Cover Supervisor
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PGThis job expired on 13 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: ZERO HOURS
Contract type
- Fixed term - CASUAL
Pay scale
- NJC 9 currently £13.02 per hour (plus holiday pay)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated Cover Supervisor to join our collaborative and supportive team. The ideal candidate will be required to supervise classes during the absence of teachers, under the guidance of the Cover Manager and teaching/senior staff, to implement programmed work with students in or out of the classroom. It is important that the ideal candidate is able to work constructively as part of the teaching team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and their position within these.
You will ideally have experience of working within a cover supervision role within a school context. You are someone who is flexible, able to use initiative and keep calm under pressure or during any unexpected circumstances. You are someone who has good numeracy and literacy skills, has a familiarity with ICT, and understands how to support learning. The ideal candidate requires the ability to deal with colleagues and students in an appropriate manner
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Queen Mary’s Grammar School
• teach gifted and intelligent students who have a real motivation to succeed
• a thriving and expanding school that achieves examination success, particularly at GCSE level
• professional autonomy in the classroom – you are encouraged to teach in a style that suits you and your subject
• a Headmaster and Senior Leadership Team that operate an open-door policy to support colleagues personally as well as professionally
• we take our mental health seriously, considering workload and staff wellbeing
• a dedicated induction programme for new staff and ECTs to ensure you are supported at whatever stage of your career you join us
• opportunities to play a role in the wider life of the school, including involvement in the CCF, music, debating, drama, coaching of sports teams and other trips and opportunities, such as visits to Farchynys (our Welsh field centre)
• career progression – many of our current middle and senior leaders are “home-grown” promotions from within.
Commitment to safeguarding
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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About Queen Mary's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1312 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Queen Mary's Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is far more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. We are an outstanding school, as recognised by OFSTED in our most recent inspection in March 2023.
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