Cover Supervisor

The Link Academy, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0PB

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  9 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Grade 5 / 32.5 hours pr week / 39 weeks per year / £19,398.71 - £19,837.44

What skills and experience we're looking for

Dudley Academies Trust is looking to appoint a Cover Supervisor at The Link Academy to cover lessons which are effected by short-term absence of teaching staff, ensuring students are not disadvantaged in terms of the quality of teaching and learning, or in terms of securing good and outstanding outcomes.

What the school offers its staff

The Link Academy is a good school (Ofsted 2022) with high expectations for everyone. With values of dreaming big, rewarding effort, leading together, respecting each other and learning that inspires running through all aspects of school life.

The Values Driven Expectations behaviour management model ensures that all learners are well focused and that there is no low level disruption in lessons; this allows you to concentrate on leading high quality teaching to inspire your learners. Cutting edge data management processes also mean that key data is provided from the centre for you, freeing up your time to act on key information to accelerate learners’ progress.

Dudley Academies Trust was formed in September 2017 under the sponsorship of Dudley College of Technology. Our Trust schools are St James Academy, The Link Academy, Pegasus Academy, Beacon Hill Academy and Blowers Green Primary. The Trust when combined with the sponsor, annually supports 8,500 young people aged 4 to 19 years old and employs almost 1,300 staff.

The Trust recognises that our staff are our most valuable asset and investing in our people is a key strategic priority for the Trust. A common and extensive programme of staff development operates across the Trust, this is extended to senior and middle leaders, aspiring leaders, teaching and support staff and non-qualified teachers.

You will be joining the Trust at an exciting time as we are continuing our journey to provide a first-class education for the young people of Dudley, with outstanding teaching and learning being the Trust’s foremost priority.

Interviews to be held on a rolling basis, suitable candidates will be invited for an interview and the advert will be closed if we find a suitable applicant.

Closing date Thursday 9th January 2025 at midnight - we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the date advertised.

All successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and children and adults barred list checks, where the applicant will be employed in a regulated activity.

Dudley Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, including disabled, and black and ethnic minority applicants.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

DAT Employee Wellbeing Charter.pdf - 344 KB (opens in new tab)

Cover Supervisor JD.pdf - 173 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Link Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Link Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr.helpdesk@dudleyacademiestrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-link-academy (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to The Link Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr.helpdesk@dudleyacademiestrust.org.uk.

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