Cover Supervisor
Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands
£29,540 - £35,412 per year
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About the job
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.
We are looking for a confident, organised and enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to help maintain high-quality learning when teachers are absent. You will supervise classes across different subjects and year groups, communicate and oversee work set by teachers, and create a calm, safe and purposeful classroom environment.
You will keep pupils focused and motivated, promote positive behaviour and inclusion, collect completed work and liaise with teaching and curriculum staff. When cover is not required, you may support small-group interventions, pastoral duties, detentions, trips and administrative tasks across the school.
The successful candidate will have strong communication, literacy, numeracy and organisational skills, experience of working with young people, and the ability to establish positive relationships and high expectations.
You will be resilient, reliable and flexible, with a genuine belief in the potential of every pupil and a clear commitment to safeguarding. We provide regular training in classroom management and opportunities to develop your experience across our administration and pastoral teams. For those considering a career in teaching, the role also offers access to training and future opportunities within Ark St Alban’s Academy and the wider Ark network.
About Ark St Alban's Academy
- Type of school
- Academy sponsor led, Church of England
- Phase
- Secondary, with a sixth form
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 797 (room for 800)
- Free school meals
- 77.3% of pupils
- Trust
- ARK Schools
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Address
- Conybere Street, Birmingham, B12 0YH
Last inspected by Ofsted on 14 May 2024, before report cards were introduced. Read the report
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