Cover and Visits Coordinator

St Mark's Church of England Academy, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1SF

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  6 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,239.00 - £32,553.00 Annually (Actual) This is based on a full-time equivalent salary of £36,522 – £38,085 and represents payment on scale S01, point 22- 25

Cover and Visits Coordinator job summary

This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family. Following our full graded Ofsted inspection in May 2024, St Mark’s CoE Academy achieved an Outstanding judgment in all areas of the framework. During the inspection, “pupils said the school’s values of Love, Hope and Trust are ‘not just words’ but are demonstrated by all members of the community.” Inspectors also reported that “working relationships between staff and pupils are warm, caring and respectful. This means that pupils behave exceptionally well and are very happy and safe (May 2024).”

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic colleague to coordinate the cover timetable and external visit arrangements, to support our Ofsted Outstanding academy. There could not be a more exciting time to take on such an impactful role and play a part in positively transforming further the lives of the community served by the school.

The post-holder will be entrusted with maintaining and developing robust systems and processes to effectively manage and communicate the daily cover needs of the academy. They will manage the cover team and to ensure continuity and consistency for our students, through the delivery of cover lessons in line with our internal policies and procedures and underpinned by our strong school values.

The role requires someone with:

• A problem solving, action-orientated approach.
• strong IT skills, with knowledge of Bromcom timetabling an advantage
• an ability to manage a small and highly efficient team, in line with school values
• excellent time management and organisational skills;
• the ability to collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders, internally and externally;
• a resilient, determined and dedicated character.

We are looking to appoint a talented Cover and Visits Coordinator who thrives in an environment where innovation is welcomed, and no two days may be the same. This post-holder would be expected to embrace Anthem’s collaborative ethos and transformational approach.

Teaching and learning here is exceptional and supported by an award winning CPD programme, which you will benefit from and contribute to. Staff use cutting edge research into cognitive science to teach responsively and coach each other weekly through our instructional coaching model.

The impeccable behaviour and attitudes toward learning of our students has also recently been recognised by the Specialist School’s and Academies Trust with the presentation of an award in recognition of our transformational climate for learning. Our students are intelligent, well-mannered and highly-motivated.

​We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Mark's Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 880 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mark's Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mark-s-church-of-england-academy

St Mark’s Church of England Academy is a 11-18 Academy based in the South London borough of Merton. The Academy is rapidly improving as demonstrated by its rapid increase in GCSE headline figures. The Academy is a community founded on our key values of Trust, Hope and Love and these values permeate our school community.

The Academy is located on the outskirts of London and is well served by Mitcham Eastfields train station which runs regular services towards Central London and Sutton and Wimbledon.

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