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Cover Supervisor

Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, AL5 5FH

This job expired on 22 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 June 2024

• Closing date

  22 April 2024 at 10am

• Date listed

  21 March 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,893.00 - £27,334.00 Annually (FTE) H4-H5

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our friendly and supportive Cover Team.

Your role will involve the supervision of classes during periods of teaching staff absence to ensure that set work is completed to a high standard and behaviour is well managed in line with the school's Behaviour for Learning policy.

Duties will include:

• Discussing cover work with teachers ahead of planned absences
• Liaison with appropriate staff (subject leaders, teachers and support staff) regarding work set to ensure that the requirements are fully understood
• Providing students with clear information and instructions relating to the work they are to complete
• Supervising work that has been set by a teacher
• Managing the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking set work to ensure student safety and create an environment conducive to learning
• Responding to any questions from students about processes and procedures
• Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures
• Understanding and adhering to the school’s Behaviour for Learning policy, with particular regard to celebrating success
• Collecting completed work after the lesson and passing it to the appropriate teacher
• Offering SEN support in the event of no teacher cover being required
• Providing administrative support as required, including the inputting of known future cover requirements
• Undertaking a weekly morning break and/or lunch duty, supervising students in and around the school premises

The successful applicant will ideally:

• have previous experience in a similar role
• be confident and supportive
• possess excellent interpersonal skills
• be able to demonstrate empathy with young people

On-the-job training will be provided, as required, under the direction of our teaching staff and Lead Cover Supervisor.

In return, you will have access to our staff benefits package including:

• An annual Flex Day to be taken on a day of your choice (with an additional day granted for every 4 years of service)
• Free parking on site
• Free use of the school gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our in-house team of Mental Health First Aiders
• Buddy system for new staff
• Regular staff socials
• Discounts with local businesses
• Access to mentoring and CPD opportunities both in-house and within our wider community.
• An opportunity to work with friendly and welcoming colleagues in a modern, aesthetically pleasing and forward-thinking environment.

The ethos of our school focuses on enabling every student and staff member to make outstanding progress. You will be supported in your role by our Lead Cover Supervisor, giving you the opportunity to enhance your skills and accelerate your career.

If you share our belief that young people have the right to a transformational educational experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential and realise their ambitions, then we look forward to hearing from you.

At KWS, we understand the value of having a workforce that reflects and represents our multi-ethnic student body from an equality, diversity and inclusivity perspective. We therefore welcome and embrace applications from all backgrounds.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced, with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

As part of our selection and appointment process, and in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, we are required to conduct online searches on all candidates in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.

Applications will be shortlisted throughout the process, and we may interview and close the advert early if we are in a position to recruit a suitable candidate. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply early.

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 Katherine Warington School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 744 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Katherine Warington School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/katherine-warington-school (opens in new tab)

Katherine Warington School is a new comprehensive, co‐educational and non‐denominational academic secondary school (opened September 19) with 750 students currently (180 in each of years 7, 8, 9 and 10 – these year groups are already oversubscribed). The school will add a

further 180 students in each subsequent year and then open a 250 strong Sixth Form. By 2025 we will have grown to our capacity of 1,150 students. The school was established through the partnership of the Harpenden Secondary Schools Trust, which includes the three outstanding

schools in Harpenden: Roundwood Park, St George’s and Sir John Lawes and additional partners: the University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research Centre (a world leading non‐profit agricultural science research centre).

Further details about the school, including our prospectus and virtual tour, can be found on our website: www.kwschool.co.uk

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