Link to Apply Queen Mary’s High School is an 11 to 18 selective girls’ grammar school with approximately 920 students. This number is set to rise to in excess of 990 by 2025 due to an increase in PAN from 120 to 150 in 2019. There are a small number of male students in the sixth form. Since the school’s successful bid for funding from the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), it has been able to increase its PAN and to engage in outreach to the local community with the aim of increasing the number of local disadvantaged children being admitted to the school. This, together with the inclusion of a lower qualifying score for disadvantaged local children, has resulted in the average percentage of disadvantaged students admitted to the school in Years 7-9 being 28% with the aim of this rising to 30% for the whole school over time. Located in the heart of Walsall, Queen Mary’s High School has been educating young women since it was founded in 1893. We are a busy, friendly and energetic school with a distinctive family-oriented ethos, a positive culture and an ambition for success. We draw our students from a wide area including Walsall, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Staffordshire. Purpose and Duties • To provide cover for absent teaching staff including during registration periods; • To liaise as necessary with staff regarding the cover work set for their classes including collating work and reporting back on progress, behaviour, tasks completed to them after a lesson; • To create a positive and conducive environment for learning whilst undertaking set work by absent staff; • To report, as appropriate, using the school’s agreed referral procedures, on the behaviour of pupils during the class, and any other matters arising; This is a casual position. Hours are dependent on the needs of the School but will be during term-time, Monday – Friday, between 8:45am and 3:40pm. There will be opportunity to work year-round. Interview's will be held w/c 2nd December 2024 The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying. This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.