Cover Supervisor
The Ferrars Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0LL9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
10 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,287.71 Annually (Actual)
Cover Supervisor job summary
About this Role
The Ferrars Academy is a very popular, successful and well resourced academy; rated Good by Ofsted, we pride ourselves on delivering excellence in education, for infant and nursery aged children. We are located on the outskirts of Luton close to the M1, A5 link roads and the L&D hospital. Our 3 form entry school has a very diverse school population with a range of different languages, religions and cultures. Our children are well behaved and learn in a vibrant and friendly environment.
The Ferrars Academy is looking for an enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our team. We welcome applications from experienced support staff who believe they can make a positive difference to learning by providing our children with exciting and memorable experiences. You will supervise a prepared lesson in the absence of a class teacher, ensuring that in doing so the pupils’ learning and development is continued and maintained. You will also need to have the ability to communicate the work set by the class teacher to the pupils; ensuring that they are aware of expectations for both behaviour and task completion.
You will:
- Have a positive outlook to ensure the children are at the heart of all your actions.
- A passion for empowering children to reach their maximum potential.
- Have experience of working with children of infant school age.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent ICT skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work as part of a team
- Ability to work in a highly pressured environment to meet demands and deadlines
- Flexibility in your approach and thinking
We can offer you:
- A vibrant and friendly environment
- Friendly and welcoming staff
- A supportive leadership team
- A range of staff benefits and incentives including discounted wrap around care fees and staff lunches, online delivery drop off service and free refreshments
This is a fixed term position until 31st August 2025. 33.5 hours per week, Mon 8:30am-5:00pm Tues-Fri 8:30am-4:00pm with 1 hour for lunch, term time only. (38 weeks per year).
Quotes from our current staff members
“The academy allows me time off to watch my own children’s performances”
“As a new member of staff, I felt welcomed and supported”
“Ferrars offers a friendly, family working environment”
Additional information:
Applicants for this public facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice in fluently spoken English.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
CV's and Personal statements are not accepted for any posts based in schools.
Please ensure that references include your most recent employer and that the contact email is their professional NOT their personal email address.
Successful applicants may be called to interview before the closing date and as such the advert may be withdrawn earlier than stated so early applications are encouraged.
Interview date: TBC
Visits to the school are welcomed, please contact the school office to book an appointment.
The Ferrars Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the wellbeing of all our staff.
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.
About The Ferrars Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 335 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Ferrars Academy website (opens in new tab)
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