Cover Supervisor

Ark St Alban’s Academy

Cover Supervisor (Fixed term)

Location: Highgate, Birmingham

Salary: Ark Support Staff Grade 7, £27,334 – £33,024 (actual salary £26,123 – £31,561)

Contract: Fixed term (12 months)

Working hours: Annualised 40 hours per week, term time only (08:00 – 16:30, Mon – Fri)

Start date: Summer term 2024 (flexible for the right candidate)

Closing date: Monday 08 January 2024 at 10.00am. 

Our school is seeking an enthusiastic and confident team player to join our team and to make sure that pupils continue to learn even when the availability of their teachers is disrupted.

About the role:

As a cover supervisor at Ark St Alban’s Academy, you will be working with teachers who are experts in their field. 70% of our pupils are drawn from households ranking in the top decile for income deprivation affecting children. Despite this, the progress pupils make at Ark St Alban’s Academy consistently places our school in the top 10% of schools nationally.

Our young people need continuity and effective support now more than ever. In this role you will work pupils in all subjects and year groups across the whole school. You will guide pupils through tasks that they have been set, keeping them on task, motivated and well-behaved.

This is an opportunity to have an immediate impact on the life chances of our young people. 

At Ark St Alban’s Academy, we make every effort to retain and grow our team of cover supervisors. In addition to thorough and frequent training in classroom management, there are also future opportunities to learn about and to support the work of our administration and pastoral teams. And, for colleagues interested in pursuing a career in teaching, there are plentiful opportunities to train, take courses and find roles both in our school and in schools across the Ark network.

About our school:

Ark St Albans Academy is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country.

There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.

Find out more about Ark St Albans Academy here.

We offer:

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.

How to apply:

Please visit our website and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is strongly encouraged.

For further information about the role or to arrange a visit to our school, please contact Katie Roberts on 0121 446 1300 or katie.roberts@arkstalbans.org .

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Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link. 

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.