• Be keen to embrace our culture of high standards and commitment to development.

• Be skilled in delivering engaging sessions that draw the best performance from students.

• Have the ability to build strong relationships with students and colleagues and understand the factors that lead to high levels of student achievement.

• Develop and discuss tactics and strategies for both individual and team play.

• Carrying out preparation, administration & meet with the Sports Coordinator where necessary.

• Attending weekly fixtures managing the team on match days.

Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the College, please contact Hollie.Rhodes@wyke.ac.uk or eddy.birch@wyke.ac.uk  to do this.

We offer a forward-thinking, welcoming college with supportive management and a modern environment. Benefits include a strong programme of staff development and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. We are lucky to work with great students who are here to learn and 97% of staff said they would recommend the College as a good place to work in the Spring 2026 Staff Pulse Survey. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from a diverse range of applicants. We would love our staff ethnicity and cultural profile to closely match the student population we serve.

The College takes safeguarding extremely seriously and a full range of pre-employment checks as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education including a satisfactory enhanced DBS with barred list check and an online search will be required for this post. All posts at the College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and it is an offence for those barred from working with children to even apply for a role at the College.

For further details and an application form please see below or visit www.wyke.ac.uk/about-wyke/staff-vacancies . If you have any queries about applying for the role or require paper copies of the information, please contact personnel@wyke.ac.uk, or call 01482 346347.

The closing date for received applications is 16th June 2026 at 5p.m.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd June 2026.

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