Cover Supervisor

About this Role

About Us

The Deepings School is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school at the heart of The Deepings, a vibrant, growing community in South Lincolnshire. We have high expectations of our students during the seven years that the majority of them are part of our school family. We have equally high expectations of all parents/carers and members of staff and we know that you have high expectations of us, too. At The Deepings School we place great emphasis on partnership and co-operation between parents, students and staff to ensure each child receives the best possible education.

Our culture of care and positive relationships provides students with the confidence and independence they need to succeed both inside and outside school. We are also committed to ensuring that our students are positive leaders, strong problem-solvers, and develop the life-skills required to prepare them for life after school.

The Role

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our team. The role involves supervising a variety of classes across the school and delivering cover work to students in the absence of their normal class teacher. You will work closely with your line manager to develop your role to meet the needs and demands of our growing school.

Main Purpose

The Cover Supervisor will supervise a variety of classes across the school and deliver cover work to students in the absence of their normal class teacher. The following job description is not exhaustive, and it is expected that the Cover Supervisor will work closely with their line manager to develop their role, to ensure it reflects the needs and demands of the post as the school continues to grow.

Duties and Responsibilities

Cover:

• Provide supervision of classes in the short-term absence of the subject teacher.
• Supervise classes.
• Liaise with subject leaders and other staff as required regarding staff absence and cover work.
• Keep up to date on legislation regarding cover issues in schools.
• Contribute to school self-evaluation regarding cover.

General:

• Communicate the school vision effectively to the general public and generally act as an ambassador for the school.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the Headteacher / your line manager.
• Ensure compliance with responsibilities as laid out in the school’s Equal Opportunity Policy and take an active role in promoting equality and diversity.
• Undertake such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post.
• Attend team meetings as appropriate.

Anthem Schools Trust is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.

We will carry out an online check on all shortlisted applicants. We reserve the right to end the closing date early.