Cover Supervisor
Ark St Alban's Academy
Birmingham
- New
- Expiring soon
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Autumn 2024
- Apply by:
- 9 September 2024
Job overview
Ark St Alban’s Academy
Cover Supervisor
Location: Highgate, Birmingham
Salary: Ark Support Staff Grade 7, £27,334 – £33,024 (actual salary £26,123 – £31,561)
Contract: Fixed term
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 09 September 2024 at 10.00 am
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 Elaine Kerr on 0121 446 1300 or elaine.kerr@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.
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About Ark St Alban's Academy
About Ark St Alban’s Academy
At Ark St Alban’s Academy, we achieve success by working together as a team of pupils, parents and teachers who all have a shared belief that every child can – and will – succeed.
Our school achieves outstanding results for our young people.
We challenge every pupil to make the most of their God-given talents by working hard to climb the mountain to university. We are committed to preparing every pupil to succeed at university and in a career of their choice. Our pupils make rapid progress through our academic curriculum from their very first day at Ark St Alban’s Academy and we make every minute matter in our purposeful and disciplined school environment.
Our sixth form is the pinnacle of our school. It offers a wide-range of rigorous qualifications, enrichment experiences and careers advice. Pupils are supported in accessing the most selective university courses and apprenticeship providers in the country and we follow the success of our alumni with great pride.
As part of the Ark Network, colleagues at Ark St Alban’s Academy collaborate with peers across the country in matters of curriculum design and assessment, and in pursuing sector leading professional development programmes and qualifications.
It is a school in which every colleague can make a real difference. We are ambitious both for ourselves, our young people and what we can achieve in our community.
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