Cover Supervisor
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls, Romford, Essex, RM1 2RR12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): 36 hours a week, 38 weeks a year (full-time hours)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,346 to £30,630
Actual salary
- £24,932 to £26,023 (as 84.96% FTE)
Pay scale
- Scale 4.7 to 4.10
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint ahigh-calibre Cover Supervisor to join our talented and supportive teamat The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls.The cover supervisor's main role will be to manage a classroom, ensuring that students remain on task withpre-prepared exercisesandactivities that have been set by the teacher, and to support them wherever possible.You should have a passion for working with young people to ensure they can fulfil their potential.It is an amazing opportunity to gain a clear understanding of a school’s day-to-day operation if you are interested in undertaking ‘Teacher Training’ in the future
The successful candidate will:
- The ability to work effectively and efficiently as part of a team of professionals
- Excellent communication skills, oral, written and presentation skills
- The ability to manage, supervise and direct the activities of children and young people.
- Proficiency in the use of ICT and the software programmes used in schools
- The ability to deploy a range of strategies and techniques to encourage positive behaviour and maintain order and discipline
- The ability to become familiar with the relevant curriculum information and teaching methods
The successful candidate will become part of an oversubscribed, flourishing school for girls aged 11 to 18, with confident, courteous, articulate students and an ethos in empowerment. The school is committed to providing the best learning opportunities in a safe, secure and friendly environment with dedicated colleagues who strive for excellence.
What the school offers its staff
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In return we can offer you:
- Welcoming and friendly colleagues
- A stimulating and welcoming learning environment with excellent facilities, including a farm, an art gallery and our own railway
- High-quality CPD including NPQ and other further qualifications Opportunities to teach across all Key Stages.
- Strong links with girls’ schools in the UK and abroad through the International Coalition of Girls Schools (ICGS)
- Access to theSchools Advisory Service(SAS), the Trust’s employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24-hour-a-day access to a GP helpline for you and those within your household, a counselling service, stress management, weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more.
- Links with the local community, including our charity partner, The Trussell Trust Food Bank
- Increased priority in admission to our school for your child/ren
- Close proximity to the M25, Romford Railway Station (Elizabeth Line) and on a main bus route
For further information about this role, please email recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com. Visits to the school are welcomed.
The Frances Bardsley Academy is a large secondary school situated in Romford, Havering. With beautiful buildings and a stunning site, the school has been recognised as 'Ofsted Outstanding'
Commitment to safeguarding
At LIFE Education Trust, we prioritise the safety and welfare of our students. All staff and volunteers are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding children from abuse.
Our schools comply with the 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' guidelines, which require shortlisted candidates to submit a self-declaration of their criminal record before an interview.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and an enhanced DBS disclosure check is mandatory for the successful applicant.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1408 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls website
- Email address
- recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls is a non-denominational academy secondary school and sixth form for girls aged between 11 and 18. It is located in Romford in the borough of Havering, London. The number of pupils is approximately 1,300.
The school was established in 1906 by Frances Bardsley with the aim of providing free education to the local girls. Formerly across two different sites until 2003, it became The Frances Bardsley School for Girls in 1972 and converted to academy status in 2012.
Arranging a visit to The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com.
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