Cover Manager
The Hurst School, Tadley, Hampshire, RG26 5NL19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 35 hours per week - 39 weeks per year (Term Time plus inset days) Mon – Fri 7.30am – 3pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,918 – £ 29,616
Actual salary
- £ 21,780 - £23,963
Pay scale
- Grade D
What skills and experience we're looking for
A successful, popular, and high-achieving school with over 1000 students, The Hurst School combines outstanding facilities with a real commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.
Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, the school is situated in a stunning rural location on the Berkshire-Hampshire border with easy access from Basingstoke, Reading and surrounding areas.
The school is looking to appoint a highly motivated and organised Cover Manager to arrange long-term and short-term cover needs and lead a team of cover supervisors. The team consists of 3 cover supervisors who deliver cover lessons when teaching staff are absent. The Cover Manager will also be required to act as a Cover Supervisor as required, to oversee whole classes during the short-term absence of the class teacher.
The person appointed will indisputably need to be:
- Willing to share our values of Respect, Commitment, Ambition, Community and Excellence
- An energetic and organised individual with excellent time management skills.
- A strong communicator and negotiator
- Experience of working in a teaching/child support environment is desirable but not essential as training will be given. The ability to build relationships with students is vital, alongside upholding the high expectations of the school.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly school and ensure good outcomes for all our students.
What the school offers its staff
The benefits package includes free on-site parking, laptop, staff discounts to an on-site gym and an on-site nursery.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Hurst School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1014 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Hurst School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- theheadteacher@hurst.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01189817474
A successful, popular and highly regarded school with around 982 pupils. The Hurst School combines outstanding facilities with a real commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. A rural school within easy driving distance of Reading, Newbury and Basingstoke.
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