Cover Supervisor

Landau Forte Charitable Trust; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable education trust in Tamworth is seeking a Cover Supervisor to manage classes in the absence of regular teachers. You will supervise work, manage student behavior, and support learning without the need for a teaching qualification. This role is suitable for someone passionate about making a difference in students' lives. Benefits include a meal allowance, pension scheme membership, and a healthcare plan.

Benefits

Meal allowance

Local Government Pension Scheme membership

Healthcare Cash Plan

Qualifications

• No teaching qualification is required for this role.
• Commitment to work with young people.
• Ability to manage student behavior.

Responsibilities

• Supervise work set according to school policy.
• Liaise with teaching staff regarding class work.
• Manage student behavior with detailed policies.
• Interact positively with students in lessons.

Job description

To take responsibility for groups or classes of students in the short-term absence of their usual teacher. In this context, the Cover Supervisor will be responsible for:

• supervising work that has been set in accordance with school policy.
• liaising with teaching staff with regard to work set for each class.
• managing the behaviour of students by using our detailed student attitudes policies.
• interacting positively with our students both in lessons and around the building.
• reporting back, as appropriate, using the school's agreed referral procedures, on the progress and attitudes of students.

This is an exciting time to join Landau Forte Academy, Amington. We are a forward-thinking 11-16 academy on a mission to provide high-quality education for our local community, recently receiving a GOOD in all areas of judgement from Ofsted in May 2022. We have high expectations for our students and our academy is built upon our shared values: ambitious, brave, and kind.

As with all posts at Amington, we are looking for dedicated, committed, and inspirational individuals to provide high-quality teaching to our wonderful students. As a Cover Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to work directly with our students to deliver pre-planned lessons. There is no expectation that you will have a teaching qualification for this role, and the role may ideally suit a colleague who would like to make a difference with ambitious young people.

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary, and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service, and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing, and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.

The Trust will conduct all necessary searches and checks as relevant and in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines, our Safer Recruitment policy can be found on our website at www.lfct.org.uk

The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students, career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust, a meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS), and a Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health.