Cover Supervisors - Term Time
Gordon's School
Gordon's is set in 50 acres of land in the village of West End which is 5 miles from Woking in Surrey. Easy access to the M3, M4 and M25 motorways.
- £15,200 - £20,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £15,200 - £20,000 (depending on hours and experience) - plus free lunch, parking and use of the fitness centre & pool
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2020
Job overview
Hours: 8am – 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8am – 3.35pm Fridays (8am – 3.35pm Monday to Friday would be considered)
Reports to: Deputy Head (Curriculum)
Salary: £15,200 - £20,000 (depending on hours and experience)
We require two Cover Supervisors for September 2020.
Main Purpose of the Job
To supervise classes during the short-term absence of the assigned teacher.
Duties and Responsibilities
Core Duties:
• Supervise work that has been set by a teacher (Periods 1 to 7).
• Manage the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking this work to ensure a constructive environment.
• Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures.
• Collect completed work after the lesson and pass to the appropriate teacher.
• Report, as appropriate using the school’s agreed referral procedures, on the behaviour of students during the class and on any problems arising.
Additional Factors
• All staff are required to participate in training and other learning activities and in performance management and development, as required by the school’s policies and practices.
Person Specification
• Good educational qualification
• Willing and ability to be involved in extra-curricular activities, such as sport or the arts if undertaking the longer hours
• Ambition to teach or work in an educational setting
• Experience of working with children of the relevant age
• Competence in the use of ICT
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision and within a team.
• Have ‘affable intensity’: a sense of humour, but retain sharp intensity for what needs to be done and ability to ‘get on with it’
• Understand that teaching is first and foremost about service and ‘going the extra mile' for the students
Gordon’s School is a State Boarding and Day School and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment – applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate screening including an enhanced DBS check.
For more details please visit out website: www.gordons.school/vacancies.
To apply please complete the application form below and email it to hr@gordons.school
Attached documents
About Gordon's School
Gordon’s is a non-selective, co-ed, 11-18 school of circa 1000 students. Unusually for a state school it offers residential boarding facilities to 280 students. Founded in 1885, its historical links with General Charles Gordon have shaped the ethos and sense of tradition that is present within the school today.
Gordon’s places a strong emphasis on standards, academic success and high expectations. Great importance is placed on the quality of teaching in the classroom because of the belief that schools are first and foremost centres for learning.
In the sixth form there are over 350 students taking BTEC and A Level courses. There are five residential boarding houses and six day boarding houses for students. This allows for a high level of care and individual support, excellent staff/student relationships, backed by a structured learning and teaching environment, with high standards of courtesy and self-discipline.
In the school there is a wide variety of sporting and co-curricular activities. Daily over forty clubs offer a range from traditional games, rock-climbing and horse riding to tap dancing, music and drama. The Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are particularly popular and successful. One unusual feature is the marching Pipes and Drums band, which plays at ceremonial occasions at school and for outside events, when the students wear their ‘blues’ - a form of military uniform featuring the Gordon’s tartan.
School facilities are excellent and include over fifty acres of playing fields, a state-of-the art fitness centre, sports hub including all-weather pitches and coffee shop, and refurbished music and drama block.
The school is situated in fifty acres of Surrey parkland a few miles from the M25, M3 and M4 motorways. Day boarders come mainly from the local villages of West End, Chobham and Lightwater. Residential boarders come for all parts of the United Kingdom and around ten percent from overseas.
The Ofsted Inspection of November 2014 reported, “Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect”. Ofsted inspected 27 areas, 26 of which were given grade 1. In particular: -
“Teaching and learning are outstanding”
“The curriculum provision is outstanding”
“Standards are outstandingly high in national tests and GCSE”
“The effectiveness and efficiency of the boarding is outstanding”
“The quality of care provided by the school for the pupils is exceptional”
“Leadership and management are outstanding”
All of this is a tremendous testimony to the hard work and commitment of both students and staff – and is part of the reason why Gordon’s is the most over-subscribed state school in Surrey with over five applications for every place.
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