Introduction
The Royal Grammar School Worcester is one of the leading independent co-educational day
schools in the West Midlands. The RGS Senior School has approximately 900 pupils aged 11 – 18
years, including a Sixth Form of 250 students. There are a further 450 pupils aged 2 – 11 years in
the two RGS Preparatory Schools, RGS The Grange (two miles north of Worcester City Centre in
the village of Claines, and RGS Springfield (a two minute walk from the Senior School in Britannia
Square. RGS Dodderhill with its 180 pupils joined the RGS Family of Schools in 2018 and is
situated in Droitwich Spa, 5 miles North of Worcester. The Headmaster of the Senior School is also
the Executive Head of the RGS Worcester Family of Schools and is a member of the Headmasters’
and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC).
History
RGS was founded some time around 685 and lays claim to being the sixth oldest school in the
world. The School has a rich history: RGS received its Elizabethan Charter in 1561 and was granted
its ‘Royal’ title by Queen Victoria in 1869. From 1950 until 1983, the School was administered by
Worcestershire LEA as a voluntary aided grammar school and the School reverted to independence
in 1983. RGS became co-educational in 2002 and merged with the neighbouring girls’ school, The
Alice Ottley School, in 2007. The Senior School is now close to 50:50 boy:girl.
Job Description
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
• To be an ambassador for cricket and help raise the profile of RGS Worcester’s cricket in the
local area and beyond.
• To uphold the school’s reputation and Charter for Sport.
• To ensure all pupils’ experience, at any level, is a positive and enjoyable one
• To assist in the delivery of a comprehensive Winter and pre-season programme for all
performance cricketers alongside the Head of Cricket.
• To work alongside the Head of Cricket in delivering a clear and progressive scheme of work for
all ages and abilities.
• To plan and deliver day to day coaching plans for the cricket coaching team.
• To assist with the planning of both girls’ and boys’ cricket fixtures.
• To be fully involved in the provision of other sports within the School’s Sports programme when
not running or coaching Cricket, including running training sessions and fixtures.
• To take responsibility for, and contribute to, the coaching of cricket teams within the School –
both boys and girls. This will include Saturday matches alongside weekly games/training
sessions.
• To contribute to the RGS Worcester Athlete Development Programme (ADP) – specifically
monitoring individual pupils’ training/competing and work-life balances and to offer support and
advice where necessary.
• To work alongside the Head of Cricket in maximising our outreach potential, looking specifically
at links with local prep schools, clubs and Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
• To communicate with pupils and parents on important issues such as team selection and
playing/training commitments.
Facilities
RGS Worcester is situated a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the City of Worcester and is
convenient for rail and bus links. The School’s older buildings are mostly pre-20th Century and five
of them have been listed by English Heritage, the most notable being Britannia House, built in 1730,
and the ruins of a Cistercian nunnery known as Whiteladies, dating from c.1240.
The School has superb facilities, which include a Sixth Form Centre, refurbished Science Block,
Language Laboratory, Library, Fitness Centre, two Sports Halls, Dance Studio, Lecture Theatre, Art
Block, Design Centre, Performing Arts Centre, a full-size floodlit all-weather pitch and several
pavilions. Some of the playing fields are close by to the main school site and there are 50 acres of
grounds at RGS The Grange as well as a new International Hockey Centre shared with Worcester
Hockey Club situated between the two Schools. All classrooms are equipped with IT facilities and
there are four bookable computer rooms. Each member of staff has the use of a laptop computer
and iPad
Location
RGS Worcester is located in the northern part of Worcester and is easily accessible from the City as
well as surrounding towns and villages. House prices in the area are extremely attractive compared
to other cities and are equally favourable both as a first-time buyer looking for a flat or small house
and those seeking a family home. There is also a strong rental market. For those looking to move
out of London, Worcester offers considerable property opportunity.
Worcester is a vibrant and beautiful city overlooking the banks of the River Severn. The
extraordinary Cathedral reveals the great history and tradition of the City and sits alongside modern
shopping and leisure facilities. Worcester boasts extensive cultural activities and sporting life
including the Worcestershire County Cricket Club ground in the centre of the City and Worcester
Warriors’ Sixways Stadium a few minutes drive from the School.
The surrounding area offers the outdoors life with the Malvern Hills and many other locations for
walking, cycling, canoeing, rowing and other outdoor pursuits. A few minutes out of Worcester,
visitors find themselves in rural villages and surrounding countryside. With its excellent transport
links to Birmingham and London, Worcester offers something for everyone and is certainly an
extremely attractive place to work and live.
School Aims
The aims of the School are to reach a high level of academic achievement, to be a caring and
civilised society within a well-disciplined environment and, by placing emphasis on a wide range of
sporting, cultural and other activities, to extend pupils in as many ways as possible. Overall, the aim
is to offer a balanced and challenging education, which will stand pupils in good stead in their future
careers and within the community at large. Our School film ‘Worcester is green” (available on our
website www.rgsw.org.uk) gives a flavour of our pupil-centred approach.
At RGS we take great pride in providing support for every pupil and ensure that each individual feels
a part of the RGS Family. We aim to guide and encourage our pupils to seize the many
opportunities that life at RGS provides.
We delight in seeing happy children enjoying their time at school but we also realise that
adolescence can bring with it challenges and pressures. We work to equip our young people
with the confidence, strength and self-belief that will allow them to realise their potential and lead
fulfilling lives, both during their time at RGS and beyond.
We achieve this through our comprehensive programme of personal development and our diverse
pastoral team, which works to connect with each individual
Sport at RGS
The School’s sports facilities are extensive and reflect the Board of Governors’ ambition and their
sustained investment in RGSW Sport. The main school site has two Sports Halls (including 6 indoor
cricket lanes, a Fitness Suite, Dance Studio, a floodlit all-weather pitch and 4 netball courts. A short
walk away are St Oswald’s and Flagge Meadow playing fields, with the latter playing host to 1st XV
Rugby, 1st XI Football and 1st XI Cricket matches, as well as Worcestershire CCC 2nd XI fixtures.
At RGS The Grange there are a further 50 acres of grounds and pitches and a full-size floodlit
Astro. The most recent additions are two international standard water-based pitches at the Hockey
Centre the School shares with Worcester Hockey Club, a mile from RGS Worcester. The
School also shares a Boathouse with Worcester Rowing Club on the nearby River Severn and our
swimmers have use of the local swimming pool.
Cricket is the focus sport for boys and girls during the Trinity term. The School has a busy fixture list with
block fixtures against several other strong cricketing schools, as well as the MCC and The Gentlemen of
Worcestershire. At the end of each season the Boys 1st XI compete in the RGS Cricket Festival, when
all 6 RGS schools in the UK take it in turn to host a week-long festival of cricket. The School also looks
to run an overseas Cricket tour every two years, with the next tour being to Barbados in February 2025.
In recent years our Netball, Hockey and Cricket teams have reached Regional and National finals
and across all our Focus Sports the School consistently produces large numbers of County and
Regional Academy players, several of whom go on to win international honours. As well as
our six Focus Sports (Hockey, Rugby, Football, Netball, Cricket and Rowing, the School
competes in a multitude of other sports, including Fencing, Cross Country, Athletics,
Swimming, Tennis, Horse-Riding and Golf and supports talented athletes across a range of
other individual activities.
A unique aspect of sport at RGS Worcester is that our senior teams, in their local derby fixtures,
get to experience playing Football and Rugby at Sixways Stadium, Netball at the University of
Worcester Arena and Hockey at the Hockey Centre, in front of large crowds of up to 4000.