Cover Supervisor

LeighAcademiesTrust; Longfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with progression

Local Government Pension Scheme

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Collaborative MAT network

LAT benefits

Job summary

Leigh Academy Longfield is recruiting a Cover Supervisor to support staff and students during short-term teacher absences. The role requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport with pupils and colleagues.

Ideal for graduates seeking a teaching career; full training is provided. Working hours are 8:15am to 3:15pm, Monday to Friday, term-time plus 1 inset week.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate with an interest in pursuing a career in teaching.
• Full training provided for successful candidates.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport.

Responsibilities

• Provide full support to staff and students during short-term absence of teachers.
• Assist with classroom management and engagement during lessons.
• Support subject specialists by preparing materials as directed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Graduate

Job description

Competitive salary with progression opportunities + Local Government Pension Scheme + 24/7 access to a free virtual GP Service + collaborative MAT network + additional LAT benefits.

Leigh Academy Longfield now has an opportunity to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join their dedicated team to provide full support to the staff and students.

The successful candidate will ensure the good behaviour of our students and make sure students engage in their learning during short-term absence of teachers. Cover work will be supplied wherever possible for you to use as a basis for the lessons and we will also determine your subject specialisms with you as a preference. Excellent interpersonal skills are required for this post as our successful candidates need to demonstrate that they can build good rapport with staff and students alike.

This post is ideal for graduates with an interest in developing a career in teaching as the experience you can gain from this is first-hand, and also those who may have had experience within the education sector beforehand.

Please note that whilst previous experience within an education environment is desirable, full training will be provided for successful candidates.

The actual salary for this role is £19,655 per annum (£26,016 full-time equivalent), term-time + 1 week inset. The working hours for this role are 8:15am - 3:15pm with a 30-minute lunch break, Monday - Friday.

Working with us at Leigh Academy Longfield

Leigh Academy Longfield offers a friendly and supportive working environment with innovation and collaboration at the heart of everything we do. The academy is recognised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school and delivers the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to students in years 7 -9. Our most recent inspection in 2018 confirmed that Leigh Academy Longfield continues to provide strong educational outcomes for students. The richness of our extracurricular activities allows our students to excel in drama, music, sports and STEM. Leaders of the academy are highly ambitious for all of the students. We have a strong drive for school improvement underpinned by a relentless focus on the core business of improving teaching and learning. We do not limit that ambition to the outcomes of public examinations; our students being prepared for life is equally as important to everyone at the academy. Our pastoral system is truly exceptional and we pride ourselves on the quality of care for every student. Our Post-16 provision continues to go from strength to strength, rated in the top 10% for Kent, with our students securing places at top universities.

Leigh Academy Longfield benefits from modern, state-of-the-art facilities for learning across all subject areas. We have a thorough and robust approach to school improvement, and the academy is well on course to becoming a truly Outstanding school.

The school is heavily oversubscribed in year 7 and year 12. For more information about our academy, please click here.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about it on our Careers site. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.