Cover Supervisor

**Briar Hill Primary School and Nursery is now recruiting for a Cover Supervisor.**

This role could be your next career opportunity.

If you are ambitious, inspirational, creative, open-minded and want to be part of our success then we want to hear from you.

We are driven to provide our young people with access to a world-class education and enrichment experiences. Our students benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop, learn and lead. From the classroom, to cultural visits, sports, music and arts and engaging with our local communities, the rich and varied experiences we create help fuel ambition and unlock potential. The education and experiences we offer equips our young people with the leadership skills, team spirit, resilience and confidence to become outstanding citizens.

**About the role**

32.5 hours per week, term time, fixed term for 1 year

Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery are looking for someone who is passionate about making a positive change to children’s lives by supporting children to have effective learning. We are looking for someone who shares our belief that all children learn best while having fun, and who is committed to working as part of a team in this dynamic learning environment.

Role includes:
Support teachers to manage a caring, encouraging, purposeful and stimulating environment conducive to children’s learning
Work with the class teachers in the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangements as appropriate in cover classes.
Have a good awareness of early reading, demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies e.g. systematic synthetic phonics.
Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English
Make accurate and productive use of assessment to secure pupils’ progress.
Provide effective feedback and enable pupils to develop positive attitudes to learning
To use a range of appropriate strategies and follow Academy policies for teaching, behaviour management and classroom management.

Organise and manage groups or individual pupils ensuring adaptations of learning needs, reflecting all abilities.

We can offer you a great hardworking and supportive team in school, together with a wide range of training opportunities with the support of an in school mentor and other bespoke courses from the David Ross Education Trust.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to be a teacher in the future to gain experience.
- To undertake specified timetabled covering teaching duties as agreed with SLT on a planned or ad-hoc basis.
- To work collaboratively with teaching team and the rest of the team.
- To provide support for pupils in order to raise standards of achievement for all pupils (e.g. SEN, EAL, all underachieving groups),

**About our Academy**

Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery is an Ofsted rated Outstanding School (November 2022).

We educate hearts and minds at Briar Hill Primary School and Nursery. Through dedicated teaching, a rich broad and balanced curriculum and outstanding enrichment. Opportunities at Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery we are committed to ensuring every child reaches their full academic and social potential. We make no excuses about being ambitious on our children’s behalf and this resulted in Briar Hill achieving:

- Winner of School of the Year - TES Education Awards 2022
- Ranked in the top 2% of primary schools within England.
- One of the top schools in Northamptonshire for the progress made by pupils in reading, writing and mathematics.
- We are a Talk for Writing and Talk for Reading National training centre. IQM Flagship, Primary History Gold Mark, Primary Geography Gold Mark, Jigsaw Flagship School, ECO Green flag status, Artsmark Gold Award, School Games Gold Award, Philosophy for children award and Primary Science Quality Mark

**Salary & Benefits**
- NJC 5- 8, FTE £24,790 up to £25,992 per annum (pro rata for term time, rate depending on experience)
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
- CPD offer
- Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Awards and Recognition Scheme
- Flexible working patterns
- Benefits Platform
- holiday discounts
- cinema tickets
- restaurant booking discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme

**Who we are looking for**

Please see the attached personal specification
- GCSE Qualifications at grades 4 or above (A* to C) including English and Maths
- Experience of working with children
- Skills and expertise in understanding the needs of all pupils
- Experience of planning and leading teaching and learning activities.
- Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children.
- Understanding of effective teaching methods
- Knowledge of how to support learners in accessing the curriculum in accordance with the SEN