Cover Supervisor / Professional Assistant
Grace Academy Coventry
Coventry
- £22,228 - £24,085 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Band G points 8 to 13
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 12 February 2025
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well organised Cover Supervisor/Professional Assistant with good communication skills to join the Grace family. The individual will be responsible for providing high quality supervision of students during lessons when a member of staff is absent on a term-time only basis. This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate to play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the cover provision of the Academy ensuring the success of our students. You will have good classroom management skills to be able to respond to questions and generally assist students to undertake set activities.
Key responsibilities of the role will include:
● Supervise cover lessons and registration for absent teachers.
● Provide a safe and controlled environment that allows students to complete the work that has been set to cover the class teacher’s absence.
● Collect work that has been set by the Head of Department or sent in by the absent teacher and use this work when supervising a class.
● Manage student behaviour and use the Academy’s Behaviour for Learning procedure as necessary.
● Collect completed work from lessons and ensure this is given to the Head of Department, or other subject teacher.
● To be attached to one or two faculties; supporting individuals, groups of students or teachers.
We are a welcoming and caring community where our core values of Limitless Potential, Intentional Excellence, Mutual Respect, Genuine Integrity and Amazing Grace based on Christian values, run through all we do. It is central to our ethos, day-to-day curriculum, extra-curricular activities and pastoral structures. Here at Grace Academy we not only focus on the academic excellence of students but also work with students on supporting them to be the best human beings they can be.
We have high expectations for all those involved in the education of children. It is important that all students leaving Grace Academy have the qualifications they need in order to follow the path they have chosen; that students do not limit themselves and that staff and parents support them in raising their expectations and aspirations.
We pride ourselves on our caring ethos with a strong and genuine focus on staff wellbeing, putting development and wellbeing at the heart of our work. We work hard to look after our pool of talented staff who are encouraged to grow, develop and work collaboratively.
We offer:
● A friendly, innovative and exciting community in which to work;
● A vibrant learning environment where students are ready and focused on learning;
● Professional development led by our 'Cultivating Excellence' structure to support a coaching culture across the Trust to enable staff to be the best they can be;
● Opportunities for training and development through the teaching school based at Sponne School;
● Access to an internal market for promotions within the growing group of TLT academies;
● Pension schemes for both teaching and support staff;
● Medicash Health Plan which provides employees with access to a range of healthcare expenses covered within the Level 1 Policy (policies can be upgraded at your discretion);
● Use of the onsite gym and sporting facilities;
● Free lunch when undertaking a duty;
● Free refreshments in the staffroom to access throughout the day;
● Staff wellbeing/workload committees who help to support staff wellbeing and organise social events;
● Employee Assistance programme which provides free counselling and wellbeing packages;
● Free Eye care vouchers and annual flu vaccinations;
● Free work laptop and use of up to date IT equipment;
● Plenty of on-site parking.
The Trust schools have a shared vision and purpose: to deliver outstanding educational experiences that lead to inspiring outcomes. Each academy has a strong individual identity and tailors their educational provision to serve their local community. Academies within the Trust collaborate to share expertise and maximise opportunities and experiences for our students.
How to apply:
Please read through the information in the pack carefully and please do not hesitate to contact the Academy if you would like to arrange a pre-application visit – we strongly welcome this. If you cannot make a visit, then please feel free to phone us to talk about the post.
Visits to the school or an informal confidential discussion can be arranged via Sarah McAdam (Principal’s PA) at sarahmcadam@graceacademy.org.uk or on 02476 589 000.
You should ensure that you have completed all sections of the application form. Please submit your letter of application with no more than two A4 sides, plus your application form to Sarah McAdam via email at sarahmcadam@graceacademy.org.uk by Wednesday 12th February 2025.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check and will be required to disclose any previous spent convictions or cautions.
In line with the recommendation in KCSIE 2022, Tove Learning Trust adopts the policy of requiring all new staff who join to have a DBS check and immediately become a member of the update service. This requirement is a contractual obligation and further information will be provided to successful applicants.
Attached documents
About Grace Academy Coventry
Grace Academy is a welcoming and caring community where our core values of Limitless Potential, Intentional Excellence, Mutual Respect, Genuine Integrity and Amazing Grace underpin all that we do through ‘The Grace Way’. Our Values are central to our ethos, day-to-day curriculum, extra-curricular activities and pastoral structures. We are aspirational and proud of who we are as we fundamentally believe that all our students should thrive at school and that they have the Limitless Potential to succeed.
We have amazing students here at Grace who deserve the best possible life chances. We encourage students to be praised and recognised for their achievements whilst at the same time being challenged to meet our high expectations of them.
At the centre of all we do is the focus of what is best for our students; we not only focus on the academic excellence of students but also work with students on supporting them to be the best people they can be. My team and I pride ourselves on making decisions from a position of integrity. As a parent myself, I strongly believe that if it is not good enough for my children, then it is not good enough for Grace students. This is even more important in the current climate, as we put student wellbeing and aspirations at the heart of all that we do. We believe it is important for all students leaving Grace Academy to have the self-belief and qualifications they need in order to follow the path they have chosen; that students do not limit themselves and that staff and parents work together to support them in raising their expectations and aspirations. This is without doubt a strength of the school where we achieved ‘outstanding’ in our Ofsted inspection for Personal Development.
We value our staff and pride ourselves on our caring ethos with a strong and genuine focus on staff wellbeing. We are committed to developing our staff at all stages of their career, both internally and externally. This was recogrnised as a strength of Grace in our recent Ofsted inspection: ‘The school has implemented a well-thought-out, professional development programme for staff. Staff workload is carefully considered, which staff appreciate.
We have a friendly, innovative and exciting community in which to work and offer a variety of attractive benefits, such as an onsite gym and use of the sporting facilities, free eye care vouchers, refreshments available throughout the day, free lunches when on duty and the opportunity to be a part of the Staff Wellbeing and Workload Committees.
Grace Academy joined the Tove Learning Trust in April 2019. We are a close knit family of schools that have a shared vision and purpose: to deliver outstanding educational experiences that lead to inspiring outcomes. Each academy has a strong individual identity and tailors their educational provision to serve their local community. Academies within the Trust collaborate to share expertise and maximise opportunities and experiences for our staff and students.
Natasha Whiles
Principal
We are part of Tove Learning Trust, a highly successful, and growing, multi-academy trust. As an employer, they offer:
Support and well-being - In joining Tove Learning you will become part of a family who really look out for one another. Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme providing counselling and advice for you and your close family and access to lots of well being support.
Professional development - Join a trust where your performance review is truly targeted around you and your development. We want you to be the best you can be which in turn will enhance your performance and lead to outstanding outcomes for all.
Excellent pension schemes - Both pension schemes are defined benefit schemes where you build up your pension based on a fixed formula to provide a guaranteed income at retirement. You have the opportunity to see what your actual pension will be.
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