25 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    2 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 February 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£18,834 to £20,171 Per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

30 Hours per week (part time hours possible) - Term time plus 5 Staff Training days - To start ASAP

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a very popular, oversubscribed and successful school set in 28 acres of parkland in Caversham to the north of Reading.

We are seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to cover lessons for absent teaching staff. Applicants should be confident, supportive and possess good interpersonal and communication skills.

We are keen to appoint a proactive and passionate individual with a strong classroom presence, with excellent classroom and behaviour management skills. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a similar environment.

You will be linked to a curriculum area and will undertake administrative tasks when you are not required for cover.

Why Highdown School?
• We are a Good School with many outstanding features which continues to rapidly improve
• We are committed to staff professional learning and leadership development for all staff, at all levels
• Staff have subsidised access to Highdown Sport and Leisure facilities

We are on a journey to becoming a ‘regional centre of excellence’. Why not join us?

What the school offers its staff

To apply, please go to the following link: https://www.eteach.com/careers/highdown-reading/

Closing Date: Applications will be considered on receipt

Highdown School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

We are also trained in safer recruitment and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and a ‘Prohibition from Teaching’ check.

As part of our safeguarding procedures, candidates will also be subject to an online record search.

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.

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About Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1562 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Highdown was awarded academy status in 2010 and was judged to be a good school by Ofsted in April 2015.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a thriving school where all students are challenged to reach excellence every day.

Our most important resource is our staff. Therefore, we aim to create the conditions and culture within the academy that make Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre a rewarding place to work. We are committed to investing in staff professional learning and leadership development, taking action to rationalise workload, promote mental and physical health and wellbeing, and encourage collaboration and peer support.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and support staff (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment.

Arranging a visit to Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ruflint@highdown.reading.sch.uk.

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