Teaching Assistant – Level 3 (Cover Supervisor)

Springwood Primary Academy; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Springwood Primary Academy in Sheffield is seeking a Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Cover Supervisor) to support teachers and pupils across KS2. You will plan, deliver and assess learning activities for individuals or small groups, and provide short-term class cover when required.

You will monitor progress, record attainment and contribute to safeguarding, parent engagement and staff collaboration. The role may involve working at other academies within the trust.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and delivering learning activities for individuals or groups.
• Able to cover whole classes, predominantly upper KS2.
• Records progress and reports on pupil attainment.
• Liaises with parents to support pupil learning.
• Willing to engage in life of the academy.
• Experience across all key stages.
• Acts as a role model and maintains high expectations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals or groups, or short term for whole classes.
• Monitor, assess, record and report on pupils' progress, attainment and development.
• Provide cover for whole classes predominantly in upper KS2, with flexibility across school.
• Promote positive values, attitudes and behaviour and liaise with parents as needed.
• Be involved in safeguarding commitments and contribute to family engagement meetings.

Skills

Relationship building

Child support

Classroom assistance

Learning activity design

Progress recording

Parent liaison

Behaviour support

Cross-stage experience

Education

Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Job description

Springwood Primary Academy are committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and will provide outstanding learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us. To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Cover Supervisor), who will complement the professional work of Teachers and colleagues.

The successful candidate will plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals or groups, or short term for whole classes, and will monitor, assess, record and report on pupils’ progress, achievement and development. The successful candidate will provide cover for whole classes predominantly in upper KS2, however there may be a requirement to cover across school as and when the needs arise.

The Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Cover Supervisor) will have experience of:

Establishing productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

Supporting children consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs

Teaching whole classes short term as and when required.

Within agreed systems of supervision, Planning and teaching high quality learning activities designed to promote accelerated progress, address misconceptions and consolidate learning.

Recording progress and achievement systematically, and provide evidence of range and level of progress and attainment

Liaising with parents to support with pupils’ learning, and contribute to/lead meetings with parents to provide constructive feedback

Experience of working across all key stages

Modelling and promoting positive values, attitudes and behaviour

Having a willingness to be fully involved in the life of the academy

The role is based at Springwood Primary Academy but may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.