Cover Supervisor
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Support Staff Scale 5 Points 9-12
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2023
Job overview
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Cover Supervisor
Pay Range: Local Government Scale 5, Point 9-12
Actual salary from: £17,426 - £18,405
Hours: 32.5 hours per week (39 working weeks – term time plus non-pupil days)
Start Date: As soon as possible
The Role
We are seeking an outstanding individual to supervise whole classes during the absence of teachers. Cover Supervisors will give instructions for the lesson as provided by a teacher and the primary focus of the role will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Supervising pupils engaged in learning activities including Catch Up interventions
- Act as a role model and set high expectations of conduct and behaviour
- Keep pupils on task and respond to general queries
- Providing feedback to teachers and record keeping, recording absence, etc.
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- Be educated to degree level or currently studying for a degree
- Maths and English GCSE grade A to C or equivalent
- A commitment to high achievement from students and themselves
- Excellent organisation and inter-personal skills
- Flexibility and a good sense of humour
- Good knowledge of IT
- The ability to use their own initiative
Why work for The Sigma Trust, The Thomas Lord Audley School?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
- Employee Benefits: Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Discounted Gym Membership at selected local gyms
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk
To Apply
To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV’s and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
Closing date: Midday, Monday 17th April
Interview date: To be confirmed
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
Attached documents
About The Thomas Lord Audley School
- The Thomas Lord Audley School
- Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester
- Essex
- CO2 8NJ
- United Kingdom
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school, situated to the south of Colchester. It serves a wide and diverse catchment area, including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End, the villages to the south of Colchester and the community of Mersea Island. Students achieve a good standard of GCSE results in a wide range of subjects including English and Maths.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a community in which every student matters. We have high expectations of all students with respect to behaviour, attendance and punctuality and have developed a curriculum, which enables our students to develop as young people as well as achieve good exam results. We have a highly committed and well-qualified staff who encourage students to give their best in all aspects of school life.
The school achieved an impressive ‘Good’ in its Ofsted inspection in February 2020, which recognised the further developments we have made following our previous ‘Good’ in April 2016. Furthermore the school was recognised as the Most Improved Secondary School in Essex in 2016.
We very much value the commitment and determination of all our staff in ensuring that the students access a high quality education. The school is value driven and not inclined to game the system or focus exclusively on the quick fix. Our SLT is mature and well rounded and we have excellent relationships with colleagues. We are a happy school and have a relatively low staff turnover because staff in general feel well supported both personally and professionally. As a school, we take a considered approach to school improvement and performance management. We believe in building on our strengths and developing a few key aspects of our provision in depth and over time in order to have a sustained positive impact on students and to enable staff to experience professional satisfaction.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is pleased to be a member of the Sigma Trust and we fully subscribe to the Trust’s Mission, Vision and Values. We have positive relationships with our partner schools and fully engage in a wide range of activities. A number of colleagues are involved in leading aspects of Trust development at a senior level and other colleagues are participating in middle and senior leadership courses. We are keen to enable members of staff to develop their professional expertise and career.
We would very much welcome an application from you and think that if you came to work here you would have a positive experience.
Simon Essex
Headteacher
Safeguarding
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