What skills and experience we're looking for
A successful, popular, and high-achieving school with over 1000 students, The Hurst School combines outstanding facilities with a real commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.
Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, the school is situated in a stunning rural location on the Berkshire-Hampshire border with easy access from Basingstoke, Reading and surrounding areas.
The school is looking to appoint a highly motivated and organised Cover Manager to arrange long-term and short-term cover needs and lead a team of cover supervisors. The team consists of 3 cover supervisors who deliver cover lessons when teaching staff are absent. The Cover Manager will also be required to act as a Cover Supervisor as required, to oversee whole classes during the short-term absence of the class teacher.
The person appointed will indisputably need to be:
• Willing to share our values of Respect, Commitment, Ambition, Community and Excellence
• An energetic and organised individual with excellent time management skills.
• A strong communicator and negotiator
• Experience of working in a teaching/child support environment is desirable but not essential as training will be given. The ability to build relationships with students is vital, alongside upholding the high expectations of the school.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly school and ensure good outcomes for all our students.
What the school offers its staff
The benefits package includes free on-site parking, laptop, staff discounts to an on-site gym and an on-site nursery.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.