Cover Supervisor

**Salary**:
Band F, Scale point 12-17 £27,711 - £30,060 FTE (£22,043 - £23,911 actual)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
As soon as possible

24 February 2025

**Job overview**:
**Job Title - Cover Supervisor**

**Location - St John Plessington Catholic College**

**Responsible To - Assistant Head Teacher**

**Salary Grade - Band F, Scale point 12-17 £27,711 - £30,060 FTE (£22,043 - £23,911 actual)**

**Contract - This is a full-time, permanent contract. This post is 33 hours per week, 39**

**weeks per year (term time only plus INSET days).**

**Start Date - As soon as possible**

**Closing Date for Applications - Monday 24th February 2025 at 12.00pm**

Key responsibilities:

- To act as cover supervisor as effectively and efficiently as possible to ensure continuity of learning for the pupils and to minimise the cover that teachers are required to do.
- To share in the cover for absent non-teaching colleagues if not required to cover for teachers.
- To build up a bank of suitable material which could be used with classes where the teacher is unable to provide it.
- To undertake additional duties that may arise out of changes in the department routine curriculum or as part of the wider College team.
- To be flexible and willing to work with staff to improve teaching and learning.
- To attend relevant courses, particularly in relation to Safeguarding, Health and Safety and deal with any immediate emergencies in accordance with the College policies and procedures to ensure that student / employee safety is assured.
- Manage the behaviour of the students whilst they are undertaking their work, to ensure a constructive environment.

We offer:

- A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub
- Mentoring and high level training
- Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities
- A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.
- Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams - working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution
- Fantastic employee benefits such as: an electric car scheme, eyecare vouchers, flu vaccination clinics, cycle2work scheme, please see the attached information for a full list of comprehensive benefits

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The Trust is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, marital status, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or pregnancy/maternity. All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

**About**St John Plessington Catholic College**:
**St John Plessington Catholic College**
- Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral
- Merseyside
- CH63 7LF
- United Kingdom

+44 151 6455049

About St John Plessington Catholic College
St John Plessington Catholic College Voluntary Academy is a good and oversubscribed 11-18 college based in Benington on the Wirral.

The College became an Academy in 2012 and is part of Holy Family Catholic MAT comprising six other schools.

We strive to develop excellence in all we do, empowering an inclusive community, founded on Gospel values.

OFSTED Inspection - November 2022:
What OFSTED has said about us:

- Pupils and sixth-form students at this school access a high-quality education.
- Leaders have designed a curriculum which is ambitious for all, including pupils with SEND.
- Leaders make sure that teachers use assessment strategies effectively to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.
- Leaders are ambitious for every pupil to read confidently.
- Leaders have recently raised their expectations of pupils’ behaviour and conduct.
- Leaders put pupils’ spiritual and moral development at the heart of school life.
- Staff told inspectors that leaders support them well. They recognise the recent work that leaders have done to improve their well-being and workload.
- Leaders ensure a strong culture of safeguarding. They take steps to make sure that pupils and students are safe.

What we can offer:

- The opportunity to make a significant difference to our children’s lives in an environment that has high aspirations for all.
- The chance to help shape and develop our other school through collaborative leadership and dynamic interpersonal skills
- A working environment that is modern and professional
- Great experience for those who want to work at the very highest level in education
- A comprehensive, tailored CPD