Cover Supervisor
Dixons Allerton Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 0DH14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday - Friday 8am-3:30pm Term Time Only (35 hours aweek)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £21,004 - £24,678
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Description Post: Cover Supervisor Purpose To challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. Duties and Responsibilities • Cover lessons in the absence of the timetabled teacher. • In accordance with set cover work, deliver lessons which are appropriate to the age and ability of the students so as to facilitate progression in students’ learning. • Ensure that teaching is broad, balanced, relevant, motivational and appropriately differentiated in order to maximise the academic potential of all students. • Ensure that the resources required to effectively deliver the covered lessons are available. • Promote and maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and behaviour policy of the academy. • Provide feedback that moves learning forward. • Ensure that homework is set, where appropriate, and monitored. • Manage resources effectively and ensure classrooms are left tidy and ready for the next lesson. • Collect completed work at the end of the lesson and return it to the appropriate teacher / subject leader. • Provide objective and accurate feedback to the appropriate colleague on student conduct and work completion within the lesson. • Support individual students or small groups, including those with individual needs, as identified by the subject leader. • Supervise students on visits, trips and out of school activities. • Maintain records as requested by the subject leader. • Participate in the academy coaching process. • Support students throughout the day by fulfilling pastoral responsibilities. • Engage fully in the academy professional growth process to fulfil personal potential and be able to participate effectively in the implementation of the academy's strategic big moves. • Attend meetings / training and carry out administrative tasks and duties as specified on the academy calendar. • Consistently implement all academy policies and contribute to decision-making and consultation procedures. • Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the principal. This job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post. It will be reviewed annually.
What the school offers its staff
Why choose Dixons Unity Academy?
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of integrity, resilience and respect and completely committed to our mission: to ensure all students succeed at university or a real alternative; they live happy and purposeful lives.
There are a range of benefits to working at DUA:
- ‘9 in 10’ for teachers, our innovative strategy providing one flexi day per fortnight on top of normal PPA time
- Flexible working for associate staff
- 9 training days per year as we invest in your professional growth
- Wider support and opportunities provided by our exceptional multi academy trust
- Two personal days per year
- No meetings after school, CPD, departmental meetings and fortnightly coaching for every staff member is built in to the school day
- Feedback not marking policy with live, in class, feedback prioritised
- Minimal data inputs and administrative tasks
- Centralised curriculum resourcing to allow you more time for tailoring your teaching
- Exceptionally visible senior and pastoral leaders to support with behaviour and culture
- Health and wellbeing support provided through Simply Health
- Wider benefits such as cycle to work and a technology scheme
- The opportunity to be part of a school on a special improvement journey
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.
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About Dixons Allerton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1864 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Dixons Allerton Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@dixonsua.com
Why choose Dixons Unity Academy?
Consistent behaviour and expectations; teachers can teach and students can learn
Weekly coaching for all staff
Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
Hardworking staff and students who want to do well
Schemes of work fully resourced and ready
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of integrity, resilience and respect and completely committed to our mission: to ensure all students succeed at university or a real alternative; they live happy and purposeful lives.
Dixons Academies Trust
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
We are always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.
Visit our OpenSource platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.
Interviews will take place on 10 February 2025.
Please visit www.dixonsua.com or call us on 0113 512 5530 and speak to Nichol Pace, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
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