Senior Cover Supervisor

HEATHCOTE SCHOOL & SCIENCE COLLEGE

Normanton Park, London, E4 6ES

Senior Cover Supervisor required 

Scale SO1, point 29 – 31 (£27,801 - £29,517 per annum, payable pro-rata)

36 hours per week, term time only 

Commencing as soon as possible

Heathcote School is an 11 – 18 School that has a new Headteacher and a new vision.  The school is on a rapid journey of improvement ensuring the ‘good’ status (Ofsted 2014/2018) is retained and for the school to ultimately become ‘outstanding’ in all areas. This is an exciting time to be at a school in an unparalleled setting with unlimited potential.  In a recent survey, 96% of staff stated that they enjoy working at this school.

The School Improvement Plan (2017 – 2020) focuses on four key areas:

· Building at all levels an ambitious culture of high challenge and low threat enabling Heathcote to be the school of choice for staff and parents.

· Ensuring the best possible learning and leadership of learning, across the school.

· Ensuring safety is at the heart of everything we do and standards of behaviour and attendance are exemplary within the school and community.

· Giving all pupils equal opportunities to make maximum progress. 

We are looking for an experienced & highly motivated Senior Cover Supervisor to manage short & long term cover for all staff absence, providing fair and effective allocation of cover at all times. This is a key role in the school to ensure that pupils’ learning is not disrupted by staff absence. This role will also be required to supervise whole classes during the short term absence of class teachers (under the guidance of teaching staff), to include implementing lesson plans and / or schemes of learning, managing pupil behaviour and assisting pupils in relevant activities in line with the School’s policies and procedures. 

Successful candidates will have a minimum GCSE A*- C in English and Mathematics (or equivalent), and demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with a clear understanding of pedagogy. Experience of working as a Cover Supervisor in a previous role would be an advantage. The postholder must be able to start work no later than 7.30am.  

The school puts well-being and development at the heart of its work and we have very talented staff who are encouraged to grow, develop and work collaboratively, within school and with local schools, and to be the best they can be. We are working to ensure school improvement in a high challenge, low threat way and enable robust systems and structures to ensure consistency in all areas, encouraging the growth and development of all. The school has excellent resources and a stunning site close to the forest. 

If you are interested, please look at our school website www.heathcoteschool.com where you will find application forms and further information. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact the School Office on 020 8498 5110.

Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@heathcote.waltham.sch.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications:  12:00noon Monday 16th April 2018

Indicative dates for interviews: Friday 20th April 2018

Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible. 

Heathcote School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.