Cover Supervisor - Kingston

Cover Supervisor – Secondary School – Permanent – ASAP start

Role: Cover Supervisor

School: Secondary – Girls

Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames

Contract: Permanent – Part-Time (31 hours per week, Term-Time)

Salary: £21,195-£23,221 per annum

Start Date: ASAP

Our Secondary School and Sixth Form is a comprehensive girls’ state secondary school, with a co-educational Sixth Form. The school is heavily oversubscribed and is committed to providing an excellent education to children in the local area.

We are proud of the progress our students make from their starting points during their time with us: the school’s Progress 8 score was +0.52 and 40% of GCSE entries were graded 7 to 9 last year.

Our school is vibrant and diverse, serving the local area of New Malden. We value every individual and the rich wealth of experience, knowledge, values and beliefs they bring to our school.

The experience and talent you will bring to our school will ensure we continue to provide the best education for our students and further increase the breadth of opportunity for the next generation.

Responsible for: Supervising a whole class of pupils when a Teacher is absent

Purpose of the post

• Supervising work that has been set in accordance with the school policy
• Managing the behaviour of pupils whilst they are undertaking this work to ensure a constructive environment
• Professional Values and Practice
• Staff demonstrate high expectations of all pupils; respect their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic backgrounds; and are committed to raising their educational achievement
• Treat pupils consistently with respect and consideration, and are concerned for their development as learners
• Demonstrate and promote the positive values and attitudes they expect from their pupils
• Communicate sensitively and effectively with parents and carers, recognising their roles in pupils' learning and their rights, responsibilities, and interests in this
• Understand the contribution that all staff and other professionals make to teaching and learning
• Contribute to, and share responsibility in, the corporate life of the school.

Main responsibilities and tasks

• Supervise pupils in lessons or examinations
• Liaise with Heads of Department and Line manager as required.
• Explain cover work to pupils
• Respond to any questions from pupils about process and procedures
• Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures
• Help pupils with the organisation of materials and their work
• Collect in work or comply with any special instructions requested by the usual teacher
• Ensure orderly lessons with a formal start and dismissal in line with school policy and

procedures

• Work within the school behaviour policy
• Break Duty as needed
• Comply with any other reasonable request from the Headteacher

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent in both English and Mathematics)
• Requirement to participate in training/development as/when identified by line manager as essential for the performance of the post
• Willingness to participate in other development and training opportunities

Desirable:

• Educated to degree level

Experience

Essential:

• A proven record of working with young people

Desirable:

• Proven experience of working with children of relevant age in a learning environment

Personal skills and attributes

• The following essential skills and attributes will be looked for during the course of the interview process and evident from the application as appropriate
• Ability to engage constructively with, and relate to, a wide range of young people from different backgrounds
• A commitment to high academic standards
• The ability to motivate and enthuse students
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• An ordered and systematic approach to organisation of workload
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to use other technology to support learning – e.g. video, photocopier, projector
• Ability to demonstrate and promote good practice in line with the ethos of the School
• Understanding of safeguarding issues and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Suitability to work with children

If you are interested in this Cover Supervisor opportunity, trials & interviews can be arranged ASAP.

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful Teacher of English will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.

To apply for this Cover Supervisor opportunity your detailed CV to Clarus Education now to be considered. We will be contacting those shortlisted within 48 hours of an application.

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Cover Supervisor – Secondary School – Permanent – ASAP start