9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025 - once all safer recruitment checks are complete

  • Closing date

    13 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    29 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,925.00 - £34,941.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Outer London, Scale points 18-21, 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year ( term time, plus 5 INSET days) salary will be pro rata to actual hours & weeks worked

Cover Supervisor job summary

The Woodside Primary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our team.  We welcome applications from experienced support staff who believe they can make a positive difference to learning by providing our children with exciting and memorable experiences. You will supervise a prepared lesson in the absence of a class teacher, ensuring that in doing so the pupils’ learning and development is continued and maintained.  You will also need to have the ability to communicate the work set by the class teacher to the pupils; ensuring that they are aware of expectations for both behavior and task completion. 


You will:

    • Have a positive outlook to ensure the children are at the heart of all your actions. 
    • A passion for empowering children to reach their maximum potential. 
    • Have experience of working with children of primary school age. 

     We would like to hear from you if you have:

      • Excellent written and spoken communication skills 
      • Excellent organisational skills 
      • Excellent ICT skills 
      • Ability to use own initiative and work as part of a team 
      • Ability to work in a highly pressured environment to meet demands and deadlines 
      • Flexibility in your approach and thinking 

      For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only. 

      Why Work with REAch2 Academy Trust?

      Join REAch2 Academy Trust, one of the UK's largest primary academy trusts, with a mission to unlock the potential of every child, regardless of their background. Here’s why joining our team can be an exciting and fulfilling career choice:

      • Excellence & Development: We prioritise high standards and offer extensive professional development and career growth opportunities.
      • Supportive & Collaborative: Be part of a strong, collaborative community of over 60 schools where every voice is valued, and best practices are shared.
      • Well-being Focus: We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer robust well-being support for all staff.
      • Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and believe that varied perspectives strengthen our schools.
      • Innovation & Impact: Bring creativity to the classroom and make a real difference in children’s lives.
      • Making a difference: Working with REAch2 means contributing to something bigger than yourself. You’ll be helping to shape the lives of young learners, making a meaningful impact on communities and future generations.

      Join us to grow your career, collaborate with passionate educators, and make a lasting impact on future generations.

      Benefits

      • We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well-being:
      • Generous Annual Leave: healthy work-life balance.
      • Professional Development: Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
      • Flexible & Family-Friendly: We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time, term-time, home working, and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.  
      • Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
      • Well-being Support: Receive comprehensive well-being and employee assistance for you and your family.

      Join REAch2 for a rewarding career with great benefits!

      Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

      At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

      We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

      For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

      All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

      The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.

      Commitment to safeguarding

      Woodside Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

      Applying for the job

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      About The Woodside Primary Academy

      School type
      Academy, ages 2 to 11
      Education phase
      Primary
      School size
      1296 pupils enrolled
      Age range
      2 to 11

      Primary School plus Nursery

      School location

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