Cover Supervisor
West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DP10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday - Term Time only The working hours are from 8:35am to 3:45pm Monday to Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch each day. This is 6.2 hours per day or 31 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £21,886
What skills and experience we're looking for
West Kirby Grammar School are looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to provide classroom supervision in the event of absent teachers and generally support the smooth operation of the academy staff at other times.
This position would suit someone who is interested in gaining experience before embarking on teacher training or looking to work within a school setting.
Excellent instruction skills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with young people to explain ideas and support their learning is essential.
The working hours are from 8:35am to 3:45pm Monday to Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch each day. This is 6.2 hours per day or 31 hours per week. The main purpose of the role is to:
- Arrive at school collect cover work and prepare/organise for cover lessons;
- Cover Form Registration if required;
- Provide cover for up to six lessons per day. If there is no cover requirement on that they can be directed to undertake admin tasks during lesson time
Key Role/Function:
To supervise students in the absence of a teacher to enable them to continue their learning by carrying
out pre-prepared activities and tasks under supervision.
West Kirby Grammar School is a very successful selective girls' school with a coeducational Sixth Form. With over 1,200 students on roll, our results are consistently outstanding. In 2024, the Progress 8 score was +0.42, with 51% of GCSE results at grades 9–7 and 15% at grade 9. At A level, 61% of grades were A–B*, with the average grade being a B.
Further information and an application form are available to download from the School’s website (https://wkgs.org) or by contacting the School on 0151 632 3449.
A completed application form and a
letter addressing the content of the person specification (no more than two sides of A4) should be
submitted to office@wkgs.net for the attention of Mr S. Clarke, Headteacher.
We are looking to attract candidates with the qualifications, skills and experience detailed below:
E: Essential D: Desirable
1. Qualifications
- NVQ level 2 or above qualification – appropriate to the post (or equivalent) (E)
2. Experience
- Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age (D)
- Experience of working in a relevant classroom/service environment (D)
3. Knowledge
- Ability to operate at a level of understanding and competence equivalent to NVQ Level 2 (E)
- Ability to relate well to children (E)
- Ability to demonstrate confidence, assertiveness and helpfulness (E)
- An ability to deal with difficult situations. (E)
- Ability to form effective and appropriate working relationships/boundaries with young people (E)
- Ability to work as part of a team (E)
- Good communication skills (E)
- Ability to problem solve (E)
- Time management skills (E)
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise (E)
- Knowledge of the concept of confidentiality (E)
- First Aid Certificate (training provided if required) (D)
- Good numeracy and literacy skills (E)
- Ability to make effective use of ICT (E)
- Flexible attitude to work (E)
4. Special Requirements
- Professional approach to conduct, attendance and dress (E)
- Enhanced DBS clearance and identity checks (E)
- Excellent References (E)
What the school offers its staff
- Deadlines well publicised and staff consulted on the annual calendar
- Headteacher ‘Open Door’ Policy at all times
- Opportunities for professional development always considered
- Access for all staff to self-referral Health & Wellbeing Support package
- In-house Wellbeing Manager available to all staff, and Staff Wellbeing Committee that monitors and responds to staff needs.
- A flexible and generous approach to family appointments and child events
- On site car parking available
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular social events organised by the Social Committee
Further details about the role
CV's or approaches from agencies are not accepted
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@wkgs.net
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Kirby Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1225 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Kirby Grammar School website
- Email address
- office@wkgs.net
- Phone number
- 0151 632 3449
A selective, all-girls grammar school with co-educational sixth form, providing Wirral and the wider region with an outstanding education since 1913.
Every student arrives at West Kirby Grammar School with a unique combination of talents, skills and aspirations – it’s our job to help each of our students to discover and nurture theirs.
We do this by providing pupils with a wealth of opportunities and choices, enabling everyone to find out what they enjoy and are good at. We create a caring and supportive environment, whilst at the same time allowing students to solve problems for themselves, ensuring that we develop resilient and enterprising learners.
We don’t believe that anyone is born with fixed abilities and intelligence. With the right teaching, support and motivation, children can grow and thrive in subjects they never considered themselves to be cut out for. And whilst our academic record speaks for itself, we know that students learn and develop both in and out of the classroom. That’s why we offer such a broad range of extra-curricular opportunities, through which pupils develop vital life skills and forge lasting friendships.
Because of all of this, our students leave us equipped to thrive in a complex world, ready to make a positive contribution locally and globally as tomorrow’s leaders.
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