8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 September 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    11 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours/39 weeks

Contract type

Fixed term - August 2025 but subject to change - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

Grade 5, SCP 15 to 20, £27,803- £30,296 (pro-rata £23,913 - £26,057)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint highly motivated, skilled and creative Lesson Supervisor who will share our vision and ambitions for our young people. The successful applicant will need to have very good numeracy and literacy skills as well as excellent communication and inter-personal skills. Experience of working with young people in a school setting is desirable.

This post offers an outstanding opportunity to join our school and is ideal for an ambitious person who is looking to develop professionally. The role may suit anyone who may be considering a career as a teacher.

Our team of lesson supervisors work across the whole curriculum and they also provide support to students as needed. You will supervise the work that has been set by the teacher and manage the behaviour of pupils in the classroom to ensure a positive learning environment.

We are looking for:

  • Someone who is an excellent role model, creative and motivational
  • Someone who is able to inspire and challenge young people
  • Someone who has experience of working with young people preferably in a classroom environment
  • Someone with exciting ideas who can build on existing good practice
  • Someone who will be engaged in all aspects of a thriving school

When not required to cover lessons for absent teachers, Lesson Supervisors act as in-class support.

Chorus Education Trust is proud to support flexible working arrangements.

What the school offers its staff

Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in north-east Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including the school’s Sixth Form.

Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust in April 2023, at which point we also welcomed a new headteacher, whose proven track record in developing a positive ethos under strong leadership is enabling the school on its journey of improvement. Further appointments to the senior leadership team have created a school with ambition to deliver on the Chorus Trust ethos of outstanding achievement for all.

The school itself is situated on the outskirts of Eckington on the Derbyshire/Sheffield border, overlooking open countryside. The campus is arranged around a shrub-filled courtyard that enables easy access to outside spaces for all.

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

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About Eckington School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1231 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
01246 432849

Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in North-East Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including 150 in the school’s Sixth Form. In April 2023, Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust, also welcoming a new Headteacher.

Eckington School is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future.

You can view the school website at: www.eckington.net

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