Cover Supervisor

Stratton School, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JB

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  18 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,294.00 - £26,421.00 Annually (FTE) £18,384-£19,994 Actual

Cover Supervisor job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team as a Cover Supervisor This key role will provide high-quality cover to classes in the absence of the teacher.

The Opportunity

• A great chance to work with a strong, enthusiastic team.
  Provide strong professional supply cover across all Key Stages.
  To actively engage with the class
  To help raise standards by providing support to departments and academy.
  To assist with student intervention as directed

The ideal candidate

• Have a good educational background with evidence of CPD.
  Experience of working in the education sector.
  Experience of working with young people in a learning environment.
  Possess excellent interpersonal skills to effectively influence
  Be a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude.
  Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity.

Benefits of working for us:

As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.

As well as the above we also offer:

• Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning
  Free annual eye tests
  Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support.
  Unlimited value cycle to work scheme.

To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust

Stratton is a vibrant School with around 900 students on roll. Due to considerable housing development within and around Biggleswade, the school has grown significantly, including admitting students in Y7 & Y8 in September 2024. We are proud of our large and successful Sixth Form and the breadth of curriculum we can offer our post-16 students. In every respect we are a truly comprehensive school with a full ability range. As the only provider of Key Stage 4 and 5 education in the town, our challenge is to move effortlessly between preparing Year 13 students for top universities to working with students who, without our support, would have rejected the concept of education. Our students are our best advertisement, although closely followed by our dedicated, creative and passionate staff.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications is: 18th November 2024 at Midday

Interview to take place on: TBC

The school reserve the right to shortlist, interview and appoint before the application deadline, and the vacancy will close upon the appointment of the right candidate.

Recruitment agencies need not contact the school until after the closing date.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Stratton School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 782 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Stratton School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stratton-upper-school (opens in new tab)

Stratton is a thriving Upper School with around 1,000 students on roll. The school has grown considerably in recent years; it is popular with the local community and includes over 250 students in the Sixth Form. In many respects we are a true comprehensive school with a full ability range. As the only education provider in the town, our challenge is to move effortlessly between preparing Yr13 students for top universities to working with students who without our support could have rejected the concept of education. Our students are our best advertisement, although closely followed by the dedication of our staff.

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