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Cover Supervisor - Term Time

The Archbishop's School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-5426-153T
  • Posted:01/04/2021
  • Pay:KR5
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:18/04/2021 at 23:00
  • Interviews:W/C 26th April

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Do you have outstanding communication skills and the ability to adapt your style to meet individual needs?

Do you have experience of leading and supervising others?  Are you able to create a supportive and motivating learning environment?

If this sounds like the ideal opportunity for you to utilize your existing skills and abilities, then we would love to hear from you!

As a Cover Supervisor you will be responsible for supervising whole classes and undertaking pre-prepared activities provided by a teacher during the short-term absence of a classroom teacher. Your primary focus will be to maintain order within a classroom setting and ensure pupils are on track to complete all tasks.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will:

  • Supervise pre-prepared activities and self-directed learning in the absence of teachers to provide continuity of learning to pupils, managing the behaviour of pupils whilst they are undertaking work.
  • Prepare the classroom and outside areas for lessons, ensuring that appropriate resources are available and cleared away at the end of the lessons as required.
  • Collect any completed work after the lesson and return it to the appropriate teacher and report back as appropriate using agreed referral procedures on the behaviour of pupils during the class, and any issues arising.

Who we are looking for:

  • An individual with the ability to apply behaviour management policies and strategies which contribute to a purposeful learning environment.
  • A person with the ability to work calmly under pressure and have the ability to adapt quickly and effectively to changing circumstances and situations.
  • Someone with recent and successful experience of working with children of relevant age who has knowledge of procedures for supervising pre-prepared learning activities and providing feedback.

The Archbishop's School is a mixed ability school who believe that every child has the potential be a successful learner, whatever their background, ability, interests or talents. We are committed to demonstrating this belief to our students, ensuring their success.

Fixed Term until 31st December 2021

Information about the school

The Archbishop's School is a mixed ability school for students aged 11-19. We are a small, but successful and very popular Church of England Foundation School in the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury. The Archbishop's School is rated GOOD by Ofsted. To read our most recent Ofsted report dated November 2023, please follow this link: https://www.archbishops-school.co.uk/501/ofsted-report

The school community is smaller than most secondary schools enabling us to provide a personalised approach to education. All students are well known, well cared for and receive the very best support and encouragement in their learning which engenders excellent progress in their academic, personal, social and spiritual development.

Our school ethos is “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve”. This perfectly describes our mission: to provide the very best education for our students, whilst preparing them for school life in the twenty-first century with all the challenges this presents. They are able to make a positive contribution to society and share the love of God. As an innovative and forward-thinking school, we celebrate all of our students’ achievements and are extremely proud of the people they become.

As a school, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are expected to share this commitment.

In line with KCSIE guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Archbishop’s School reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate’s suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. In accordance with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

The Archbishop’s School embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

The Archbishop's School is a mixed ability school who believe that every child has the potential be a successful learner, whatever their background, ability, interests, or talents. We are committed to demonstrating this belief to our students, ensuring their success.

The Archbishop's School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01227 768535

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.