Cover Supervisor

Job Title: Cover Supervisor

Salary range: Scale 4 £22,070– £23,726 Inc. London weighting (Pro rata £15,737 - £16,917 Inc. London Weighting) 

Contract:   Permanent  - 29.75 hours per week - term time

Location: Alperton, London

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we have recently expanded our roll. Alperton Community School is proud to be an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted rating recognised the school as Good with Outstanding Leadership and Management.

Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for the last three years data has been available with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average” over these years. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.

We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist Drama, Music, Art and DT facilities as well as 14 Science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a Dance Studio, an Activity Studio, an enormous Sports Hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces which are set aside for break and lunchtime activities.

Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize 2018. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.

You would join a well-qualified, friendly and committed team of teachers and support staff.

The Role  

Cover Supervisor work is excellent experience for those looking to get into the teaching profession or to gain further experience in working with children. We value our staff and provide continuous professional development, as indicated by the Gold Standard of Professional Development awarded and Cover Supervisors are included in Alperton’s professional development programme alongside teaching staff. There are also additional opportunities to develop specific areas to support effectiveness in the role. Any time not spent covering lessons will be used for duties relating to the school development plan.

As a Cover Supervisor you will be required to provide effective classroom cover for students aged 11 - 16 in the absence of the main subject teacher and in line with the Alperton expectations for the quality of teaching and learning.

Your day will involve using the in-house procedures to access cover work, prepare resources to be used in the classroom and dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies/procedures. You will also to contribute to the vast array of the school’s extra-curricular activities we offer to our students across all year groups. 

The Person

You will be a proactive individual with a ‘can-do’ attitude who is able to provide engaging and interesting lessons from work set by absent teachers. You will also be able to ensure that work set is adaptable and suitable to meet the needs of students of different abilities who are being supervised. You do not need to specialise in any particular subject area but a high level of literacy and numeracy are essential for this role.  

If you are passionate about young people’s education, hardworking, flexible and a forward thinking individual who has good organisational skills and is looking for an exciting new challenge which is highly rewarding, then this role is perfect for you.

Do you share our values, have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic and well-resourced team? Then we would like to hear from you.

The ability to work within a team is essential and candidates will be expected to have a sound knowledge and understanding of best practice in the accurate assessment of student work.

This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth.

The Benefits

Ongoing extensive CPD programme

Employee assistance programme

Ride to work scheme

Closing Date: 31May 2021 (23:59)

Assessment & Interview Date: Week commencing 1 June 2021

To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.

Supplementary Information

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified.  If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.