Cover Supervisor

**Salary**:£25,584 to £27269(actual pro-rata £22,075 to £24,061); Grade 5 point 7 - 11, Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Scale

**Start date**: ASAP

**Contract type**: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time including 5 inset days) Monday to Friday

**Contract term**: Permanent

**Closing date**: Monday 24th March 2025 at 12 noon

**Interview Date: TBC W/C Monday 24th March 2025**

**Wilmslow High School**
- School age range: 11-18
- Number on roll: approx. 2,200 (including 500 sixth form)

We are looking to appoint a Cover Supervisor who is passionate about ensuring our students receive the very highest standard of education every day. You will work across all curriculum areas to:

- Supervise students who are undertaking work that has been set in accordance with the school policy so that teaching and learning continues.
- Promote good behaviour of students through setting high expectations and actively managing the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking their work to ensure a purposeful, positive and disciplined environment.
- Manage the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking their work to ensure a purposeful and disciplined environment.
- Know and implement school systems and procedures with regard to classroom routines to ensure that teaching and learning continue.
- Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures to ensure that students and colleague safety is assured.

We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students every day. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process.

If invited for interview, you will be:

- asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.
- an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
- pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, DBS and a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

Current or previous employers will be contacted, and information requested will include:

- disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’.
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- **Job Title**: Cover Supervisor AAAE 5080

**Salary Scale**: Grade 5, Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure

**Purpose of Post**

Supervise whole classes of students and ensure that set work is completed in the absence of the teacher.

**To whom responsible**:Team Leader (_curriculum area to be decided based on expertise_)

**Principal Duties**
- Supervise students who are undertaking work that has been set in accordance with the school policy so that teaching and learning continues.
- Promote good behaviour of students through setting high expectations and actively managing the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking their work to ensure a purposeful, positive and disciplined environment.
- Respond to any questions from students about process and procedures so they can continue with their set work.
- Know and implement school systems and procedures with regard to classroom routines to ensure that teaching and learning continues.
- Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures to ensure that student/employee safety is assured.
- Collect any completed work after lessons to ensure it is returned to the relevant member of the teaching staff.
- Follow school reporting and referral procedures so that teaching and learning information is effectively communicated to relevant teaching colleagues.
- Provide cover for the school’s first aid and welfare provision in support of the Medical Needs Coordinators.
- When not providing cover supervision, carry out duties as directed in assigned curriculum area.

**Other Specific Duties**
- Assist in the supervision of students as required, for example in exams, ontrips and at breaks.
- The post holder will be required to demonstrate a continuous positive commitment to the school’s policies including those relating to safeguarding children, health & safety, SEN and equal opportunities.
- Implement and follow all school policies and procedures, including giving due regard to the school’s equal opportunity policy.
- Have the necessary skills to manage safely classroom activities, the physical learning space and resources.
- Participate fully i