Cover Supervisor at The Lowry Academy

The Lowry Academy; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retail discounts

Employee referrals

Career pathways

Competitive salary

INSET days

CPD access

Cycle to work

Job summary

The Lowry Academy in Greater Manchester is seeking a confident Cover Supervisor to join our secondary team. You will supervise classes during short-term absence, deliver pre-prepared lessons, manage behaviour, and support students to achieve high standards of conduct and achievement.

This role is ideal for anyone with experience of working with young people, looking to develop a career in teaching, and who can build positive relationships with students and staff while upholding the academy’s

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and resilience.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students and staff.
• Experience supporting learning in a secondary school setting.
• Confidence and organisational skills needed to manage classes.

Responsibilities

• Supervise whole classes during short-term absence of teaching staff.
• Deliver pre-prepared lessons and ensure students stay engaged.
• Manage classroom behaviour in line with school policies.
• Support students in achieving high standards of conduct and achievement.

Skills

Communication skills

Classroom management

Experience with young people

Organisation

Job description

About this Role

Role: Cover Supervisor

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, permanent, term time only

Salary Grade: UL Band 2 vocational PayScale 3 - 9 (£25,918- £30,261)

Conditions of Service: United Learning PermanentContract

Start Date: ASAP

About the role

We are seekinga confident, organised and enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our secondaryschool team. The successful candidate will supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff, ensuring students remain engaged in theirlearning and work in a safe, positive and productive environment. You willdeliver pre-prepared lessons, manage classroom behaviour in line with schoolpolicies, and support students in achieving high standards of conduct andachievement.

This is anexcellent opportunity for someone with experience of working with young people, considering a future career in teaching, or looking to make a positivecontribution to the life of a thriving school community. Strong communicationskills, resilience and the ability to build positive relationships withstudents and staff are essential.

What can we offer?

• Theopportunity to save money across hundreds of major retailers
• EmployeeReferral Scheme
• Bespokecareer pathways for every member of staff
• Competitivesalary
• 5INSET days per year +3 additional planning days each term, dedicated todevelopment and planning.
• Thebenefits of working in a successful multi-academy trust and full access toongoing CPD
• Cycleto Work Scheme

At The LowryAcademy we have high expectations and believe every single child can achieve theirpotential. Our staff are very professional, and we are relentlessly ensuringthose high standards are maintained so teachers can teach, and students canlearn. We prepare children for future success and ask students to live ourvalues of Aspiration, Respect, Confidence, Creativity and Resilience.

To maintain this strong culture, we have non-negotiable expectations:

• Allstudents arrive on time for their lessons. Students must arrive on time to beadmitted to the lesson.
• Allstudents are expected to have full equipment for every lesson.
• Allstudents must think hard and work hard in lessons. Students are not allowed toopt out of their learning.
• Theschool has a straightforward approach to disruption to lessons. We follow awarn remove policy where any student who disrupts learning, having beenpreviously warned and given the opportunity to correct their behaviour,including opting out of work, is removed from the lesson.

We are not justabout academic success; we work hard to ensure that we role model the right behavioursand provide opportunities for our pupils to develop the skills andunderstanding required to both be personally successful in the future workplacebut also have a positive impact on the world. Our aim is to prepare ourstudents for adulthood and to be good citizens with high ambitions and thecourage to exceed in their future. If you are passionate and share the samedesire about changing the lives of students, we would like to hear from you.

We welcomevisits to our academy so that you can experience the unique ethos of The Lowry Academyfor yourself. If you would like to visit the academy, please contact HR, on orvia email to [email protected]

Why Us?

We are a caringyet ambitious academy at the heart of our local community. Our mission is to provideevery student with the opportunity to strive for academic excellence whiledeveloping the interpersonal skills needed to make a positive contribution tosociety. We take pride in our calm, supportive environment, built on respectfulrelationships between staff and students. With a clear focus on deliveringexcellent academic standards for all, high-quality teaching and learning sitfirmly at the centre of everything we do.

By joining TheLowry Academy, you also become part of United Learning, a successful Multi-AcademyTrust. United Learning schools work closely together, achieving more collectivelythan any single school could alone. Our subject specialists, Group-wideintranet, shared curriculum, and online learning portal enable us tocollaborate effectively, streamline processes, and support staff in managingworkload to promote a healthy work-life balance.

As a Group, weare committed to rewarding and developing our staff. This includes strong careerpathways, competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the deep professionalsatisfaction that comes from helping young people succeed. We invest in staffwellbeing through generous INSET provision-at least eight days per year, withthree dedicated solely to planning-and through a Trust-wide wellbeingprogramme. This commitment reflects our ethos: bringing out the best ineveryone.

The LowryAcademy is committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff canreach their full potential. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion,diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas ofthe community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender,disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. We look forward to receivingyour application.

Suitablecandidates will be interviewed on receipt of application, and The Lowry Academy reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

The Lowryis committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. Thisresponsibility necessitates a child protection policy and robust procedures.Each student's welfare is of paramount importance. Our Safeguarding and ChildProtection Policy can be read on our website.