What skills and experience we're looking for
Rhyddings are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed, skilled and highly effective Cover Supervisor to further support our successful and growing team. We are looking for an outstanding individual to assist in the organisation and management of the school’s cover arrangements. This will include supervising classes across the curriculum so a good general knowledge is required. As well as delivering lessons to pupils with work set by teachers, you will also support agency staff at the start of the school day and liaise with agencies.
Overseen by a member of the senior leadership team and working closely with subject leaders and all staff, this is a varied, challenging yet highly rewarding role where no two days are the same. There is plenty of scope to work independently with initiative as well as in collaboration with your colleagues.
We want someone who is an excellent organiser, problem solver and above all flexible, with the ability to remain calm under pressure and retain their sense of humour!
Experience of working in schools, ideally in the secondary sector, but not exclusively, and with young people more generally, supporting curriculum delivery alongside teaching staff for both planned and unforeseen absences is at the core of this post. They will be effective and efficient and able to form positive working relationships in all aspects of the role.
Responsibilities will include assisting with daily cover arrangements, organising pupil work and resources, covering absent colleagues, supervising classes, small groups and some 1:1 provision. It is a varied and exciting role and we want a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate, with experience of working in schools and with young people to join our team. They will be effective and efficient and able to maintain a sense of humour even when under pressure.
The successful candidate also work closely with our supply agencies, teaching staff and the wider pastoral and inclusion teams.
What the school offers its staff
We have a comprehensive offer of professional development. This includes regular CPD opportunities across the year for whole staff, teams and individuals.
Our curriculum planning meetings are developmental and this is further supported by our dedicated weekly hour of Personal Professional Development.
This underpins our research approach to our appraisal system, which is based on a Personal Inquiry Question. School also has a CPD library, uses collaborative learning tools, as well as accessing external courses and training, including NPQ’s. Work across the Trust is also a feature of our commitment to developing our staff and providing the very best opportunities.
All members of our community have access and use Office 365 including collaborative learning tools such as MS Teams and OneNote through wireless and portable technologies.
We have access to regular CPD both in school, external courses and through our local collaboration as a trust school, a partner of the Embrace SCITT and nationally through wider organisations. At the heart of the LET Education Trust is the intention to provide the best career support, development and opportunity to all staff. The LET Education Trust’s Wellbeing Charter can be found here LET Wellbeing Charter.
Commitment to safeguarding
Rhyddings has Child Safeguarding Policies/Procedures in place and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. Each pupil’s welfare is of paramount importance to us and you are expected to share this commitment. All staff fully comply with the school’s policies/procedures, attend appropriate training, inform the designated person of any concerns, record any potential safeguarding incidents appropriately. Staff are responsible for their own actions and behaviour and should avoid any conduct which would lead any reasonable person to question their motivation and intentions. Staff should work, and be seen to work, in an open and transparent way.